[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928) › v3.c19.30 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c19.30 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c19.30 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c19.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c19.30) In 750 the 'Abbasids overthrew the Umayyads and sent officers to expel those who had held offices under them in the provinces. Mansūr, who now held Sind, resisted with some success the adherents of the new line of Caliphs, but was at length defeated and driven into the desert, where he perished miserably of thirst. Mūsā, who expelled him, repaired the city of Mansūrah and enlarged the mosque there. - [Previous: v3.c19.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c19.29) - [Next: v3.c19.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c19.31) - [Up: v3.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c19.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c19.30) · Pramāṇa