Arab conquest of Sindh

Umayyad conquest of Sindh
Part of Umayyad campaigns in India

The state of Sindh in 700 AD
Date711 AD
Location
Result Umayyad victory
Territorial
changes
Sindh becomes a caliphal province
Belligerents
Umayyad Caliphate
Kingdom of Sindh
Supported by
Hindu Jats[1]
Commanders and leaders
Muhammad ibn Qasim
Bazil or Budail [2]
Raja Dahir 
Jaisiah Executed[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]

  1. ^ Vijaya Ramaswamy, ed. (2017). Migrations in Medieval and Early Colonial India. Routledge. ISBN 9781351558242. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b Kalichbeg (1900). "The Chachnamah An Ancient History Of Sindh". p. 71.
  3. ^ Ahmed Asif, Manan (September 19, 2016). A Book of Conquest: The Chachnama and Muslim Origins in South Asia. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674660113.