Editing Multan (section)

===Islamic invasion===
{{See|Umayyad Caliphate|Abbasid Caliphate}}
Multan was first invaded by a Muslim army after the reign of the caliph [[Ali]], in 664 CE, when Mohalib, an Arab general, occupied the city.<ref name="multan.punjab.gov.pk">{{Cite web |title=Our History {{!}} Multan |url=https://multan.punjab.gov.pk/history_mtn#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20subcontinent%27s%20oldest,,%20taken%20(8th%20cent.) |access-date=2022-09-19 |website=multan.punjab.gov.pk}}</ref> The expedition, however, seems to have been directed towards exploration of the country as no attempt was apparently made to retain the conquest.<ref name="multan.punjab.gov.pk"/> After his conquest of Sindh, [[Muhammad ibn Qasim]] in 712 CE captured Multan from [[Raja Dahir]] following a two-month siege.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Majumdar|first1=Ramesh Chandra|title=Ancient India|date=1977|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ|isbn=9788120804364|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XNxiN5tzKOgC&q=ancient+multan&pg=PA266}}</ref> Following ibn Qasim's conquest, the city's Subjects remained mostly non-Muslim for the next few decades under the Umayyad Caliphate.<ref name="Flood" />