Battle of Rasil

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Battle of Rasil
Part of
Indus river, Rasil (Sindh) Pakistan
.
Result Rashidun victory
Territorial
changes
Indus river and western territories of Rai Kingdom annexed by Rashidun Caliphate
Belligerents Rai dynasty Rashidun CaliphateCommanders and leaders Raja Rasil
Rai Sahiras II
Suhail ibn Adi
Usman ibn Abi al-'As
Hakam ibn AmrStrength Unknown UnknownCasualties and losses Unknown Unknown

The Battle of Rasil (

River Indus
.

Sassanids for centuries but was then a domain of the Rai Kingdom, who annexed it in 636-637 although they acted as a vassal of Sassanid Persians in past.[1][2]

Background

Before the Muslim raids, Makran was under the Hindu Rais of Sindh, but the region was also shared by the

Chach of Alor in 631. Ten years later, it was described to be "under the government of Persia" by Xuanzang who visited the region. Three years later however, when the Arabs invaded, it was regarded as the "frontier of Al-Hind".[3]

Battle

Raja Rasil, a local Hindu potentate of the

River Indus. The Raja's army had included war elephants, but these had posed little problem for the Muslim army, who had dealt with them during the conquest of Persia. In accordance with the orders of Caliph Umar, the captured war elephants were sold in Islamic Persia, with the proceeds distributed among the soldiers as share in booty.[4]

Further east from the Indus River laid

Rai Kingdom.[5] Umar, after learning that Sindh was a poor and relatively barren land, disapproved Suhail's proposal to cross the Indus River.[6] For the time being, Umar declared the Indus River, a natural barrier, to be the easternmost frontier of his domain. This campaign came to an end in mid-644.[7]

Aftermath

This was the first confrontation between the

'Amr ibn al-'As who had marched to North Africa and had captured Tripoli.[9]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Peter Crawford, The War of the Three Gods: Romans, Persians and the Rise of Islam, (Pen & Sword, 2013), 192.[1]
  2. ^ André Wink, Al-hind: The Making of the Indo-islamic World, Vol. I, (E.J. Brill, 1990), 133.[2]
  3. ISBN 0391041738
    .
  4. ^ a b Tarikh al Tabri, vol: 4 page no: 180
  5. ISBN 0-19-597713-0
    ,
  6. ISBN 0-7914-0852-3
  7. Muhammad Husayn Haykal
    . chapter 19 page no:130
  8. ISBN 9004092498
    .
  9. ISBN 9781848846128
    .

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