Sindh History | MCQs

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Muhammad ibn Qasim led the Muslim conquest of Sindh from Raja Dahir in the battle of Aror.

He was the first Muslim to have successfully captured Hindu territories

He initiated the early Islamic India in 712 AD.

Facts about Muhammad bin Qasim

Nirun, fortress (called Sikka), Brahmanabad, Alor, Multan, and Gujrat

close relative of Hajjaj bin Yousuf

Governor of Persia

The Umayyad caliphate ordered Muhammad Bin Qasim to attack Sindh

At Rohri he was met by Dahir’s forces. Dahir died in the battle, his forces were defeated

death on 18th of July, 715AD

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• The last Kalhoro ruler of Sindh was: Ghulam Shah Kalhoro
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• Ghulam Shah Kalhoro was the ruler of the Kalhora Dynasty from 1757
• he was appointed ruler of Sindh by tribal Chiefs of kalhora replacing his brother Mian Muradyab Kalhoro.
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• Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro
• Reign---->1757 – 1772
  
• Predecessor-->Noor Mohammad Kalhoro
• Successor---->Mian Sarfraz Kalhoro
• Died---------->1772 Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan
• Burial-------> Hyderabad
• House---->     Kalhora
• Dynasty--->   Kalhora Dynasty
• Father------> Noor Mohammad Kalhoro
• Mother-----> Mai Gulan
• Religion---->Islam

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The making of modern Sindh was originally published in 1999.

Author Hamida Khuhro was Professor of History at Sindh University.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; 2nd edition (November 18, 1999)

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• Umar bin Abdul Aziz al-Habbari was the founder of the Habbari dynasty in Sindh.
• The Habbari dynasty was a Muslim dynasty that ruled Sindh from 854 to 1024 CE.

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Habib ibn al-Muhallab al-Azdi  (died 720) was an Umayyad provincial governor and military commander, and a member of the Muhallabid family.

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Ibn Battuta was a Muslim Moroccan scholar and explorer.

who travelled extensively in the lands of Afro-Eurasia, largely in the lands of Dar al-Islam, travelling more than any other explorer in pre-modern history, totalling around 117,000 km, surpassing Zheng

He with about 50,000 km and Marco Polo with 24,000 km.

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Sassi Punnuh is a love story from Sindhi and Balochi folklore.

The story also appears in Shah Jo Risalo and forms part of seven popular tragic romances from Sindh, Pakistan.