MEDIEVAL HISTORY : ARAB INVASIONS

Arabs Invasions

• During the Khaliphate of Omar, Arab forces made fertile attempts to get Bombay
• Arabs captured Sindh in 712 AD.
• The Arab conquest of Sindh was led by Muhammed Bin Kassim.
• Muhammed Bin Khasim was the nephew of Al- Hajaj, the governor of the Arab province of Basra.
• Dahir, a Brahmin was the ruler of Punjab at that time. He was killed by Kassim.
• The Arabs lost control over Sindh in 779 AD.
• Arab conquest of Sindh resulted in the spread of Islam to North India.
• But Islam was first introduced in India by Malik Ibn Dinar in Kerala in 644 AD.