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- Era
- The Umayyad Period
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Overview
Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Thaqafi, conqueror of Sind in the caliphate of al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik. 1
The campaign
The book says that al-Hajjaj appointed him over the frontier of Sind and added to him six thousand men of the Syrian army. The expedition took Daybul, Nirun, al-Ruwar and Multan, and Dahir was killed in his battle on the River Mihran. It is related that the expenses of the campaign reached sixty million dirhams. Then Salih ibn Abd al-Rahman removed him and imprisoned him at Wasit, and the reports of his death differ. 2
Al-Baladhuri relates that al-Walid moved to Antioch a group of the Zutt of Sind, whom Muhammad ibn al-Qasim had sent to al-Hajjaj. 3
See the conquest of Sind.
Connections
- Participated in
- The Conquest of Sind· The Sulh of al-Rur· The Allafis' Coup on the Makran Frontier· The Sulh of al-Birun and Sadusan· 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· The Storming of Rawar and Brahmanabadh· al-Hajjaj's Sind Ledger and the Conquests after Dahir
People and things also explored
Dahir, King of Sind· Muhammad ibn Harun al-Namari· Makran· al-Qasim ibn Tha'laba al-Ta'i· al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik· عنبسة بن إسحاق الضبي· Duhar ibn Dahir· Imran ibn Musa al-Barmaki
Sources
- The Umayyad State: Factors of Prosperity and Consequences of Collapse — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi (Part Two, 2005) , p.101-102
- The Umayyad State: Factors of Prosperity and Consequences of Collapse — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi (Part Two, 2005) , p.102-107
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.221-222
- Muhammad Qabbani, The Umayyad State from Birth to Fall (Damascus: Dar Wahy al-Qalam, 2006)
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islam.museum contributors. “Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Thaqafi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/muhammad-ibn-al-qasim/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.