Umayyad conquest of Sindh

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Umayyad expansion conquest military campaign

The Umayyad conquest of Sindh was an early 8th-century Arab military campaign that brought parts of the northwestern Indian subcontinent under the control of the Umayyad Caliphate, marking the beginning of sustained Muslim rule in the region.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Muslim conquest of Sindh	4
Arab conquest of Sindh	3
Umayyad conquest of Sindh canonical	3
Conquest of Sind under Muhammad ibn al-Qasim	1
Muslim conquest of the Indian subcontinent	1
Umayyad advance into lower Sindh	1
Umayyad expansion into South Asia	1
Umayyad invasion of Sindh	1
Umayyad naval expedition to Sindh coast	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Umayyad expansion ⓘ conquest ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
belligerent	Brahman dynasty of Sindh ⓘ Kingdom of Sindh ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
caliphDuringConflict	Al-Walid I ⓘ
capturedCity	Brahmanabad ⓘ Debal ⓘ Multan ⓘ
cause	Umayyad expansionist policy ⓘ retaliation for attacks on Arab shipping ⓘ
commander	Muhammad bin Qasim ⓘ surface form: Muhammad ibn al-Qasim Raja Dahir ⓘ
conflictOf	Raja Dahir's kingdom of Sindh ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
country	Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
endDate	713 ⓘ
era	early 8th century ⓘ
followedBy	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ surface form: Abbasid rule in Sindh
front	eastern frontier of the Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
historicalSignificance	first major Muslim political foothold in the Indian subcontinent ⓘ opened maritime and overland routes between the Middle East and northwestern India under Muslim control ⓘ
languageOfSources	Arabic ⓘ Persian ⓘ
militaryType	land campaign ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Aror ⓘ Battle of Debal ⓘ siege of Debal ⓘ
outcome	establishment of Arab garrisons in Sindh ⓘ integration of Sindh into the Umayyad administrative system ⓘ spread of Islam into Sindh ⓘ
overseenBy	al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ⓘ surface form: Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf
partOf	Umayyad conquest of Sindh self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Muslim conquest of the Indian subcontinent Umayyad conquest of Sindh self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Umayyad expansion into South Asia
place	Indus Valley ⓘ surface form: Indus River valley Sindh ⓘ northwestern Indian subcontinent ⓘ
predecessorPolity	Brahman dynasty of Sindh ⓘ
recordedIn	Chach Nama ⓘ Futuh al-Buldan ⓘ
religiousImpact	construction of early mosques in Sindh ⓘ introduction of Islamic institutions in Sindh ⓘ
result	Umayyad victory ⓘ beginning of sustained Muslim rule in Sindh ⓘ fall of the Brahman dynasty of Sindh ⓘ incorporation of parts of Sindh into the Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
startDate	711 ⓘ
successorPolity	Umayyad province of Sindh ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Debal → roleIn → Umayyad conquest of Sindh ⓘ

Muhammad bin Qasim → notableFor → Umayyad conquest of Sindh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muslim conquest of Sindh

Sindhi people → historicalEvent → Umayyad conquest of Sindh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab conquest of Sindh

Al-Walid I → militaryCampaignsDirected → Umayyad conquest of Sindh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conquest of Sind under Muhammad ibn al-Qasim

Umayyad conquest of Sindh → partOf → Umayyad conquest of Sindh self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muslim conquest of the Indian subcontinent

Umayyad conquest of Sindh → partOf → Umayyad conquest of Sindh self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad expansion into South Asia

siege of Debal → partOf → Umayyad conquest of Sindh ⓘ

siege of Debal → precededBy → Umayyad conquest of Sindh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad naval expedition to Sindh coast

siege of Debal → followedBy → Umayyad conquest of Sindh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad advance into lower Sindh

Raja Dahir → conflict → Umayyad conquest of Sindh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab conquest of Sindh

Muslim conquest of Persia → followedBy → Umayyad conquest of Sindh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muslim conquest of Sindh

Early Muslim conquests → hasPart → Umayyad conquest of Sindh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muslim conquest of Sindh

Battle of Aror → partOf → Umayyad conquest of Sindh ⓘ

Battle of Aror → precededBy → Umayyad conquest of Sindh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad invasion of Sindh

Islam in South Asia → historicalEvent → Umayyad conquest of Sindh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muslim conquest of Sindh

medieval India → significantEvent → Umayyad conquest of Sindh ⓘ

subject surface form: Medieval India

this entity surface form: Arab conquest of Sindh