Draft:Twin Battles of Debal


[1]Twin Battles of Debal was fought between the Brahmin dynasty of Sindh under Raja Dahir of Aror and the Umayyad Caliphate in 708-711. In Debal, two pitched battles were fought between the Sindhi forces and Umayyad forces.

Twin Battles of Debal
Part of Umayyad campaigns in India

Brahmin dynasty under Raja Dahir in 700 AD
DateFirst Battle: 708-711(possibly)
Second Battle: 711 AD [1]
Location
Result Brahmin dynasty victory[2]
Territorial
changes
Umayyads fails to capture Debal and Sindh
Belligerents
Brahmin dynasty Umayyad Caliphate
Commanders and leaders
Raja Dahir
Jaisiah
Budail or Bazil [3]
Strength
4000 cavalry[2] Unknown but large
Casualties and losses
Unknown

Unknown but heavy

  • A number of Arab soldiers taken as prisoners[4]

Battles

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According to Chachnamah wrote by Ali Kufi[5], Raja Dahir of Sindh defeated the Umayyad Arabs twice in pitched battles took place between 708-711 AD in Debal where the Arab commander, Budail or Bazil was killed by the Sindhi forces of Brahmin dynasty under the command of Jaisiah, the son of Dahir.[2]

Maharaja Dahir fought 2 to 3 battles against the Arab Muslims and emerged victorious in the battles. He was martyred in the Battle of Aror[6] while defending his kingdom in 711 AD.

References

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  1. ^ a b Richards, J.F (24 Feb 2011). "The Islamic frontier in the east: Expansion into South Asia". South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies. pp. 91–109. doi:10.1080/00856407408730690.
  2. ^ a b c Kalichbeg (1900). "The Chachnamah An Ancient History Of Sindh".
  3. ^ Majumdar, R.C., ed. (1970). "History and Culture of the Indian People, Volume 03, The Classical Age". Public Resource. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.
  4. ^ R. C. Majumdar. The History and Culture of the Indian People.
  5. ^ Ahmad Asif, Manan (19 September 2016). A Book of Conquest: the Chachnama and Muslim Origins in South Asia. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674972438.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  6. ^ Kushalana, Gobind (2006). Chachnama Retold: An Account of The Arab Conquest of Sindh (in Indic (English)). Bibliophile South Asia, 2006. ISBN 9788185002682.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)