The Battle and Death of Dahir

وقعة داهر ومقتله

Muhammad stole across the Mihwan by a contrived bridge near Rasal's land of Qissa while Dahir scorned the threat; they met — Dahir on his elephant ringed by elephants and the Kakira — in a battle like none heard of, till dismounted he fought and fell at evening, the mushrikun routed and cut down at will. Al-Mada'ini names his killer a man of Banu Kilab: 'the spears bore witness on Dahir's day, and praised al-Qasim ibn Muhammad'.

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al-Baladhuri relates that Muhammad ibn al-Qasim devised a way to cross the Mihran by a bridge he built, while Dahir was distracted from him. Dahir met him on an elephant with elephants around him, and they fought very fiercely. ¹

The death of Dahir

Dahir dismounted and fought, and he was killed toward evening, and his companions were routed. In the report of al-Mada'ini, the one who killed him was a man of Banu Kilab. ¹

The place is the Mihran. The date of the battle is not given on the page, and it needs an additional source.

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Had participant: Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Thaqafi· Dahir, King of Sind
Occurred at: Mihran

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The Storming of Daybul· The Sulh of al-Rur· The Allafis' Coup on the Makran Frontier· The Sulh of al-Birun and Sadusan· The Conquest of Sind· The Daybul Pirates and the Cry 'ya Hajjaj'· Habib's Sind, the Kings' Conversion, and the Muhallabids' End· The Fitting-out of Muhammad ibn al-Qasim

Sources

Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)

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