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Al-Junayd sent his tax agents to the region, which implies that the new province would have included western and southern [[Rajasthan]], area of [[Punjab]], entire [[Gujarat]] and small parts of [[Madhya Pradesh]] as well.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Blankinship |first=Khalid Yahya |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjP0i6FSfLwC |title=The End of the Jihâd State: The Reign of Hishām Ibn ʿAbd al-Malik and the Collapse of the Umayyads |date=1994-06-28 |publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-0-7914-9683-1 |pages=133–134 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Balocu |first=Nabī Bak̲h̲shu K̲h̲ānu |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YKPjAAAAMAAJ&q=malwa+junayd+fresh+victory |title=Lands of Pakistan: Perspectives, Historical and Cultural |date=1995 |publisher=el-Mashriqi Foundation |pages=48 |language=en}}</ref>
Al-Junayd sent his tax agents to the region, which implies that the new province would have included western and southern [[Rajasthan]], area of [[Punjab]], entire [[Gujarat]] and small parts of [[Madhya Pradesh]] as well.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Blankinship |first=Khalid Yahya |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjP0i6FSfLwC |title=The End of the Jihâd State: The Reign of Hishām Ibn ʿAbd al-Malik and the Collapse of the Umayyads |date=1994-06-28 |publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-0-7914-9683-1 |pages=133–134 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Balocu |first=Nabī Bak̲h̲shu K̲h̲ānu |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YKPjAAAAMAAJ&q=malwa+junayd+fresh+victory |title=Lands of Pakistan: Perspectives, Historical and Cultural |date=1995 |publisher=el-Mashriqi Foundation |pages=48 |language=en}}</ref>
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Junayd ibn Abd ar-Rahman al-Murri (or Al Junayd) was appointed the governor of Sindh in 723 CE.

Campaign of Al-Junayd
Part of Umayyad campaigns in India

The state of Sindh in 700 AD
Date723-728
Location
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Result

Umayyad victory[1][2]

  • Fall of Sindh dynasty
  • Fall of Bhinmal dynasty
  • Weakening of the Mauryas of Chittor & the Gurjaras
Territorial
changes
All of Gujarat, West & Southern Rajasthan & Punjab conquered by the Arabs
Belligerents
Umayyad Caliphate Brahmin dynasty
Gurjaradesa
Pratiharas of Mandavyapura
Bhinmal Kingdom
Malwa Kingdom
Kangra Kingdom
Gurjaras of Lata
Maitraka dynasty
Jaisalmer Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Junayd ibn Abd ar-Rahman al-Murri
Habib ibn Marrah
Jaisiah Executed
Sassa Executed
Druhar
Siluka or Chanduka
Jayabhata IV
Siladitya IV
Tanu or Tunno
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

After defeating and executing two sons of Dahir, "Jaisiah" and "Sassa", he subdued the whole of Sindh. Junayd then sent an expedition against (Kiraj)-Kangra, and subdued it as well. A large expedition sent to Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, which included Mermad (Maru-Mada, in Jaisalmer and Jodhpur), al-Baylaman (Bhillamala or Bhinmal) and Jurz (Gurjaradesa—southern Rajasthan and northern Gujarat).[3] A force was also sent under Habib ibn Marra which successfully conquered Maliba Malwa. Another force was sent against Uzayn (Ujjain), which made incursions into its country (Avanti) and destroyed some parts of it, including the city of Baharimad, Mewar or Barmer.[4]

Another force was dispatched and it subdued Qassa (Kutch), al-Mandal (Mandore), Dahnaj (Dahej), Surast (Saurashtra) and Barus or Barwas (Bharuch).[5] Either Chanduka Or Shiluka was on the throne when the Arabs under Junayd swept over the whole region where these rulers ruled.[6] The Bhattis under Tunno or Tanu were ruling the Jaisalmer region during Al-Junayd's invasion. They suffered defeat in the Arab raids and expanded eastward.

Al-Junayd sent his tax agents to the region, which implies that the new province would have included western and southern Rajasthan, area of Punjab, entire Gujarat and small parts of Madhya Pradesh as well.[7][8]

References

  1. Blankinship, Khalid Yahya (1994-06-28). The End of the Jihâd State: The Reign of Hishām Ibn ʿAbd al-Malik and the Collapse of the Umayyads. State University of New York Press. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-7914-9683-1.
  2. Balocu, Nabī Bak̲h̲shu K̲h̲ānu (1995). Lands of Pakistan: Perspectives, Historical and Cultural. el-Mashriqi Foundation. p. 48.
  3. Elliot, Sir Henry Miers (2008-01-01). History of India, in Nine Volumes: Vol. V - The Mohammedan Period as Described by Its Own Historians. Cosimo, Inc. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-60520-498-7.
  4. Jain, Kailash Chand (1972-12-31). Malwa Through The Ages. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. p. 321. ISBN 978-81-208-0824-9.
  5. Wink, André (1990). Al-hind: The Making of the Indo-islamic World. BRILL. p. 208. ISBN 978-90-04-09249-5.
  6. Allan, John; Haig, Sir Wolseley; Dodwell, Henry (1964). The Cambridge Shorter History of India. S. Chand. p. 102.
  7. Blankinship, Khalid Yahya (1994-06-28). The End of the Jihâd State: The Reign of Hishām Ibn ʿAbd al-Malik and the Collapse of the Umayyads. State University of New York Press. pp. 133–134. ISBN 978-0-7914-9683-1.
  8. Balocu, Nabī Bak̲h̲shu K̲h̲ānu (1995). Lands of Pakistan: Perspectives, Historical and Cultural. el-Mashriqi Foundation. p. 48.

Further reading

  • Crawford, Peter (2013). The War of the Three Gods: Romans, Persians and the Rise of Islam. Barnsley, Great Britain: Pen & Sword Books. p. 216. ISBN 978-1-84884-612-8