emirate · South Asia
Habbari dynasty
Origins
Sindh had been an Umayyad and then Abbasid province since the conquest by Muhammad ibn Qasim in 711 to 712. As Abbasid control weakened, Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Habbari, from an Arab family settled in Sindh, made himself ruler around 854 at al-Mansura, the provincial capital near modern Shahdadpur, while continuing to recognise the caliph.
Rule and society
The Habbari emirs ruled lower Sindh while the Emirate of Multan held the north. Arab geographers such as al-Masudi and Ibn Hawqal described al-Mansura as a prosperous city with a large mosque, where Arabic and Sindhi were spoken and trade passed between the Indus and the Persian Gulf. The ruling elite was Sunni Muslim, while much of the population remained Hindu and Buddhist.
Decline and legacy
Around 1026 Mahmud of Ghazni attacked al-Mansura, reportedly because its ruler had adopted Ismaili beliefs, and deposed the Habbari emir. Sindh came under the Ghaznavids, and soon after the Soomra dynasty rose to power.
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- Habbari dynasty was conquered by Ghaznavid Empire1026 CE
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