Punjab States Gazetteers Bahawalpur State Vol.36

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2Bahawali’UR State.]

3The Sumrds.

4[Part A.

5CHAP I, B.

6History.

7A. D. 1330.

8A. D. 1053.

9A. D. 1069.

10The Semra axd Samma Dvnasties of Sind.

11Thr. Snitirdx . — According to tlie Tulifat-uI-Kiram the Suinras

12are descended from the Arabs of Siimira or Samari'a who accom-

13panied the Tamim family, Avhich fni’iiished governor.s to Sind under

14the Abbassides, to the Indus Amlley in the secoml century of the

15Hijra, but Elphinstone and Elliot concur in regarding them as

16Rtijpiits (of the Pramara'"^’ I'ace according to the latter), Avho, Avith

17a kindred tribe called Umra, gaA'e their name to Umra-Sumra the

18country round Alor. 'J’he Sumr:is undoubtedly supplanted the

19Tamim and luled independently o\'er Sind foi‘ nioi’e than a century,

20but it Avould appear that under the Tamims the Sumnis exercised

21considerable poAver. Hence Abul Eazl states that the rule of the o6

22Sumra princes lasted for -oUO years, but the Tarikh-i-Tiihiri, describing

23them as Hindus, assigns to their rule a period of only 143 years

24from A. H. 700-843, and says that their dominions included Alor, but

25that their capital was at Muhammad Tur in the parifoia of Dirak.

26The Tuhfat-ul-Kii"im states that AV'hcn Ghazi Khiin Mahk, in

27the year 7 20 H. marched tOAvards Delhi Avith an army collected

28from IMultan and Sind, oA'erthrcAV Khusro Khan, and assumed the

29title of Giyas-ud-Din Tughlak Shah, the Sumras took adAumtage of

30his absence and as.se rted their independence, but Muhammad Yiisiif,

31the author of the Mu iif(il-h(il>.nt-Tn}rdrikh, says that during the

32reign of Sultan Al)dur Rashid, son of iMahmiid of Ghazni, an indolent

33and AA*oak-minded ruler, the people of Sind liecame disaffected, and

34the Sumras asseml)led in the vicinity of Tbarri in 44-5 H., chose as

35their ruler a man named Siimra, who reigned independently for a

36long period, and left the kingdom to his son Bhiingar.'-''' The latter

37reigned fifteen years, and died in ■101 H. Hhungar was succeeded

38by seA'enteen riders of thi^ dynasty. Then the government fell to

39Hamir Avho being a tyrant was deposed by the Sammas.

40The Sumnis, says Sir Henry Elliot, may possibly haA'e allowed

41NunPer of

42No.

43Name.

44}eai> lu !

45ruign.

463

47DTulaj S'”'!! of inuinpar

4821 j

494

50Saipj-ltitr

5115 I

525

53Haftf or Kiiafif

54Ti

556

56Umr

5740

587

59Diitla 11

601 1

618

62riiatfu

6333

64a

65(H'Hhia

6616

6710

68Mwhaininad Tur

6915

7011

71(if'nhra, 11

72A fcvvyciUa

7312

74DufU 111

7511

7613

77T(ii

7821

7914

80Oianesar

8118

8215

83Bhniitrnr J 1 ...

84i >5

8516

86Khalit 1 1 oL llatif

87is

8817

89Diida IV

90lio

9118

92L’liir. the Sumra

9335 'I In

94cf 1

9510

961»

97Blidngar 111 ...

98a titnlai' soA'ereignty to

99the GhaziuA'ides even

100down to the time of Abdur

101Ra.'hid in lU.jl A. D., or

102l)aid tribute as an ac-

103kiiowledgmeut of fealty,

104hut after tliat time, the

105adA'ance of the .Seljuks on

106the nortliein frontier of

107the I'liipire and the

108internal disorders of the

109guA'ornment, must luiA'o

110offered too favourable a

111roiiii.ifi- eon junction for them to

112|)i'('icbss uny loiiy^cr an oven

113nominal subordination to

114' Heni.iKini Oint tlir, in-iy l,i. .v. j),,, ,,

115being ^MlllOuL c)Uf"«n')ii cl the Fraturirii thtv aic iHr(A.;nMK

116( 25 ) Henry Elliyt, Vyl, I, pp, -311 uin .1 b-j, ^

117t Ilf' I iiiiai' raec.

118I. lit