He conquered Sindh at the mere age of 16, when a hindu raja had a tiff with the kinf of Arabia, who sent Muhammad Bin Qasim to conquer the land of Sindh.

Anyways, when he did conquer Sindh, he left the local poplualtion alone, gave them freedom and protection, and even let all the hindus keep their major posts. Many of the Hindus, impressed by his kindness converted to Islam. Letting all the hindus keep their previous governmentla jobs also resulted in the recently conquered soceity not collapsing into dismay.

does any one have any more info on Muhammad Bin Qasim? Im a huge fan of his. I has just started to learn about him in history textbooks, but left it half way through because i came to Canada.




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i thought it was cuz of the Arab ships being looted by Sindhi pirates, that the Arab army came to Sindh.

Yea Harry thats what i have read as well.

For the most part Pakistani Versions of The History of the subcontinent is very distorted . anyways anybody here have any info on this guy to post?



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Truely, i dont understand why would they alter their history. Sadly i find some of the same happening in India on a different note of course, but still many modern Pakistanis try to associate their history so much with Arabia, well its only link to Arabia is Islam, and Islam too came to the subcontinent through the Sufi Saints not through the sword of Arabia, it was only the Mughals which started the non-Muslim prosecution in India.

And the pre-Mughal history of the area of what is Pakistan today is totally gone, they bearly get any mention, their link with Pakistan is totally severed. Forget the non-Muslim history, most of the them dont even know the message of the what the pre-mughal Muslim stated or who they were. Do you they know anything of the what the Sufis preached or who they were, i have never read any of their contribution in the history of Pakistan, i would be truely surprised if they even knew the names of these Sufi Saints.


And i hope none of the Pakistanis take this offensively, this is just a critique of how i feel, you guys as Pakistanis need to see and chrish your rich cultural heritage, be your own people, dont associate with others so much.



There is so much i want to say and I have edited this post too many times, so lets get back to the topic, does anyone know anything of this guy, i have heard he was later jailed and killed cuz of his internal rift with someone, anyone know more?

No, Pakistan begins counting history from the arrival of Muhammad Bin Qasim. W/ever man, you know what I think is that converting to Islam is just first step. I mean, before everything, everyone believed in Dharma. Then they became Muslim, but retained Dharmic traditions, like in Bangladesh and stuff, they still get married like Hindus and Buddhists. In faith too, they became Sufi, which did away with Islamic clergical orthodoxy typical of Islam, introducing the mystic spiritualism of Dharma.

Then the Muslims of northern India made their own language, out of no reason. The forming of Urdu was just as useless as it would be today if the Paki Punjabis made their own language. And then, the Muslims demanded separate nation. Then, they kicked out all existing Dharma believers, making it 100% "pure". Now they are fluent in Arabic and Farsi. Their history books are distancing from Dharmic past, willing to call themselves anything but Indians.

Under Hindu "protection", the Muslims of India were protected for "Arabization". Today, as Hindu population is being decimated in Pak, Kashmir and Bangladesh, there is more "Arabization".


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Muhammad bin Qasim was orphaned as a child and thus the responsibility of his upbringing fell upon his mother. She supervised his religious instruction herself, and hired different teachers for his worldly education. It was the uncle, Hajjaj bin Yousaf, who taught him the art of governing and warfare.

Qasim was an intelligent and cultured young man who at the age of fifteen was considered by many to be one of his uncle's greatest assets. As a show of faith in his nephew's abilities, Hajjaj married his daughter to Qasim. At the age of sixteen, he was asked to serve under the great general, Qutayba bin Muslim. Under his command Muhammad bin Qasim displayed a talent for skilful fighting and military planning. Hajjaj's complete trust in Qasim's abilities as a general became even more apparent when he appointed the young man as the commander of the all-important invasion on Sindh, when he was only seventeen years old. Muhammad bin Qasim proved Hajjaj right when he, without many problems, managed to win all his military campaigns. He used both his mind and military skills in capturing places like Daibul, Raor, Uch and Multan. History does not boast of many other commanders who managed such a great victory at such a young age.

Besides being a great general, Muhammad bin Qasim was also an excellent administrator. He established peace and order as well as a good administrative structure in the areas he conquered. He was a kind hearted and religious person. He had great respect for other religions. Hindu and Buddhist spiritual leaders were given stipends during his rule. The poor people of the land were greatly impressed by his policies and a number of them embraced Islam. Those who stuck to their old religions erected statues in his honor and started worshiping him after his departure from their land.

Muhammad bin Qasim was known for his obedience to the ruler. Walid bin Abdul Malik died and was succeeded by his younger brother Suleman as the Caliph. Suleman was an enemy of Hajjaj and thus ordered Qasim back to the kingdom. Qasim knew of the animosity between the two. He was aware that due to this enmity, he would not be well treated. He could have easily refused to obey the Caliph's orders and declare his independence in Sindh. Yet he was of the view that obeying ones ruler is the duty of a general and thus he decided to go back to the center. Here he became a victim to party politics. He was put behind bars where he died at age of twenty. Many historians believe that had he been given a few more years, he would have conquered the entire South Asian region.

Didn't the Rajputs rout him btw, cause the Arabs couldn't fight on Indian desert terrain?

Waise Harvinder, did you get the post telling you that Vaisakhi is over?

"Waise Harvinder"

and i guess this was towards me, and well my name is not Harvinder, it is Harry, from birth it was Harry. If you want to know my Sikh name, it is Harjashan Veer Singh

and yes i got your message, check the thread you posted it in, i responded.

Aare Harjashan bhai, even I have a ghar ka naam, although its not Anglicized. Neway sardarji, just pullin yer leg, no hard feelings!!

@bharat the problem with u is that u pull 2 many legs.

for instance i have repeatedly said to u and other indian forumers not to call pakistani 'pakis' its derogatory.

what i have said in the past and i admit i have is in retaliation to stuff about us . hell i have indian friends and i feel ashamed to say stuff i do i feel a hypocrite but im not gonna sit here and read alll that crap. so the balls in your court.

http://www.geocities.com/mutmainaa/people/muhammad_bin_qassim.html


yes harry ur original view is correct and he did get locked up cos his uncle was a bad ass according to this report.

cause the Arabs couldn't fight on Indian desert terrain
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lolololol DO U THINK when u write? Arabs cant fight in desert? its like saying Russian's cant fight in Cold olololol

I think I read that as reason in history book as issued by GOI. Rajputs were experts at desert warfare.

"cause the Arabs couldn't fight on Indian desert terrain"

lo1l1o1l11ol

I thought the arabs repeated ruled the indians and the great Taj Mahal was built by the arabs.....l.1o1l1o1l1o1l1

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the great Taj Mahal was built by the arabs.....l.1o1l1o1l1o1l1

u obvoiusly dont know anything about History.

Taj Mahal was created by a Persian Artchitect from shiraz, during the time when Turkic empire had india.

"I think I read that as reason in history book as issued by GOI. Rajputs were experts at desert warfare."

well it seems then Pakistanis arent they only ones changing History, you have the Arabs mixed with the Persians and the Afghans, they would pefrer comign in through the Kyber Pass instead of Balouchistan due to the desert and enviornment, on the other hand, Indian Desert and Arab Desert are not much different, your comparing it to the Iraqi desert.

And for some reason, everyone forgets to mention the fact that the main reason Arabs ruled Sindh for about 150~ years, is that the Jatts of Punjab and Sindh/Gandhara supported them, and helped them in war with mercanaries and informers. Arabs were later driven out by Rajput clans from Rajhestan and Punjab. I think Multan was one city that remained in Muslim hands...

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"And for some reason, everyone forgets to mention the fact that the main reason Arabs ruled Sindh for about 150~ years, is that the Jatts of Punjab and Sindh/Gandhara supported them, and helped them in war with mercanaries and informers. Arabs were later driven out by Rajput clans from Rajhestan and Punjab. I think Multan was one city that remained in Muslim hands... "


and this was due to there long standing feud with the Rajputs, any chance they would get they would go after the Rajputs,Clash of personalities sort to say, the Rajputs always tried to subdue to the Jatts and finally succeded in the 10th century, but after the Arabs they never made it back to power. It was also mainly due to the fact that Rajput had started to follow Brahminical way of life, which the Jatts dispised.

I dont think the Rajputs kicked them out, i think right after the arabs, the Turks/Afghans came into power. Cuz from what i have studied Rajputs never came back to power in North India (delhi and up) after the Muslim introduction in India.

No, Rajputs came back to power with the Mughals later on.


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"No, Rajputs came back to power with the Mughals later on."

all they had were buffer states in the Hill areas of Punjab/Kashmir and Rajastan, but still relied heavily on the help of Mughal forces in the time of battle.

Actually, after a rebellion in 900AD, Rajputs came back to seize power in Sindh, according to myth the people had prayed for a savior, but Multan was the only city that remained in Muslim hands, everything else had fallen under the Rajputs. I think Indian muslims (Somara Dynasty I believe) later on overthrew the Arabs in Multan aswell...

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see, we were talking about different time periods, you guys were reffering to pre-10th century and i was talking about post-10th century. Conflict resolved.

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