Umayyad conquest of Sindh | |||||||||
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Part of Umayyad campaigns in India | |||||||||
The state of Sindh in 700 AD | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Umayyad Caliphate |
Kingdom of Sindh Supported by Hindu Jats[1] | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Muhammad ibn Qasim Bazil or Budail †[2] |
Raja Dahir † Jaisiah [2] |
The Umayyad conquest of Sindh took place in 711 AD and resulted in Sindh being incorporated as a province into the Umayyad Caliphate. The conquest resulted in the overthrow of the last Hindu dynasty of Sindh, the Brahmin dynasty, after the death of Raja Dahir.[3]