Kasim continued the same humiliation for jats :
"Then he called the minister Siker and Mok and asked them: ‘What was the
matter of Jts with Chach and Dhir? And how was it conducted?’ Minister Siker
replied: ‘During the rule of Chach, the Jts of Lohana, that is those who lived
in the area of Lakha and Samma, were prohibited from wearing soft clothes,
from covering their heads, and of wearing rough, black, sheet on their torso.
When they exited their homes, they were accompanied by dogs; by this, they
could be identifi ed from afar. None of their elders could ride a horse. Whenever
a king needed a guide, they were called upon to show the way. They indicated
the pathways and guided travellers from one tribe to another. And when a leader
among them rode a horse, that horse had no saddle or rein. However, he could
put a cloth on the back of the horse. If anyone was hurt or killed during travel,
it was from them that an investigation was made. And if someone from them
was proven to be a thief, his family—including his wife and children—were
burned. Caravans travelled by day and night, with them as guides. They do
not respect their elders. They are barbaric, prone to rebellion and thievery on
the roads. They were even in Daybul, raiding along with others. They are also
responsible for bringing cooking wood to the kitchens of the kings.
Said Muhammad bin Qasim: ‘How revolting are these people! They are like
the jungle dwellers in the lands of Fars (Iran) and Kuh-paia (base of a mountain)
who have the same ways’.
Hence, Muhammad bin Qasim kept on them their existing laws. Just as during
the times of Amir al-Mu’minin ‘Umar bin al-Khab had insisted that the
inhabitants of Syria host any traveller for a night and given food, and if sick,
for three nights"
