On the death of Doda, his son Oomur, with the aid of the nobles, and other men of consequence, sat on the throne.

When his father’s country came into his hands, he took to drinking wine, paying no attention to the country. On hearing this, the Summahs, the Sodahs, the Juts, and Beloochees, left off obeying his orders, becoming rebellious. When Moolah Hamed heard of this, he told Oomur of it, who, collecting a large force, went towards Kutch. On his approach, the Summahs, having collected many men, went out into the plain to meet him. There was fighting, in which the men of Summah were the strongest. Seeing this, and that his affairs would be ruined, Moolah Hamed called the Sirdars, to whom he gave presents, saying— “Tatta is far distant; money is scarce: if you fight well, and defeat the enemy, much property will come into our possession, which will be enough to enable us to return to Tatta.” Hearing this, the spirits of the force were raised, and, making an attack on the enemy, they defeated them, when much plunder of every kind came into their hands. After this, the men of Summah, bringing Raja Jugunnath Todah (who had quitted his brethren in anger, and had come to Kutch) as their mediator, came to Oomur, making their Salaam, and bringing presents. Oomur, returning from thence quickly, went against the Sodahs, Juts, and Beloochees, all of whom, fearing the consequences, made their Salaam. He then, with confidence in his heart, went to Thuree, where he died.

At this time his son Doda was small; therefore the men of consequence put Chunur, the son of Oomur’s brother, in his place. Chunur went out to make arrangements in his country. Having done this, and placed the troublesome on the edge of the sword, his heart being at ease, he sat down. At that time Doda attained puberty, so Chunur wished by some stratagem to get him into his hands, and to confine him; but hearing of this, Doda turned his face towards Ghuznee, and crossing the river, he came to a place, Dhuryachuh Naree Sung, close under Futtehpoor, where he saw a man coming along with a bundle of sticks for Hooka-snakes on his head. As this man drew near, all his entrails became visible to Doda. At this he was much astonished, so, calling the man to him, he lifted the bundle of pipes off his head, when nothing of the kind was to be seen: so, being greatly amazed, he put the bundle on the man’s head again, when he beheld as before. He then knew that there must be some device in these sticks, and he pur­chased them, giving the man some money for them. Then, sitting down at the river’s edge, he put the sticks one by one into the water. All went down with the stream, but one from amongst them went upwards against it: so, taking this one, he divided it at all the knots. He then put each knot into the water. All of these went down the stream, except one, in which the device was, and this one went up against the current; so taking this one, he kept it, and went to Ghuznee. At that time the king of that place, Sultan Mondood Shah, was ill from severe sickness, which was without cure; so, on his arrival there, Doda gave out that he was a doctor. Historians write that Sultan Mondood Shah’s sickness was caused in this manner. One day he went to see a Shikargah under some hills, when by chance an animal started from before him. It was then the custom, that whoever an animal started in front of, he alone pursued it; so, in accordance with this custom, the Sultan rode after this animal alone for a long distance, but he did not kill it. From this exertion, great thirst and hunger came upon him; so, searching about, he found a stream of water near the foot of the hills. Having no cup or basin with him, being helpless, he put his mouth into the water, and drank; when, in doing so, he swallowed two small snakes, which went down into, and remained in his stomach. In two years these had grown large, and began causing him much pain. All the doctors of the country had physicked him, but none of them could make him well.

The Sultan was approaching to death, when at that time Doda arrived, saying he was a Hakeem, and that he had come from Sind to cure the king with his physic. The royal physicians, hearing this, laughed, saying: “What wisdom has this Sindee, that he should say he was able to give medicine to the king.” One of the attendants told the king of the arrival of this Sindee, and how the royal doctors laughed at him. The Sultan, hearing of this, called and received him with distinction, saying “he had suffered from this sickness for a long time; that many Hakeems had given him medicine, but all without effect: now you have come, I am in hopes that I shall get well by your physic.” Then Doda, stripping the Sultan, he placed that stick on his head, when he saw that two snakes were in his stomach. Then, removing the stick, he told the Sultan that he understood what was the matter with him, and that it was a very bad disease. He added that if he, the Sultan, would give him a written document, to the effect that if he died whilst under his care no blame should attach to him, that he would give him medicine. The Sultan at once wrote such a document, and putting his seal to it, gave it to Doda. Then Doda did not give the Sultan anything to eat for two days. On the third day, tying up his eyes, he placed the stick on his head, and having got two small fine iron hooks, he tied a silken line to them, and wrapping them up in bread, he gave one to the Sultan, who, having swallowed it, he, Doda, saw a snake take it. When he saw that it was well in the mouth of one of the snakes, he pulled it up, and brought it out; then again he did the same, and in like manner he took the other from out of the royal stomach. In about an hour the Sultan felt much relieved, so, untying his eyes, Doda showed him the two snakes, when, being very happy, the Sultan said: “Ask from me whatever you wish.” Then Doda said: “I am a chief, but by his superior strength, Chunur has taken my father’s country, and on this account I have come here; if the king will give me a force, I will take my revenge on him.” On hearing this, the Sultan gave orders to collect a force, and when it was ready, he gave it to him. When this army approached Tatta, being unable to meet it, Chunur sat down in the fort, which, being surrounded on all sides by the royal troops, they took into their hands the implements for breaking down forts, and fighting commenced. For twelve days they fought together in this manner, after which the wind of victory struck the standards of the royal troops, and Chunur and many of his men were given to the sword. Those who escaped the sword ran away and dispersed. By taking this fort, much wealth and property fell into the hands of those people.

When Doda the son of Oomur sat on the throne of his father, this force returned to Ghuznee. He reigned many years, with strength and wisdom.

Afterwards, by this order, “Every life will drink the sherbet of death!” Doda drank the sherbet of mortality at the hands of the cup-bearer of death: he took the apparatus of his life to the living world.

After him, one named Urruh Mehl sat upon the throne of authority; but he was an oppressor, giving the people much trouble: so their hearts became separated from him, and they plotted to kill him. Previous to this, some of the Summah tribe, having come to Sind from Kutch, had remained there, becoming kindred with them.

The influential men of Urruh Mehl secretly paid homage to, and brought into the city, one of this tribe, named Jam Oonnur, who bore on his forehead the signs of goodness. This happened in the morning, when a body of men, going into Urruh Mehl’s house, killed him, and placed his head over the gateway, when all the people, paying homage to Jam Oonnur, placed him on the throne of the Sultanut.