Duhar ibn Dahir

دوهر بن داهر

Duhar ibn Dahir; he sallied against Muhammad ibn al-Qasim at al-Kiraj, was routed, fled — some say was killed — and the city yielded on terms.

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Duhar ibn Dahir, whose story is recorded by al-Baladhuri in "The Conquest of Sind". 1

Al-Kirij

He went out to Muhammad ibn al-Qasim at al-Kirij and fought him. His army was routed and he fled. It is said that he was killed. The people of the city came down under Muhammad's rule, and he put them to death and took them captive. 1

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al-Hajjaj's Sind Ledger and the Conquests after Dahir

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Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Thaqafi· al-Kiraj· al-Hajjaj's Sind Ledger and the Conquests after Dahir

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  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Thaqafi

Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Thaqafi, conqueror of Sind in al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik's caliphate; in al-Baladhuri: al-Walid transferred to Antioch a company of the Sindhi Zutt whom Muhammad ibn al-Qasim had assigned to al-Hajjaj, who sent them on to Syria — as Mu'awiya had earlier, in year 49 or 50, moved companies of Basra's Zutt and Sayabija to the coasts, settling some at Antioch.