The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c11.39.2

v1.c11.39.2

One such chief was Ḥullīshāh, a son of Dāhir.⁵ It appears from the account of Balādhuri that this prince continued to hold considerable power round about Bahmanābād.¹ It seems likely that soon after Muḥammad ibn Qāsim was removed from the governorship of Sind and fell a prey to the vengeful Ṣāliḥ in about 715 A.D.² there was a revival of Hindu power in Sind, for we are told by Balādhuri that about this time, when Ḥabīb ibn al-Muhallab was ‘appointed to wage the *as-Sind* campaign, the kings of al-Hind came back to their kingdoms and Ḥullishāh came back to Bahmanābād and took up a position on the Mihrān.’ We are further told that ‘the people of ar-Rūr (Alor) submitted to him.’³ Mīr Ma‘ṣūm goes so far as to say that two years after the death of Muḥammad ibn Qāsim “the people of India rebelled, and threw off their yoke, and the country from Debalpur to the Salt Sea only remained under the dominions of the Khalifa.”⁴ According to Balādhuri, Ḥullishāh and all the rulers of Sind accepted Islam and Arabic names, in the reign of Caliph ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azīz who succeeded Sulaymān in 717 A.D.⁵ But the Caliphs continued to send governors over Sind,⁶ and the degree of authority which they exercised must have varied according to the personality and ability of these officers. There is evidence to show that some of these governors tried to extend their power from their posts in Sind.