The Sulh of al-Rur

صلح الرور

al-Rur

Months besieged on its hill, al-Rur yielded by sulh — no killing, no laying hands on their budd, 'for the budd is as the churches of Christians and Jews and the fire-houses of Magians' — kharaj laid and a mosque built; then al-Sikka before Bayas fell, a ruin today.

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Muhammad ibn al-Qasim reached al-Rur, one of the cities of Sind. He besieged it for months, then took it by treaty. 1

The siege and the treaty

al-Rur was on a hill, and he besieged its people for months. He took it by treaty, on condition that he would not kill them nor interfere with their bud. He said that the bud is nothing but like the churches of the Christians and Jews, and the fire-temples of the Magians. 1

He imposed kharaj on them at al-Rur and built a mosque there. 1

After al-Rur

Muhammad marched to al-Sikka, a town beyond Bayas, and took it. The source says that al-Sikka is now in ruins. 1

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Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Thaqafi
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al-Rur

People and things also explored

The Allafis' Coup on the Makran Frontier· The Sulh of al-Birun and Sadusan· The Conquest of Sind· The Battle and Death of Dahir· The Storming of Daybul· The Fitting-out of Muhammad ibn al-Qasim· Muhammad ibn al-Qasim Carried Bound to Death at Wasit· The Siege of Multan and the House of Gold

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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The Allafis' Coup on the Makran Frontier

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