Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf
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Abu Muhammad al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ibn al-Hakam ibn Abi Aqil al-Thaqafi, known simply as al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, was a governor who served the Umayyad Caliphate. He began his service under Caliph Abd al-Ma
Seal of al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf
Sasanian-style dirham minted by al-Hajjaj in 695
Silver dirham following Sasanian motives, struck in the name of al-Hajjaj
Muhammad ibn al-Qasim
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Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim al-Thaqafī was an Arab military commander in service of the Umayyad Caliphate who led the Muslim conquest of Sindh, inaugurating the Umayyad campaigns in India. His military expl
Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf
…him, and Yazid was imprisoned. As governor of Iraq and viceroy of the East, al-Hajjaj supervised a major wave of expansion. He appointed his kinsman Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Thaqafi to lead the conquest of Sindh (northwestern India), Qutayba ibn Muslim to conquer Transoxiana (Central Asia), and Mujja'a ibn Si'r to Oman. Although…
Umayyad Caliphate coinage temp Suleiman ibn Abd al Malik al Hind mint. Dated AH 97
Muhammad ibn al-Qasim Mosque in Sukkur, Pakistan, dedicated to the leader