Page:HMElliotHistVol1.djvu/158

124 now at war. They are Meds, seafarers, and pirates. Then he went against the town of Kíraj. Dúhar advanced to oppose him, but the enemy was put to flight. Dúhar fled, but some say he was killed. The inhabitants surrendered. Muhammad slew (all those capable of bearing arms) and reduced the rest to slavery.◌◌◌ Meanwhile, Walíd, son of ’Abdu-l malik, died, and was succeeded by (his brother) Sulaimán, who appointed Sálih, son of ’Abdu-r-Rahmán, to collect the tribute of ’Irák. Yazíd, son of Abú kabsha as-Saksakí, was made governor of Sind, and Muhammad, son of Kasím, was sent back a prisoner with Mu’áwiya, son of Muhallab. The people of Hind wept for Muhammad, and preserved his likeness at Kíraj. He was imprisoned by Sálih at Wásit. Sálih put him to torture, together with other persons of the family of Abu ’Ukail, until they expired: for Hajjáj (Muhammad’s cousin) had put to death Adam, Sálih’s brother, who professed the creed of the Khárijís. Hamza, the son of Baiz Hanafí, says:— Yazíd, son of Abú Kabsha, died eighteen days after his arrival in Sind. Sulaimán then appointed Habíb, son of al Muhallab, to carry on the war in Sind, and he departed for that purpose. Meanwhile the princes of Hind had returned to their states, and Jaishiya, son of Dahír, had come back to Brahmanábád. Habíb proceeded to the banks of the Mihrán, where the people of Alrúr made their submission; but he warred against a certain tribe and reduced them. When the Khalif Sulaimán, son of ’Abdu-l Malik, died, he was succeeded by ’Umar son of ’Abdu-l ’Azíz. He wrote to the princes (of Hind) inviting them to become Musulmáns and submit to his authority, upon which they would be treated like all other