Dahir (Raja)

Dahir (Raja)

Raja Dahir (Sanskrit: राजा दाहिर, Sindhi: راجا ڏاھر) (born 661 AD — died 712 AD) was the last Hindu ruler situated in Sindh and parts of Punjab in modern day Pakistan. During the beginning of the Muslim conquest in the Indian subcontinent his kingdom was conquered by Muhammad bin Qasim, an Arab general, for the Umayyad Caliphate.

Read more about Dahir (Raja):  Reign As Recounted in The Chach-Nama, Lead Up To War With The Umayyads, Ethnography of Raja Dahir's Sindh, His Status Among Sindhis, Lineage