Draft:Twin Battles of Debal

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Twin Battles of Debal were fought between the Brahmin dynasty of Sindh under Raja Dahir of Aror and the Umayyad Caliphate in 708-711. In Debal, two pitched battles were fought between the Sindhi forces and Umayyad forces.

Twin Battles of Debal
Part of Umayyad campaigns in India

Brahmin dynasty under Raja Dahir in 700 AD
DateFirst Battle: 708-711(possibly)
Second Battle: 711 AD
Location
Result Brahmin dynasty victory[1]
Territorial
changes
Umayyads fails to capture Debal and Sindh
Belligerents
Brahmin dynasty Umayyad Caliphate
Commanders and leaders
Raja Dahir
Jaisiah
Budail or Bazil [2]
Strength
4000 cavalry (in the first battle)[1] 3000 infantry (possibly, in the first battle)
Casualties and losses
Unknown

Unknown but heavy

  • A number of Arab soldiers taken as prisoners[3]
  1. ^ a b Kalichbeg (1900). "The Chachnamah An Ancient History Of Sindh". p. 71.
  2. ^ Majumdar, R.C., ed. (1970). "History and Culture of the Indian People, Volume 03, The Classical Age". Public Resource. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.
  3. ^ R. C. Majumdar. The History and Culture of the Indian People.

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