Editing Muhammad ibn al-Qasim (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:A wide angle picture of Muhammad Bin Qasim Masjid.jpg|thumb|Muhammad ibn al-Qasim Mosque in Sukkur, Pakistan, dedicated to the leader.]]
Muhammad ibn al-Qasim's presence and rule was very brief. His conquest for the Umayyads brought Sindh into the orbit of the Muslim world.<ref name="Markovits">Markovits, Claude ''The Global World of Indian Merchants, 1750-1947: Traders of Sind from Bukhara to Panama'', Cambridge University Press, June 22, 2000, {{ISBN|0-521-62285-9}}, pg. 34.</ref> After the conquest of Sindh, he adopted the [[Hanafi]] school of [[Sharia law]] which regarded Hindus, Buddhists and Jains as "[[dhimmis]]" and "[[People of the Book]]", allowing them religious freedom as long as they continued to pay the tax known as "[[jizya]]". This approach would prove critical to the way Muslim rulers ruled in India over the next centuries.<ref name="Gier" /> Coastal trade and a Muslim colony in Sindh allowed for cultural exchanges and the arrival of [[Sufi]] missionaries to expand Muslim influence.<ref>Federal Research Division. ''"Pakistan a Country Study"'', Kessinger Publishing, June 1, 2004, {{ISBN|1-4191-3994-0}} pg.45.</ref>

From [[Debal]], which remained an important port until the 12th century, commercial links with the [[Persian Gulf]] and the [[Middle East]] intensified as Sindh became the "hinge of the Indian Ocean Trade and overland passway."<ref name="Markovits" /> [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]], the founder of Pakistan, claimed that the [[Pakistan movement]] started when the first Muslim put his foot on the soil of [[Sindh]], the [[Gateway of Islam]] in India.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pakistan Movement|url=http://www.cybercity-online.net/pof/pakistan_movement.html|publisher=cybercity-online.net|access-date=31 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201083149/http://www.cybercity-online.net/pof/pakistan_movement.html|archive-date=2016-02-01|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is often referred to as the first [[Pakistani]] according to [[Pakistan Studies curriculum]].<ref name="DT">{{cite news| title=Distorted history of the Subcontinent |newspaper=Daily Times (newspaper)|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/627609/distorted-history-of-the-subcontinent/ |author=Qasim Sodhar|date=17 June 2020|access-date=31 March 2021}}</ref> [[Yom-e Bab ul-Islam]] is observed in Pakistan, in honour of Muhammad ibn al-Qasim.<ref name="Yom-e-Babul Islam">{{cite news|agency=Associated Press Of Pakistan|title=KARACHI: Babul Islam day observed|url=http://archives.dawn.com/2003/11/07/local9.htm|access-date=31 March 2021|newspaper=Dawn|location=Pakistan|date=7 November 2003}}</ref><ref name="DT" />

[[Port Qasim]], Pakistan's second major port, is named in honor of Muhammad ibn al-Qasim.<ref>Cheesman, David ''Landlord Power and Rural Indebtedness in Colonial Sind'', Routledge (UK), February 1, 1997, {{ISBN|0-7007-0470-1}}</ref> [[Bagh Ibne Qasim|Bagh Ibn Qasim]] is the largest park in [[Karachi]] (Sindh, Pakistan), named in honour of Muhammad ibn al-Qasim. [[Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium]], [[Multan]] is a multi-use stadium named after Muhammad ibn al-Qasim. The Pakistan Naval Station Qasim, or [[PNS Qasim]], is the major naval special operations base for the Amphibious Special Operations Forces in the Pakistan Navy named after Muhammad ibn al-Qasim. [[Bin Qasim Town]] in Karachi is named after Muhammad ibn al-Qasim.

in 1996 PTV Series ''Labbaik'' he was played by Babar Ali and 2019 Egyptian animated musical film ''[[The Knight and the Princess]]''