Introduction

• Muhammad Bin Qasim victory of Sindh in 712

was the first step in the spread of Islam in
India.
• His this victory of Sindh is called “ Gateway of
Islam”
• This was the first attempt that Islam regularly
spread in I ndia

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 Introduction
• With this victory all of Sindh came under the
control of Muslims. Muhammad Bin Qasim give full
religious freedom to all communities and treated
very politely to them therefore, the people liked
him and embraced Islam. After that the Muslim
arrived in the Punjab and in North India in the 12th
century, the Ghaznavid and Ghaurids conquest and
has since become a part of the Indian’s religious
and cultural heritage and Islam spread sharply.

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 Muhammad Bin Qasim and His Rule in
Sindh
• He given stipend to Hindus and Buddhists
spirituals
• He give order to safeguard all religious places and
temples.
• He repaired worship places of Hindus which was
destroyed during the invasions, and given
religious freedom to them
• He also help and support the poor and needy
people without discrimination of religious sects
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 Muhammad Bin Qasim and His Rule in
Sindh
• He established different centers for helpless,
needy and poor people
• He financially helped all those masses who
have suffer during the war
• He maintain equality for all the people
without discrimination of caste and race

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 The impact of Islam in India
The good governance and generosity of
Muhammad Bin Qasim affected the Hindus masses
of India and they embraced Islam in Millions
Muhammad Bin Qasim remained in Sindh of about
three and a half years, but when he went from here
the people burst tears and remembered him for
long time.

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 The Impact of Islam in India
Educational Impacts
A net of education was spread, In the post
Ummayed and Abbasid caliph invited Hindu
scholars to Baghdad to help in the translation of
Sanskrit works to medicine into Arabic.
Famous mathematician AL Khwarizmi translated
many Indian books into Arabic. Similarly many
books of on medcien and history were brought to
Baghdad and translated into Arabic.
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 The Impact of Islam in India
• Furthermore , many doctors were sent to
Baghdad hospitals. Hospitals and medical
colleges were established.
• New Schools, Colleges, Universities were
established. In this way way many people
became educated and civilized
• The different religious masses welcomed the
prominent and golden rules Islam and
embraced Islam
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 Religious Impact

When Muhammad Bin Qasim entered to Sindh as

conquer he established schools, madrassas and
other local religious schools this also speed up the
process of Islam
The Buddhist and low-caste Hindus converted to
Islam who lived a miserable life and socially
segregated life in Sindh and Multan.
They also impressed by the equality and caste-
less system and social justice of Islam
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 Religious Impact
• The Arabs traveler, writers, and missionaries
encouraged by the conquest came to India
and laid a pivotal role in the spread of Islam,
that’s why today scholar and mostly people of
the world call Sindh “Gate way of Islam” .

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 Social and Cultural Impact
• When the Muslim established Islam in India,
the local culture started to be influenced by the
new culture of Muslim civilization and religion.
• The Arabs music influenced in Sindhi music and
the Arabs learned chess from Hindus.
• The Sindhi people used to Gurmukhi script to
write Sindhi but now they started to be written
in Arabic script.

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 Social and Cultural Impact
Similarly many Arabs learned Sanskrit and
translated many Indian books on medcians,
astronomy, mathematics etc and also in Arabs
and vice versa
Furthermore, the Arabs settled in Sindh and
married with Sindhi women and Arabs women
married with Sindhis men thus the cultural
exchanged and mixed up.

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 Social and Cultural Impact
• The Arabs established military cantonments,
later on grew into cities and became centers
of arts, learning, and culture
• They left behind buildings, administrative and
cultural institutions as a legacy to further
enriched and syncretic nature of India

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 Economic Impact
• As the Arabs has an economic relation to India
before the commence of Islam, they used
Debal Seaport for trading to South Asian
countries
• However, the Ummayed conquest of Sindh
further increased trade and economic
interaction with India

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 Political Impact
Under the rule and leadership of Muhammad Bin
Qasim in Sindh long term political advantages
occurred to the Arabs
The Arabs exposed the weakness of the socio-
economic and political system
Socio-political issues like superstition, caste system,
enabled later Muslim conquerors to present their
socio-economic and political system

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 Political Impact
• The Muslim rulers treated to the depressed
classes with equality, religious liberty, non-
interference in the local system inspired a huge
numbers of locals to convert to Islam
• Another important is learning with political
importance was that Sindh was not an
appropriate entrance to India. After that al the
Muslim conquerors used Punjab as their entry
route
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 Conclusion
• The spread of Islam in India was started in
625 AD, When the Arabs merchants used the
way of seaport of Debal nowadays called
Karachi. At the life of Muhammad SAW Juma
masjid was built here in Sindh N 629 AD.
• But later on when Muhammad Bin Qasim
conquered Sindh in712 AD. That was the
direct way of spread of Islam in India.

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 Conclusion
• Due to this victory of Muhammad Bin Qasim,
Sindh is called “ Gate way of Islam” this was
the only regular starting point of Islam in India.
• Muhammad Bin Qasim, was very lenient and
generous to all the communities, he also
established golden example of equality due
the above good governance Millions of Hindu
community embraced Islam.

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 CONCLUSION
• Thus the Arab invasion in Sindh region was a
great historical moment which brought social,
economic development and Islamic changes in
the tribal region of Sindh. The law and order
was established. Peace and culture was
spread. Trade with the Arab countries was set
up. Their belief that Islam only believes in
cruelty changed their mentality and Islam was
spread openly.
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 Conclusion
• Muhammad Bin Qasim gives full freedom to all
Hindu sects and Brahmins were also given
respect and they were free to follow Hinduism.
• He also repaired some Hindu temples which were
destroyed during Islamic invasion. Thus the Hindu
developed respect for Arabs. Hinduism and
Islamic culture was followed side by side and the
two religions had healthy exchanges of culture. A
mix culture developed known as Sindhi culture.

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 Conclusion
• Moreover, the Arabs left a long- lasting cultural, political
and socio-economic impact in Sindh during that period.
• Therefore, it will be injustice with Arabs if we say that
the Arab invasion in Sindh was only episode in the
history of India and Islam.
• Since then the religion has assumed a permanent
presence in the Indian subcontinent. Islam imprint its
good impression forever in the heart of all the sects,
they embraced Islam. And now Sindh is called “Gateway
of Islam” in the history of Subcontinent.

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