The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c5.5

c5.5

Nor was the invasion of Sind an isolated or fortuitous military event. With the Arab merchantmen came patrol boats and survey parties; the Konkan coast suffered a seaborne attack in the second Caliph's reign; armed ships convoying the merchant vessels, kept probing the shore defences. From the Mekran frontier recconoitering expeditions finally developed into a determined advance through the border kingdoms of ‘Kabul and Zabul’ to culminate in Muhammud b. Qasim's victories.