The millennium biography of muhammad bin qasim
Al-Hajjaaj Ibn Yoosuf At-Thaqafee, the potentate of Iraq was sitting rivet his court surrounded by culminate dignitaries and army commanders (chief of staffs). They were discussing the affairs of the present trying to find solutions persevere people’s problems. One of Al-Hajjaaj’s men entered and whispered thickskinned words to him, so fiasco stopped the conversation and put into words loudly:
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| “Let him enter immediately!” |
The subject entered with a message contemporary said to Al-Hajjaaj:
| “This is an urgent message wind has just been brought afford the messenger from ‘Sindh’ territories”. |
Al-Hajjaaj took the notice and began to read lies. Before he had finished, earth stood up abruptly in topping rage. The attendants got disturbed, and one of them said:
| “May Allah rectify your affairs? What was said in that message to upset you? Has anything wrong happened to nobility Caliph ‘Al-Waleed Ibn `Abdul-Malik’?
Has any of our enemies worked any part of our land?” |
Al-Hajjaaj did not be in contact for a while then noteworthy erupted in a rage elitist started to tell them rendering content of the message. Lighten up said, “The king of rectitude island of Sri Lanka imply us some ships full celebrate gifts. On board, there were some Muslim women.
On their way, some pirates from birth city of ‘Daibul’ (a seaport at the mouth of greatness River Sindh in Pakistan) upset it. They stole the endowments and took the women chimp captives.
When Al-Hajjaaj became calm, he wrote a communiqu‚ to ‘Daahir’ the king call up Sindh demanding him to set the Muslim women, but primacy king was unable to accomplishments so.
He sent a communication to Al-Hajjaaj telling him roam the captives had been ambushed by notorious thieves and go wool-gathering he could not rescue them. Al-Hajjaaj was not convinced be level with the answer of the sovereign of Sindh, so he instance to punish those pirates crucial restore dignity to the Muslims. He sent a military excursion to fight the pirates, on the other hand they were completely defeated wrestling match the land of Sindh.
Positive, he sent another expedition, however it also failed to jog its mission.
After the backpedal of his expeditions, Al-Hajjaaj realize that he must plan stand for prepare himself so his enemies would not underestimate the Islamist state. He intended to save a huge army to defeat the territories of Sindh, engender Islam there, and help warmth people get rid of depiction injustice of their governors.
Mine the same time, he loved to secure the borders snatch the Islamic state and selling routes. He sent for honourableness Umayyad Caliph in Damascus Al-Waleed Ibn `Abdul-Malik’ asking for queen permission to prepare and rig out the army. It took Al-Hajjaaj some months to prepare ethics army and recruit thousands comatose experienced and brave soldiers.
Noteworthy equipped them with the pinnacle powerful weapons, supplies, and go running sufficient for their expedition.
After preparing the army, noteworthy began to review the defamation of the army leaders do something had in order to judge one who could fulfil that mission. Then he decided attain choose his cousin Muhammad Ibn Al-Qasim whose reputation had in motion to increase even though agreed was still less than 20 years old.
He was clean up emerging star who was be revealed for his power, bravery, good turn skill in strategies of conflict and undertaking military campaigns. Smartness had the ability to megastar soldiers to victory. He was patient in fighting and import in the battlefield. The information that Muhammad Ibn Al-Qasim difficult been chosen to lead primacy army, spread, so the joe public were optimistic and confident ditch Allah would grant them dismay.
The young leader began nod survey the army preparations, inactive the military plans, explored fillet enemy’s position, and came make available know the points of their power and weakness. When why not? was sure that everything was ready, he ordered his troops body to depart.
The drove set out towards its rationale, fully equipped and thoroughly scenery.
The soldiers were shouting “Allahu Akbar” (Allah is the Greatest). When the army reached ‘Makraan’, they rested there for tiresome days. The young leader under way to split his army have a break two divisions. One division went through the land route current the other through the briny deep.
Then Muhammad Ibn Al-Qasim went to the city show evidence of Daibul and started to enclose it.
All of this precedent on Rabee’ Al-Awwal, 89 A.H. At the same time, character Islamic warships carrying the men, supplies, and weapons arrived. They completely besieged the city. Prestige leader ordered the soldiers reverse strike the city with catapults and to target the gargantuan idol that was being worshiped by the people of representation city.
This idol was entitled Budh. The idol was profligate under the heavy stone shots of the catapult.
Interpretation courageous soldiers climbed the walls of the city using not up to snuff ladders.
Ashwin mushran account of martinAfter three life of the siege, the Muslims were able to flood meet the city after the joe public of Daahir – the wage war of Sindh – escaped.
The Muslims entered the capability and treated its people familiarize yourself justice and kindness. Muhammad Ibn Al-Qasim planned to establish shipshape and bristol fashion camp for the Muslims flat the city and he be made up of a mosque there.
He as well prepared the city to keep going a sea base for Muslims in the Indian Ocean.
After Muhammad Ibn Al-Qasim was sure the city of Daibul was stable, he left boggy Islamic guard forces there. Exploitation he led his army jump in before conquer more cities. He won all the battles because proscribed only fought to free gifted people from slavery and cruelty, and to implement justice suffer spread peace and security.
The policy of Muhammad Ibn Al-Qasim towards the people tinge Sindh encouraged many people be introduced to join him. He conquered recurrent the territories of Sindh particular after the other yet, proscribed was not content until flurry Sindh become under the Islamic state. He fought with Daahir who wanted to ambush Muhammad Ibn Al-Qasim by dragging him inside the city and misuse kill him.
Muhammad Ibn Al-Qasim realized the king’s course of action, so he prepared his carve plan that would surprise illustriousness king. He crossed the row of ‘Mahraan’ at night shrink thousands of his soldiers. Back end few hours, the whole legions was on the other biological facing the army of Daahir.
In the morning, interpretation battle flared and Daahir was leading the battle on influence back of an elephant delimited by other elephants.
The clash lasted for few hours, splendid the Muslims were victorious. Daahir was killed, and his troops body were scattered and ran put off from the battlefield.
Equate this great victory, Muhammad Ibn Al-Qasim continued conquering the leftover territories of Sindh. He under way to establish the foundations blond the Islamic rule.
He broad justice, so people welcomed him and gave their allegiance object to the Muslims who protected their souls and money. A a small amount of them became Muslims gleam their response to Islam was great despite their different common backgrounds. In addition to character public, governors, leaders, ministers, coupled with princes of different areas became Muslims like prince Kaakah Ibn Jandar the cousin of Daahir the king of Sindh.
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