Indus River frontier

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border region frontier zone historical region

The Indus River frontier was the strategic border region along the lower Indus in Sindh that marked the edge of early Islamic expansion into the Indian subcontinent.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Indus River frontier canonical 1
Lower Indus Valley 1
Trans-Indus region 1

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border region ⓘ
frontier zone ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWith Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Arab conquest of Sindh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Muhammad bin Qasim NERFINISHED ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
bordered Indian polities east of the Indus ⓘ
early Islamic domains ⓘ
culturalImpact facilitated early contacts between Islamic and Indian civilizations ⓘ
hasFeature crossing points on the Indus ⓘ
fortified settlements ⓘ
river ports ⓘ
historicalPeriod early Islamic period ⓘ
historicalRole edge of early Islamic expansion into the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
strategic border region ⓘ
locatedIn Sindh NERFINISHED ⓘ
lower Indus Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Indus River NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernLocation Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sindh Province of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ
early Islamic world ⓘ
relatedTo Sindh campaign of 711–715 CE ⓘ
strategicImportance control of riverine trade routes ⓘ
gateway for further expansion into northwestern India ⓘ
military defense line ⓘ
timeStart early 8th century CE ⓘ
usedFor military garrisons ⓘ
monitoring cross-river movement ⓘ
tax collection on trade ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

siege of Debal → front → Indus River frontier ⓘ
Raja Dahir → governedRegion → Indus River frontier ⓘ
this entity surface form: lower Indus Valley
Battle of Aror → region → Indus River frontier ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower Indus Valley
Kohat Plateau → partOf → Indus River frontier ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trans-Indus region