The Battle and Death of Dahir
وقعة داهر ومقتله
Muhammad stole across the Mihwan by a contrived bridge near Rasal's land of Qissa while Dahir scorned the threat; they met — Dahir on his elephant ringed by elephants and the Kakira — in a battle like none heard of, till dismounted he fought and fell at evening, the mushrikun routed and cut down at will. Al-Mada'ini names his killer a man of Banu Kilab: 'the spears bore witness on Dahir's day, and praised al-Qasim ibn Muhammad'.
At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Review
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Connections
- Had participant
- Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Thaqafi· Dahir, King of Sind
- Occurred at
- Mihran
People and things also explored
The Storming of Daybul· The Sulh of al-Rur· The Allafis' Coup on the Makran Frontier· The Sulh of al-Birun and Sadusan· The Daybul Pirates and the Cry 'ya Hajjaj'· Habib's Sind, the Kings' Conversion, and the Muhallabids' End· The Fitting-out of Muhammad ibn al-Qasim· Muhammad ibn al-Qasim Carried Bound to Death at Wasit
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “The Battle and Death of Dahir”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/dahir-battle/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.