Subcontinent · 712
Battles of Debal and Aror
A commander of about seventeen took the port of Debal, then defeated and killed Raja Dahir. Sindh became part of the caliphate.
Key facts
- When
- 712
- Where
- Near Karachi and Rohri, Pakistan
- Sides
- Umayyad army vs Kingdom of Sindh
- Commanders
- Muhammad bin Qasim vs Raja Dahir
- Result
- Muslim victory
- Type
- Subcontinent
- Chapter
- 4. Al-Andalus and the Subcontinent
Who led it
- Muhammad bin Qasimc. 695 to 715
A young relative of the governor al-Hajjaj who conquered Sindh and Multan in 712 and 713 while still a teenager.
The wider picture: The Umayyads of Damascus
Muawiya ruled from Damascus and named his son Yazid as heir, the first time the caliphate passed from father to son. Karbala followed in 680. Then came the largest expansion in Islamic history: Spain in 711, Sindh in 712 and Central Asia up to the Syr Darya.
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