Raja Dahir

Raja Dahir (Sindhi: राजा दाहिर, راجا ڏاھر b. 679, d. 712[1]) was a Sindhi Hindu ruler. He was the last Sindi Hindu in Sindh and parts of Punjab in what is Pakistan today. In the early part of the Muslim conquest in the Indian subcontinent, Muhammad bin Qasim al-Thaqafi took control of Dahir's kingdom for the Umayyad Caliphate.

Sources
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  1. Wink, 153


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