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Makran

مكران

Makran, the coastal land between Fars and Sind; stormed and garrisoned by Sinan ibn Salama — Ibn al-Kalbi names Hakim ibn Jabala — and mourned in A'sha Hamdan's famous verses.

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Persia & Central Asia
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The Allafis' Coup on the Makran Frontier· The Fitting-out of Muhammad ibn al-Qasim· Sinan ibn Salama's Conquest of Makran

People and things also explored

Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Thaqafi· Muhammad ibn Harun al-Namari· الوليد بن عبد الملك· Hakim ibn Jabala al-Abdi· Imran ibn Musa al-Barmaki· Jahm ibn Zahr al-Ju'fi· Mujja'a ibn Si'r al-Tamimi· Rashid ibn Amr al-Judaydi

Sources

  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Thaqafi

Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Thaqafi, conqueror of Sind in al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik's caliphate; in al-Baladhuri: al-Walid transferred to Antioch a company of the Sindhi Zutt whom Muhammad ibn al-Qasim had assigned to al-Hajjaj, who sent them on to Syria — as Mu'awiya had earlier, in year 49 or 50, moved companies of Basra's Zutt and Sayabija to the coasts, settling some at Antioch.