Editing Muhammad ibn al-Qasim (section)

==Sources==
Information about Muhammad ibn al-Qasim and the Arab conquest of Sind in the medieval Arabic sources is limited, compared to the contemporary [[Muslim conquest of Transoxiana]].{{sfn|Gabrieli|1965|p=281}} The ''[[Futuh al-Buldan]]'' ('Conquests of the Lands') by [[al-Baladhuri]]  (d. 892) contains a few pages on the conquest of Sind and Muhammad's person, while biographical information is limited to a passage in a work by [[al-Ya'qubi]] (d. 898), a few lines in the history of [[al-Tabari]] (d. 839) and scant mention in the ''[[Kitab al-Aghani]]'' (Book of songs) of [[Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani]].{{sfn|Gabrieli|1965|p=281}} A detailed account of Muhammad's conquest of Sind and his death is found in the ''[[Chach Nama]]'', a 13th-century Persian text.{{sfn|Gabrieli|1965|p=281}} The information in the ''Chach Nama'' purportedly derives from accounts by the descendants of the Arab soldiers of the 8th-century conquest, namely [[qadi]]s (judges) and imams from the Sindi cities of [[Aror|Alor]] and Bhakar who claimed descent from Muhammad's tribe, the [[Banu Thaqif]].{{sfn|Gabrieli|1965|p=281}} The Orientalist [[Francesco Gabrieli]] holds the accounts likely emerged after {{circa|1000}} and considers the ''Chach Nama'' to be a "historical romance" and "a late and doubtful source" for information about Muhammad.{{sfn|Gabrieli|1965|pp=281–282}}