The Storming of Rawar and Brahmanabadh

In al-Baladhuri's account, Muhammad ibn al-Qasim took Rawar by force. There was a woman of Dahir's household there, who feared she would be seized, so she burned herself with her maidservants and all her property. ¹

Muhammad then came to old Brahmanabad, two leagues from Mansura; Mansura did not yet exist, and its place was then a thicket. Dahir's remnant were in it; they fought him, and Muhammad took it by force. Eight thousand were killed there, or it is said twenty-six thousand. He left an agent there, and today it is in ruins. ¹

Muhammad marched toward Rur and Baghrur, and the people of Siwandra came to meet him and asked for safe conduct. He granted it and stipulated that they should provide hospitality and guidance for the Muslims. Then he advanced to Basmad and made peace with its people on terms like those of Siwandra. ¹

Ibn al-Kalbi said that the man who killed Dahir was al-Qasim ibn Thalaba al-Ta'i. ¹

The place of the event is Rawar; the details need an additional source.