Abstract
At the beginning of 8th century A.D the boundaries of
the Muslim empire had expanded in all directions and soon
reached the very limit of Sindhu valley. Then, due to some
unpleasant happenings, the Arab Viceroy of eastern regions was
prompted to launch a military expedition against the ruler of
lower Sindhu valley named Raja Dahir, in 711 A.D. As a result,
a young Arab general named Muhammad bin Qasim, a nephew
of Hajjaj bin Yousaf, was dispatched to measure sword with
Raja Dahir. First of all Muhammad Bin Qasim besieged the
coastal city of Daybal which fell to Arab army. The occupation
of Daybal was followed by other important towns of Dahir's
kingdom such as Drawar, Alor, Nerun and Multan which, after a
hard resistance, were captured by Muhammad bin Qasim. With
the conquest of Dahir's kingdom, the boundaries of Muslim
empire on the southern borders extended to the lower valley of
river Sindh. It was a general practice among Muslim invaders,
that wherever they went, marked out a place for offering
prayer1
. Muslim invaders of Sindh also followed this practice
and built mosques.
Tauqeer Ahmad Warraich. (2008) EARLY MOSQUES OF SOUTH ASIA AND IMPACT OF NATIVE ARCHITECTURE: A CASE STUDY OF BANBHORE, MANSURA, UDIGRAM AND QUWWAT-UL-ISLAM MOSQUES, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volime 45, Issue 2.
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