A History of Agriculture in India v2.c54.4
A History of Agriculture in India v2.c54.4
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Military colonies were established by the Arabs at Mansura, Kusdar, and Multan, and large areas of fertile land were given to the Arab soldiers as military tenure. Sind remained an Arab province until A.D. 871, when, as the authority of Abbasids of Baghdad declined, two Arab chiefs established independent principalities, one in Upper Sind with its capital at Multan, and the other in Lower Sind.