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al-Sind

السند

al-Sind, India's seaboard; Hakim ibn Jabala's verdict to Uthman — scant water, worthless fruit, a trifling thief; small armies lost, large ones starved.

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Sind is the land of India on the coast. Al-Baladhuri relates that Hakim ibn Jabala described it to Uthman: its water is a trickle, its fruit is inferior dates, and its thief is a champion. If the army in it is small they are lost, and if it is large they go hungry. 1

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Hakim ibn Jabala's Report on the Indian Frontier

People and things also explored

Abd Allah ibn Amir· Hakim ibn Jabala al-Abdi· Uthman ibn Affan· Hakim ibn Jabala's Report on the Indian Frontier

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Abd Allah ibn Amir

He came to Basra in the year 30 AH, then went out to Fars and conquered it, and sent Mujashi' ibn Mas'ud in pursuit of Yazdegerd. The index records his march to Khurasan and the conquests he made there in 31 AH. According to al-Baladhuri, he came to Basra in the year 29, when all of Fars had been conquered except Istakhr and Jur.