Battle of Aror | |||||||
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Part of Umayyad conquest of Sindh | |||||||
Indus river near Aror | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Umayyad Caliphate | Kingdom of Sindh | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Muhammad ibn al-Qasim | Raja Dahir † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
20,000 |
20,000–25,000[1][2] 50,000 (modern estimates) | ||||||
The Battle of Aror took place in 711 AD between the Umayyad forces under Muhammad ibn al-Qasim and the army of the Brahmin dynasty of Sindh under Raja Dahir. It was the last military conflict of Raja Dahir, in which the Umayyads defeated his army near the Indus River and resulted in the death of Dahir.