Zunbils

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Establishment

• January 681: The Zunbils ruled the region of Zabul in present-day Afghanistan from the early 7th century.

Chronology

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1. Early Muslim conquests

Were the military campaigns by the first three Islamic Caliphates (the Caliphate of Muhammad, the Rashidun Caliphate and the Umayyad Caliphate) that led to the Islamic conquest of most of the Middle East as well as the Iberian Peninsula.

1.1. Islamic conquest of Sindh

Was the invasion of Sindh (Pakistan) initiated by the Umayyad Caliphate.

• January 713: In the year 712, Muhammad bin Qasim, an Umayyad general, sailed from the Persian Gulf into Sindh and conquered both Sindh and the lower Punjab (corresponding to Multan), both regions in northwestern India straddling the course of the Indus River.

2. Wars of conquest of Muktapida

In the VIII century Muktapida, an Indian king of the Karkota dynasty of Kashmir, created a short-lived empire covering most of India.

• January 741: Karkota ruler Lalitaditya Muktapida conquered extensive territories in India and Central Asia.
• January 761: Karkota ruler Lalitaditya Muktapida conquered extensive territories in India and Central Asia.

Disestablishment

• January 871: Saffarid conquest of Zunbils in 870 AD.

Selected Sources

• Schwartzberg, J. E. (1992); A Historical Atlas of South Asia, Chicago (USA), p. 146