At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Review
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Overview
In 44 AH, in the days of Mu'awiya, al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra raided the frontier of India, and reached Banna and the marshes between Multan and Kabul, and the enemy met him and he fought them. 1
Hamstringing the horses
In the land of al-Qiqan al-Muhallab met eighteen Turkish horsemen on hamstrung horses. They fought him and all were killed. Al-Muhallab said something to the effect: these foreigners are not more entitled than we are to gird up. So he hamstrung his horses, and according to the account he was the first of the Muslims to do this. 1
A second source is needed: the data gives neither a date nor a second account.
Connections
- Had participant
- al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra
- Occurred at
- al-Qiqan
People and things also explored
Abdallah ibn Sawar at Qiqan· al-Harith ibn Murra's Qiqan Raid and Death· Imran ibn Musa's Sind and the Zutt-Mayd Wars· Ibn Samura's March to Kabul· al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra's Khurasan· Sa'id ibn Uthman's Siege of Samarqand· Khayra bint Damra al-Qushayriyya· al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Muhallab's Frontier Raid and the First Horse-Trimming”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/muhallab-sind-44/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.