The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c11.39.3

v1.c11.39.3

Ḥajjāj had ordered Muḥammad ibn Qāsim not to rest satisfied with Sind but to penetrate to China, thus emulating the victories of Qutayba in Transoxania, and he is generally credited by al-Bīrūnī, the *Chach-nāma*, and the Persian authorities with having penetrated to Kanauj.¹ It is difficult to ascertain how far this is historical, but there are reasons to believe that Junayd, who was Governor of Sind under Caliph Hishām (724-43) not only undertook a vigorous policy for the consolidation of Arab power in Sind but actually made raids on many parts of India. Balādhurī tells us that he defeated and killed Dāhir's son Ḥallīshāh who had apostatized and opposed his advance after a naval battle. He is also reported to have raided Uzain, Bahrī-mad, al-Mālibah, al-Kīraj, Mirmad, al-Mandal, Dahnāj, and Barwaṣ, and conquered al-Bailamān and al-Jurz.² It is probably one of these raids which is recorded in the Nausari grant (A.D. 738-39) of the Lāṭa Cālukya prince Pulakeśin Avani Janāśraya.