Map detailing location of Battle field according to present-day geography.
Date
Early 644
Location
Indus river, Rasil (Sindh) Pakistan.
Result
Rashidun victory
Territorial changes
Makran coast up to Indus river and western territories of Rai Kingdom annexed by Rashidun Caliphate
Belligerents
Rai dynasty
Rashidun Caliphate
Commanders and leaders
Raja Rasil Rai Sahasi II Rai Sahiras II
Suhail ibn Adi Usman ibn Abi al-'As Hakam ibn Amr
Strength
Unknown
Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown
Unknown
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The Battle of Rasil (Sindhi: راسل جي جنگ) was fought between the Rashidun Caliphate and the Rai kingdom ruled by Raja Rasil in early 644. It was the first encounter of the Rashidun Caliphate in the Indian subcontinent. The exact location of the battle is not known, but historians suggest it was fought on the western bank of the River Indus.
Suhail ibn Adi was given command of this expedition by Caliph Umar. Suhail marched from Busra in 643. He eventually reached Makran, what is now a part of present-day Pakistan. It was a traditional territory of Sassanids for centuries but was then a domain of the Rai Kingdom, who annexed it in 636-637 although they acted as a vassal of Sassanid Persians in past.[1][2]
^Peter Crawford, The War of the Three Gods: Romans, Persians and the Rise of Islam, (Pen & Sword, 2013), 192.[1]
^André Wink, Al-hind: The Making of the Indo-islamic World, Vol. I, (E.J. Brill, 1990), 133.[2]
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