"Thus the bastions were thrown down. Bai (Main), the sister of Dahir, assembled all her women, and said, " Jaisiya is separated from us, and Muhammad Kasim is come. God forbid that we should owe our liberty to these outcast cow-eaters '. Our honour would be lost ! Our respite is at an end,' and there is nowhere any hope of escape ; let us collect wood, cotton, and oil, for I think that we should bum ourselves and go to meet our husbands. If any wish to save herself she may." So they went into a house, set it on fire, and burnt themselves. Muhammad took the fort, and stayed there for two or three days. He put six thousand fighting men, who were in the fort, to the sword, and shot some with arrows. The other dependants and servants were taken prisoners, with their wives and children."
Jauhar

January 1, 1970

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