Arab Conquest of Sindh

From the earliest era, India has become popular as the land of fanatical and known as the golden sparrow. Foreigners are always attracted by its huge population and wealth. Arab is considered as a bridge connector to India though they could not rule over a long time to this country. Mainly Europe considers this country as the connector of the bridge. While India was facing a struggling situation among its Hindu kingdoms, Arabs started to conquer the world and they starts in Egypt, Syria, Persia and Palestine. 

Arab Conquest of Sindh and Sindh Invasion by Muhammad-bin-Qasim

The most effective and last emperor of the Hindu kingdom was Harshavardan. After his death, political instability in India has been started. After getting this opportunity, Arabs set easily their foot in this country. At this time, Sindh was India’s prosperous state, so, they decided to capture this state. Then, in this state, an Islamic region has been established and became one of the most effective Islamic centres. An ambitious,  courageous and great warrior was a boy aged about 17 years. This boy was Muhammad-bin-Qasim. He has been born at Taif in Saudi Arabia. This ambitious warrior invaded the Multan area and Sindh consequently. His ultimate aim was to establish a rich civilization and culture base territory as he was a kind king. Through his activities and working techniques, it has been proved that he was a good and kind administrator. He had an interest in the poetry world and it led him to write great poetry that is known to us as the Sindh Heritage. When he got a good position in the heart of people by his works, the Khalifas could not tolerate this and arrested him by false charging. After capturing him, they took him to Arab and killed him.     

Reason for Sindh Invasion by Arab

There were a lot of reasons behind the Sindh invasion v by the Arabs. One of the most effective reasons is that the Hindu rulers of Sindh had very weak strength of armies and possessed poor management in every field. This issue made people interested to allow the Arabs to capture their region for improvement in the economy and culture. After entering this area, Arabs started to open their income source by making a good relationship with other countries. This helps them a lot to expand their business using camels and horses as carriers of goods. Another most important reason is that the Sindh region was recognized as a tribal area, so, to move from this situation, the Arabs easily captured this region. 

Effects of Sindh Conquest

Sindh conquest provided a memorable impact in every section such as religions, social and political factors, cultural and economical development, and the Arab settlement. These effects are described particularly.

Changes in religions: Islam was established and published in Multan and Sindh. Their attempt to capture the northern area was failed as Rajput possessed a strong power in this area. The propagation of Islam was declined and the khalifas got shaken after Mohammed Qasim’s death. In Islam strategies, all rules and processes of this warrior have proven as the most effective and fruitful. Keeping a belief in Hinduism, Arabs did not add any extra taxes or charges as they were very kind. This concept impressed Hindus and welcomed them with their open arms.

Social and political impact: To capture India by Arabs, the Hindu ruler’s weak strength of army and poor management helps people to make their interest and capture the whole country. They rely on Arabs that they will make their country more strong than prior. Arabs started to communicate with outer Islamic countries for business and trade opened a door to improve fast. Before capturing the Sindh area by Arabs, it was considered as a poor and tribal territory of the country. Sindh became economically and politically strong. The Arabs believe that success will be easy by winning people’s minds rather than their land as they were effective politicians.

Cultural and economical development: After adopting the tolerance policy, the Arabs allowed Hindus to understand the Islamic religion and to follow it with love. They gained Brahmion’s knowledge and adopted their rituals in various fields such as Arthashastra, Medicine AndAstrology. In their Arabian dictionary, they added a lot of Sanskrit words to make them easy to understand. According to the particular area of crops, they planned businesses and trades in this area to improve the economical and cultural conditions of this region. They brought camels and horses for their business purpose to carry all goods from this region to other states.    

Conclusion

This invasion is a memorable moment in history as this is the Sindh tribal region’s economic and social development. After getting invaded by the Arabs, this region started to grow faster in every field such as religion, social, political, and economic status. Different orders and laws were established after their invasion of this region. They set a trading list with different Arab countries which help them to improve as per situations. According to their strong belief in Islam, this religion was spread fast. In this era, Brahmins were free to follow their religion.