The siege of Debal, also known as the siege of Debul, took place in the autumn of 711 AD, in which the

Umayyad The Umayyad Caliphate or Umayyad Empire (, ; ) was the second caliphate established after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty. Uthman ibn Affan, the third of the Rashidun caliphs, was also a membe ...

forces under Muhammed Ibn al-Qasim besieged

Debal Debal (also called Daybul, Daibul or Dēwal) was a commercial town and an ancient port in Sindh, now a province of Pakistan. The exact location of the town has been difficult to determine. The proposed identifications with Karachi, Thatta, and ...

, a city under the

Brahmin dynasty of Sindh The Brahmin dynasty (), also known as the Chacha dynasty or Silaij dynasty, was a Sindhi Hindu dynasty that ruled the Sindh region, after usurping and overthrowing the Buddhist Rai dynasty of Sindh. Most of the information about its existence com ...

ruled by

Raja Dahir Raja Dahir (663 – 712 CE) was the last Hindu ruler of Sindh (in present-day Pakistan). A Brahmin ruler, his kingdom was invaded in 711 CE by the Arab Umayyad Caliphate, led by Muhammad bin Qasim, where Dahir died. According to the Chach Nama, ...

. The Umayyads defeated the inhabitants of the order on the order of Governor of Iraq Al-Hajjaj and captured it. In 711, Muhammed ibn Qasim marched towards Debal with 6,000 Syrian cavalry and 3,000 camelry with a good number of

Arab Arabs (, , ; , , ) are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa. A significant Arab diaspora is present in various parts of the world. Arabs have been in the Fertile Crescent for thousands of years ...

soldiers. The city was commanded by a nephew of Dahir with an army of 4,000

Rajputs Rājpūt (, from Sanskrit ''rājaputra'' meaning "son of a king"), also called Thākur (), is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating fro ...

and 3,000

Brahmins Brahmin (; ) is a ''Varna (Hinduism), varna'' (theoretical social classes) within Hindu society. The other three varnas are the ''Kshatriya'' (rulers and warriors), ''Vaishya'' (traders, merchants, and farmers), and ''Shudra'' (labourers). Th ...

. The Umayyad forces encamped outside the city walls for seven days waiting for the permission letter to attack. On the eight day, Muhammed ibn Qasim received the letter from Al-Hajjaj and eventually the Umayyad Army scaled the walls of Debal and its people surrendered. Military history of Sindh

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