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' When 'Irnad-ud-Dln Muhammad ibn Qasim forwarded the request of the inhabitants of Brahmanabad regarding the reconstruction of the temple of Budh to 1:Iajjaj, he received the follow• ing reply: "It appears that the chief inhabitants of Brahmanabad have petitioned to be allowed to repair the temple of Budh and pursue their religion.
2 Important officers vere assigned seats in public assemblies and some of them were also given saddled horses and ornaments for hands and feet, according to the custom ::· the country.
The sumptuary laws introduced by Mannu were strictly enforced by the pre-Arab rulers of Sind, anc certain tribes · were forbidden to wear fine linen, ride horses, or cover their heads and feet.
"! Following the policy and practice of his predecessors in office, Muhammad ibn Qasim also treated the Jats in the same way and ordered them to furnish guides to Muslims, He also .
6 MILITARY SYSTEM THE military system of the Arabs, which was introduced into Sind, was at first restricted to Muslims only, but later the restrictions placed on outsiders were relaxed· and the Khallfas freely recruited their ranks from extraneous sources as well.
' JIZYA FROM those who professed Islam and espoused its cause only 1/1oth of their wealth and the produce of the land was collected, but those who followed their own faith had to pay from the produce of their manual industry, or from the land, the usual sums according to the established custom of the country and bring it to the government collectors.