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| result = Victory of Indian Kingdoms
| territory = Umayyad expansion checked and contained to [[Sindh]].
| combatant1 = [[Karkota Dynasty]]<br>[[Gurjara-Pratihara
| combatant2 = [[Umayyad Caliphate]]<br>[[Arab Sind|Vilayet Al-Sindh]]
| commander1 = [[Lalitaditya Muktapida]]<br>[[Nagabhata I]]<br>[[Bappa Rawal]]<br>[[Chalukyas of Navasarika#Avanijanashraya Pulakeshin|Avanijanashraya Pulakeshin]]
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Uthman, on his own initiative, according to the history of [[al-Baladhuri]], had also launched the first Arab naval raids against the ports of the Indian subcontinent, the first of these raids targeted [[Thane]]<ref name="El Hareir" /> (a small town near [[Mumbai]]), then two expeditions were sent against [[Bharuch]] (a city in [[Gujarat]]) and [[Debal]] (a town near [[Karachi]]).<ref name="El Hareir" />{{sfn|Baloch|1953|p=243}}{{sfn|Friedmann|1970|p=253}} The [[Battle of Thane 636|assault on Thane]], the first Arab raid on India, was commanded by Uthman's brother al-Hakam, who later led the raid on Bharuch.{{sfn|Baloch|1946|p=251}} The raids on Thane and Bharuch may have been successful as the Arabs had lost no men during these raids,.<ref name="El Hareir" />{{sfn|Ishaq|1945|pp=109, 112}} but [[al-Baladhuri]] does not specifically state these raids as successful,({{harvnb|al-Balādhurī|1924|p=209}}), so some scholars are of the opinion that the Arabs raids may have been failures.<ref name="BAvari2013">{{cite book |year=2013 |author=[[Burjor Avari|Avari, Burjor]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hGHpVtQ8eKoC |access-date=December 20, 2023 |title=Islamic Civilization in South Asia: A History of Muslim Power and Presence in the Indian Subcontinent |page=20 |quote=A fleet sent by Caliph Umar in 637 to capture Thana, near Mumbai, failed. |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=9780415580618 |language=en-US }}</ref> The following raid on Debal was commanded by another brother, al-Mughira.{{sfn|Ishaq|1945|p=109}} The raids were probably launched in {{circa|636}} according to al-Baladhuri.{{sfn|Ishaq|1945|p=110}} These expeditions were not sanctioned by Caliph [[Umar]] and Uthman escaped punishment only because there weren't any casualties.<ref name="Baladhuri p209">{{harvnb|al-Balādhurī|1924|p=209}}: "'Uthmân ibn-abu-l-'Âși ath-Thaķafi ... sent his brother, al-Hakam, to al-Bahrain, and went himself to 'Umân, and sent an army across to Tânah. When the army returned, he wrote to 'Umar, informing him of this expedition and its result. 'Umar wrote to him in reply, ' ... By Allah, I swear that if they had been smitten, I would exact from thy tribe the equivalent.' Al-Hakam sent an expedition against Barwaș [Broach] also, and sent his brother, al-Mughîrah ibn-abu-l-'Âsi, to the gulf of ad-Daibul, where he met the enemy in battle and won a victory."</ref>
The raid on Debal was also a success,<ref name="El Hareir" /><ref name="BAvari2013"/> but it is unlikely to have taken place in 643 CE as Umar was still the Caliph and Uthman was unlikely to disobey his directive on sea raids, and the source reporting this is deemed unreliable.<ref name="auto">{{harvnb|Khushalani|2006|p=221}}</ref><ref name="El Hareir">{{harvnb|El Hareir|M'Baye|2011|pp=594, 601–602}}</ref>
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