Raja Dahir facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Raja Dahir |
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| Maharaja of Sindh | |||||
A depiction of Raja Dahar of Sindh
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| 3rd and last Maharaja of Sindh | |||||
| Reign | 685 – 712 AD | ||||
| Predecessor | Chandar | ||||
| Successor | Kingdom abolished (annexed by the Umayyad Caliphate) |
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| Regent | Dahar Sen | ||||
| Born | 663 AD Alor, Sindh (present-day Rohri, Sindh, Pakistan) |
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| Died | 712 AD (aged 49) Indus River, Raor, Sindh (near present-day Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan) |
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| Spouse | Ladi | ||||
| Issue | Surya Devi Premala Devi Jodha Devi |
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| House | Brahmin Dynasty | ||||
| Father | Chach | ||||
| Mother | Rani Suhanadi (Former wife of Rai Sahasi) |
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| Religion | Hinduism | ||||
Raja Dahir (Sindhi: राजा दाहिर, راجا ڏاھر b. 679, d. 712) 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.
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Sindh in 700 CE, under the Raja's dynasty. The Umayyad Caliphate can be seen advancing upon the western frontier of the Indian subcontinent.
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