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900-1000 AD: Ibn Khurdaba described in his book, "The book of Roads and Kingdoms", "Multan being two months journey from Zarani the capital of Sijistan, by the name of  Farj  because  Mohammad, Son of Qasim,  Lieutenant  of  At-Hajjaj,  found  vast  quantities of gold in the city, which was forwarded to the Caliph's treasury so it was called by the  Arabs  the House  of  Gold".  
Al-Masudi of Baghdad who  visited the valley of the Indus in 303 A.H. (915 A.D.) mentioned about multan in his book, "The  Meadows  of Gold",  that  "Multan  is  seventy  five  Sindhian Farsangs from Mansura. It is one   of  the  strongest frontier places of the Musulmans and in its neighbourhood there are a hundred and twenty  thousand towns and villages", Al-Masudi also mentioned about the idol and  explained as to how people  living  in  the distant parts of country travel to multan to perform pilgrimage and in fulfilment of their woes  and religious obligations, they make offerings of money, precious stones, perfumes of every kind and  aloe wood before it. Both tstakhari of Istakhar, or Persepolis, who wrote about the middle of  the  tenth century 340 A.H. (951 A.D.) and Ibn Haukal of Baghdad who based his  work  on  that  of  Istakhari, give glowing accounts of multan which they described as  a  large,  fortified and impregnable city, about half the size of Mansura, the ancient Muslim capital of Sindh.  They  also mentioned about the idol of multan as being held in great veneration by Hindus who flocked to  it from all parts of India. 
Sultan Sabuktageen, the Afghan King conquered Multan, but after four years, that  is,  in  980 A.D. it was conquered by a Sardar of the Karamti Tribe who ruled it  for  some  time.