A HISTORY OF SIND,
 
EMBRACING THE PERIOD FROM A.D. 710 TO A.D. 1590
 
BY
 
MAHOMED MASOOM;
 
CONTENTS.
PAGE
TITLE PAGE
ALPHABETICAL INDEX iii
TITLE vii
NOTE BY THE TRANSLATOR OF THE HISTORY OF SIND 2
PREFATORY REMARKS BY THE AUTHOR, MAHOMED MASOOM 3
CHAPTER I.—Conquest of Sind 5
Summary of the life of the son of Abdool Mulik ib.
His title 6
Summary of the circumstances of Rais Suheeris, the son of Sahsee, King of Alore 7
Made four laws 8
The 1st on the Army ib.
The 2nd on the Ryuts ib.
The 3rd on the Merchants 9
The 4th on the Trades ib.
The placing of Chuk on the throne of the kingdom, and his marriage with the Queen 10
The ascending of the throne of his father by his son Daher 12
The relation of the Conquest of Sind by Ameer Imad-ood-deen Mahomed, the son of Kasim Suyfee; and the destruction of Rais Daher 15
A description of when Mahomed the son of Kasim was in the province of Sehwistan 16
CHAPTER II.—A recital of those Kings who, after the Government of the Agents of the Khaliphs of Bunee Abbas, ruled the country of Sind 23
An account of the Sultan Shuhab-ood-deen Mahomed, the son of Sam Ghoree 24
An account of Sultan Kootb-ood-deen Abeek 25
An account of Aram Shah, the son of Kootb-ood-deen Abeek ib.
An account of Sultan Shums-ood-deen Elthemis 26
An account of Sultan Musood Shah ib.
An account of Sultan Nasir-ood-deen Mahomed, the son of Sultan Shums-ood-deen Elthemis 27
An account of Sultan Ghuyas-ood-deen Balbun 28
A history of Sultan Julal-ood-deen Khuljee 29
An account of Sultan Ula-ood-deen 0
An account of Sultan Ghuyas-ood-deen 31
An account of Sultan Mahomed Shah, the son of Sultan Ghuyas-ood-deen Shah 32
An account of Sultan Pheroz Shah 33
An account of Sultan Ghuyas-ood-deen Tughlug Shah, the son of Futteh Khan, the son of Pheroz Shah 35
An account of the reign of Aboo Bukur Shah Ghoree 36
An account of Sultan Mahomed Shah, the son of Sultan Pheroz Shah 37
An account of Sultan Ula-ood-deen Sikunder Shah 38
An account of Sultan Nasir-ood-deen Mahomed Shah ib.
An account of the rules of the men of Soomrah and Summah 40
An account of Jam Oonnur, the son of Babuniyuh 47
An account of Joonuh, the son of Babuniyuh 48
An account of Jam Babuniyuh, the son of Jam Khair-ood-deen 49
An account of Jam Nizam-ood-deen, the son of Jam Sulah-ood-deen 50
An account of Jam Ali Sher ib.
An account of Jam Tughlug Shah, the son of Sekunder 52
An account of Jam Sekunder, the son of Jam Tughlug Shah ib.
An account of Jam Roydhun 53
An account of Jam Sunjur 54
An account of Jam Nizam-ood-deen, who was commonly called Jam Nindah, the son of Babuniyuh 55
An account of Jam Pheroz, the son of Jam Nizam-ood-deen 56
CHAPTER III.—An account of the Reign of the Urghooneeyuhs; of the times of their Government; of their Wars; and an abridged History of Ameer Zoonoon Urghoon 59
An account of how the friendship existed between Meer Zoonoon Urghoon, and Budeen-ooz-Zuman Meerza, the son of Sultan Hoosain Shah ib.
An account of the going of Meerza Budeen-ooz-Zuman, of Kandahar 62
A narrative of the imprisonment and killing of Mahomed Momin Meerza, the son of Meerza Budeen-ooz-Zuman ib.
An account of the march of Sultan Hoosain towards Kandahar, and of his turning back when on the road 64
An account of the expedition of Meerza Budeen-ooz-Zuman, accompanied by Shah Beg Urghoon, against Meerza Sultan Hoosain 65
An account of the peace-making between Sultan Hoosain and Budeen-ooz-Zuman 66
An account of the raising of the standard of departure by Meerza Budeen-ooz-Zuman Shah-Zadah, to take Herat 67
An account of Budeen-ooz-Zuman Meerza obtaining the Sultanut of Balkh, and of the return of Meer Zoonoon and Shah Beg to Kandahar 68
An account of Ibn-i-Hoosain Meerza going to Seestan; of the march of Meer Zoonoon to the assistance of his brother; and of the battle between the parties 69
An account of the capture of Kabool by Mahomed Mokeem, the Son of Meer Zoonoon, and other incidents 70
An account of the martyrdom of Meer Zoonoon Urghoon 71
An account of some of the circumstances of Shah Beg, and Mahomed Mokeem, Urghoons 73
An account of Shah Beg going to take Seebee, and of the flight of the descendants of Peer Wullee Burdas 74
An account of some of the circumstances of Shah Beg 76
An account of Mahomed Babur Badshah going against Kandahar 77
An account of Shah Beg sending his son Shah Hoosain from Shawul and Seebee to expel Jam Sulah-ood-deen 81
An account of Shah Beg’s sojourn at Baghbanan, and of his going from thence to Sehwistan 82
An account of the destruction of the people of the tribe of Dhareja 83
An account of the departure of Shah Beg from this world, in which there is trouble 86
A short account of some of the circumstances of Shah Beg 87
Some account of the wonders of Seebee ib.
An account of the wonders of Kandahar 89
An account of Syud Mahomed, called Syud Shere Kulundur 92
An account of Khwaja Mulik 94
An account of Khwaja Ali Naitaz ib.
An account of Khwaja Ali Naishapooree ib.
An account of Khwaja Waiyoob Unsaree, who was the brother of Khwaja Abdoola Unsaree ib.
An account of the sitting on the throne of the kingdom of Meerza Shah Hoosain, and of the reading the name of Babur Badshah in the sermon 95
An account of the coming of Jam Pheroz to Chachgan, and of the victory of Shah Hoosain over him ib.
An account of Baba Ahmed being sent by Shah Hoosain to punish the Duhurs and Machees 96
Some mention of Babur Badshah going to Hindoostan; also of the Marriage of Meerza Shah Hoosain with Goolburg Begum; and an account of the circumstances of the Kings of Mooltan 97
An account of Meerza Shah Hoosain turning his face towards Mooltan 100
An account of Meerza Shah Hoosain fighting with the Lungahs at Ooch 101
An account of Meerza Shah Hoosain going to take the fort of Dilawur, and against Ghazee Khan 103
An account of Meerza Shah Hoosain going against and capturing Mooltan, and of the massacre of the inhabitants 104
An account of Shah Hoosain’s war with Khungar, in the direction of Kutch 106
An account of Hoomayoon Badshah going against Guzerat, and of the march of Meerza Shah Hoosain in that direction, agreeably to his orders 108
An account of Badshah Hoomayoon (the son of Babur Badshah) going to Sind, and of Meerza Shah Hoosain’s enmity with him 109
An account of the expedition of Bukshoo Lungah against Bukkur 119
An account of the coming of Meerza Kamran to Sind 120
An account of the Urghoons and Turkhans becoming rebellious, and of the death of Meerza Shah Hoosain 121
A summary of the life of Meerza Shah Hoosain 128
An account of the Soduts, the men of learning, the Priests, the Judges, and the Poets, in the time of Meerza Shah Hoosain 129
An account of Mukhdoom Rookhn-ood-deen, commonly called Mukhdoom Mutoo 130
An account of Kazee Kazin 130
An account of Kazee Abdoolla, the son of Kazee Ibrahim ib.
An account of Musluh-ood-deen Laree 131
An account of Syud Taj-ood-deen ib.
An account of the most perfect, the most eloquent of poets, Shah Jahangheer Hashimee ib.
An account of Meerza Eesa, the son of Meer Abdool Ali Turkhan 132
An account of the men of learning in the times of Meerza Eesa and Meerza Mahomed Bagee 136
An account of Miyan Syud Ali 137
An account of Sultan Mahomed Khan, from the beginning of his life to his death ib.
An account of the dissensions in the Government, and of the death of Sultan Mahomed 144
A short description of Sultan Mahomed 147
CHAPTER IV.—An account of Sind coming into the hands of the Agents of Julal-ood-deen Shah 148
TRANSLATOR’S NOTE 157