A Friday tale. A story of how two brave Hindu girls avenged their father's death and killed the "first citizen" of Pakistan. A tale from Chachnama, an authentic history of Sindh, probably analogous to Kalhana's Rajataringini, which gives the history of Kashmir
When the barbarian, Mohammed bin Qasim attacked Sindh in 712 CE, Raja Dahir was ruling the region. Raja Dahir was killed in Raor. As it was the practice among the Arabian barbarians, they took the Raja's daughters Suriya and Preemal as 'war booty'.
To curry favour with his Caliph, Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik, he sent the young girls as "gifts" to add on to the Caliph's harem.
The women tricked the Caliph into believing that Muhammad bin Qasim had violated them before sending them as gifts.
Sulayman got so angry for having been sent ‘tainted’ gifts that he ordered Mohammed bin Qasim returned to Syria wrapped in oxen hides.The journey is said to have resulted in his death from suffocation.
Then Sulayman is said to have realised the truth, and deeply repented his action. He ordered the sisters buried alive in a wall as a punishment. Brave girls these Hindu girls were. Martyrs who knew how to give it back to those barbarians.
