The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c19.27

v3.c19.27

Sulaimān died, after a reign of no more than two years, in 717, and was succeeded by his cousin, the pious and zealous ‘Umar II, to whom the toleration of idolatry, even on the fringe of his empire, was painful. He wrote to the princes of Sind, urging them to embrace Islam and earn the temporal as well as the eternal blessings which would follow their acceptance of the true faith. Many, among them Jai Singh, responded.