| Battle of Rasil | |||||||||
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| Part of early Muslim conquests in South Asia | |||||||||
 Map detailing location of Battle field according to present-day geography. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Rai dynasty | Rashidun Caliphate | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Raja Rasil Rai Sahasi II Rai Sahiras II |
Suhail ibn Adi Usman ibn Abi al-'As Hakam ibn Amr | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
The Battle of Rasil (Sindhi: راسل جي جنگ) was fought between the Rashidun Caliphate and the Rai kingdom ruled by Raja Rasil in early 644. It was the first encounter of the Rashidun Caliphate in the Indian subcontinent. The exact location of the battle is not known, but historians suggest it was fought on the western bank of the River Indus.
Suhail ibn Adi was given command of this expedition by Caliph Umar. Suhail marched from Busra in 643. He eventually reached Makran, what is now a part of present-day Pakistan. It was a traditional territory of Sassanids for centuries but was then a domain of the Rai Kingdom, who annexed it in 636-637 although they acted as a vassal of Sassanid Persians in past.[1][2]