Dahir's prime minister and various chieftains were also incorporated into the administration | |
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The Kitab al-aghani refers to Qasim at the age of 17 as "the noblest Thaqafite of his time" | The concept of Jihad as a morale booster |
There are two different accounts regarding the details of Qasim's fate:• Among towns and fortresses that were captured through force of arms, Muhammad bin Qasim performed executions of ahl-i-harb fighting men as part of his military strategy, whose surviving dependents were enslaved.
He's someone who is cherished and idolized still and always will be | |
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Keay, John, India: A History, Grove Press, May 1, 2001,• The laboring under disabilities of the Lohana Jats | 630, members of the Thaqif gradually attained high military and administrative ranks in the and played the important command and economic roles during and after the , particularly in |
This approach would prove critical to the way Muslim rulers ruled in India over the next centuries | Qasim belonged to the Abu Aqil family of the Banu Awf, one of the two principal branches of the Thaqif |
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He assisted Muhammad ibn Qasim in all of his undertakings | "Pakistan a Country Study", Kessinger Publishing, June 1, 2004, pg |