Umayyad province of Sindh

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The Umayyad province of Sindh was an early Islamic administrative region in the lower Indus Valley established by the Umayyad Caliphate after its expansion into the Indian subcontinent.

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Umayyad province of Sindh canonical 2
Umayyad rule in Sindh 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Umayyad province
historical administrative division
administeredBy wali
administrativeCenter al-Mansura
alsoKnownAs al-Sind under the Umayyads
borderedBy Arabian Sea
Hind (northwestern India)
capital Brahmanabad
al-Mansura
conqueredBy Muhammad ibn al-Qasim
linked to: Muhammad bin Qasim
country Umayyad Caliphate
currency Umayyad dirham
demographics majority Hindu and Buddhist population
endDate after Abbasid Revolution
mid 8th century
establishedAfter Muslim conquest of Sindh
campaigns of Muhammad ibn al-Qasim
establishedBy Caliph al-Walid I
linked to: Al-Walid I

Umayyad Caliphate
followedBy Abbasid province of Sindh
governmentType province under caliphal governor
historicalEra Umayyad period
linked to: Umayyad Caliphate

early Islamic period
includedCity Debal
Multan
introduced Arabic administration
Islamic taxation system
language Arabic
Sindhi
legalSystem Islamic law (sharia) under Umayyad authority
locatedIn Indian subcontinent
linked to: South Asia

lower Indus Valley
locatedInPresentDay Pakistan
majorRiver Indus River
militaryRole frontier province of the Umayyad Caliphate
notableGovernor Muhammad ibn al-Qasim
linked to: Muhammad bin Qasim

al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (as supervising viceroy of Iraq and the East)
partOf Umayyad Caliphate
predecessor Raja Dahir's kingdom of Sindh
region Sindh
religion Islam
religiousPolicy Islamic rule over predominantly non-Muslim population
significance base for early Islamic expansion into northwestern India
first lasting Muslim-ruled territory in the Indian subcontinent
startDate c. 711
early 8th century

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Umayyad conquest of Sindh successorPolity Umayyad province of Sindh
Dahir ibn Chach successor Umayyad rule in Sindh
linked to: Umayyad province of Sindh
Raja Dahir's kingdom of Sindh successorState Umayyad province of Sindh