The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c11.58.2

v1.c11.58.2

He was killed there later and afterwards the governors kept fighting the enemy and seizing whatever came into their hands, and subduing the neighbourhood whose inhabitants rebelled.’¹ This passage graphically describes the state of affairs in Sind during this period. The only other governor who is credited with a vigorous policy and successful invasions is Hishām ibn ‘Amr, appointed by the Abbasid Caliph al-Manṣūr (754-775). He is said to have ‘conquered what was left unsubdued,’ sent a fleet to Nārind, ‘conquered Kashmir, obtaining many prisoners and slaves,’ and reconquered Multan. He is further stated to have made an attack on ‘al-Qunduhar’ and cleared a faction of Arabs from Qandābīl.² During this period the power of the Caliphs over their governors in Sind appears to have been somewhat disturbed by the rebellions of their own officers and that of the conquered.³ But a more dangerous thing was the nomination of ‘Imrān ibn Mūsa by his father when the latter died as governor in A. H. 221 (A.D. 836).⁴ ‘Imrān, it is true, carried on a vigorous policy, fighting with the Zuṭṭs of Kīkān and the Mēds of Cutch.