Dahir and his Dynasty | Sindh before the Arabs

Dahir, the last Hindu ruler of Sindh, belonged to the Chach dynasty. In this video, we look at how Chachnamah, the most important text about this period described the usurpation of Dahir's father Chach and the accession of Dahir.
Reference :-
Fredunbeg, Mirza Kalichbeg (trans.)., Chachnamah, 1900.
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume 14, part 1.
Khuhro, Hamida (ed.)., Sindh: Through the Centuries, 1981.
Lambrick, H.T., Sindh: Before the Muslim Conquest, 1973.
Wink, André., Al-Hind, Vol I: Early Medieval India and the Expansion of Islam 7th-11th Centuries, 2024.
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[@dragosbecheru839]

As a European historian, I have to say that almost none of what you present to us so eloquently was ever taught, nor accessible. India truly is fascinating. Thank you for your work to get these historical aspects to less knowledgeable people! Keep up the great work!

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thank you!

[@ShahanshahShahin]

After the death of Kavadh II, the Sasanian Empire was in great chaos. A civil war was brewing between the ruling house of Sasan and the 7 other royal houses of Iran of Parthian clans. During this time, a daughter of Khosrow II Parvez named "Boran" was crowned the _Bānbishnān Bānbishn ī Eran ud Aneran_ (Queen of Queens of Iranians and non-Iranians).

[@benefactor4309]

When Arabs invaded Sassanian territories,the first people to convert to Islam were lower class people and peasants.

[@Wazir.Akbar.Khan.wardag]

Nice I'm from house of karen pahlavi dynasty

[@samratsworld6719]

Please make a video on Bappa Rawal, Nagbhatt and Lalitaditya of Kashmir.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Videos on these topics will come soon.

[@love_your_mountain]

Yes as a Gorkha Bappa rawal is related to us. I need to understand more

[@suryakantsingh1863]

Amazing work 🙏🙏​@@JayVardhanSingh

[@GOATJASPRIT247]

​@@love_your_mountain ohh ?? How so ?? 😧 Blood relations with Mewar ??

[@raychandrasekhar8274]

Precious information and exceptional presentation.

[@Unfollowthem]

First Loss of Akhanda Bharata matru Bhoomi😢😢😢

[@RangerRocket-mt2em]

LoL akhand Bharat is a myth

[@hashermohammed]

I am from Kerala. Here arabs didn't conquer land. However there was deep Arab trade in the past n present. I myself have an ancestral past of the Arab - Brahmin marriage alliance . Maybe I will return to more Bharat culture n name

[@faheemshah576]

Very impressive good work i am from aror Sindh

[@champion1928]

What's about battle of Kaikan (Jat's vs Arabs), The Arab conquest of Kaikan (alternatively Kikan, Kiknan, Qaiqan or Qayqan) was a military campaign by the Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphates aganist the Jats of Kaikan, in present-day Pakistan.The Kingdom of Kaikan faced several invasions from the caliphate. During the reign of the Khalifa Al-Mutasim, the Arabs annexed this region successfully after defeating the Jats. The fourth Caliph Ali sent the second expedition to Sindh under Harith ibn Murrah al-Abdi in 660 (according to Al-Baladhuri). However, the Chach Nama states Saghar bin Zuar had been appointed, not Harith. After a successful raid in Sindh in 662, Harith turned his attention to Kaikan. Harith had outfitted a formidable Muslim army with nobles and chiefs. This army encountered no real opposition till it reached the treacherous terrain of Kaikan. The Jats fought against the Arab army and managed to defeat it Harith along with his followers was killed in this battle in the year 42 AH (662 AD).This was a huge blow for the Caliph, and so, for the next twenty years, every successive Caliph made Kaikan a special target for conquest and sent as many as six expeditions, five of which failed to make any permanent impact in Sindh.

[@user-hq4jc9iw8j]

jat were tribal pastorals in baluchistan and were not in civilized part of sindh but both sindhi and basloch were aware of arabic islamism after stories of brutality done in iran and to Ali

[@chotadon967]

bruh...they were jat(जत) not jaat(जाट)... jat(जत) living in katch even today... dont steal someone else history....

[@ritikchhokar]

​@@chotadon967what exactly is the difference between jat and jaat ? you do realise that jaat are pronounced as jatt in punjab .

[@chotadon967]

@@ritikchhokar मेने 'जत' jat लिखा है....i also aware about jatt jutt and jaat.....what you are talking is JAAT Farmer community....and sindhi-katch जत are different....जत were Camel herders even today...pastoral community....वो ईराक़, फारस to sindh/gujarat (part of marwad) में international traders की तरह काम करते थे।।।।they are like baddu of arbia....वो मकरान की फ़ौज में भी ज़ाहिर होंगे ही....और जब अरब कन्वर्ट हुआ और मकरान के राजा और लोगो के साथ साथ...गुजरात कच्छ में स्थायी हो गए। ये मकरानी और जत 1947 तक गुजरात कच्छ सौराष्ट्र की स्टेट फ़ोर्स ने थे.... jaat log farmers hote hai.....while jat जत अरे pastoral community living in katch...unke photo dekh, padh uske bad bol....har similar sound same ny hota...

[@chotadon967]

@@ritikchhokar matlab English me Jat likha hai to…..it’s my bro …😮‍💨😮‍💨😅 Gujarati me kese likhte hai wo bhi check karlo….baju me Jaisalmer/banaskantha hai….waha bhi Muslim jat hai….shadiya kyu ny karte….even Kutch me bhi shayad honge….bhai stop stealing history!!!

[@kandarppatel5810]

In future video if possible please show what was the life of sindhi people and what sindhi society looked like because I’m sure my sindhi brothers won’t know about it.

[@sohailsindhi3335]

You are doing good but chachnama is not true source of our history it was written by Arabs and Persian Ali kuffi translated it.. And we know how our Muslim invaders always razed the history of native heros..

[@sahilsingh6048]

Yes this is unfortunate, this is the case with alexender vs porus too where there is no indian source for the bettel of Haidephses ,the only source we have are the greek historians of alexender himself where he is presented and glorified quiet exeggerated , here in india we have no indian accounts for the arabs invasion on sindh ,bcz there invasion didnt give any big effect on india itself , but arabs saw it as a big win , and so we have there Written bullshits

[@muhammadzeeshansiddique8968]

To 6-8th century ka ek bhi hindu ya sindh ke court historian ka source bata deejiye jisse History maloom ho

[@PawanRao007]

Great video chotte bhai ❤.

[@Worldcitizen7777]

Please make a video on Lalitaditya Muktipida and his conquest

[@PranavGogwekar]

I can't understand why no Indian account of this dynasty survived. Why aren't there many Indian chronicles, or why they haven't survived? It would be wrong to blame invasions as many texts have survived through duplications.

[@01Crown]

India has always been a peaceful land of philosophy and science. Not a country of warfare and politics that is why there are very little Indian sources about Indian history.

[@PranavGogwekar]

@@01Crown that argument is invalid. India had written so many literature on ruling dynasties, why nothing on kings of Sindh?

[@nuzhatjahan4781]

@@PranavGogwekar history writing or maintaining records of events wasnt a thing in those days , in the subcontinent.

[@PranavGogwekar]

@@nuzhatjahan4781 Rajatarangini and several Puranas mention various kings and dynasties. There was always record keeping and had royal patronage.

[@lokeshgsadhmaya5499]

Well done brother. M impressed 💯 M history buff so, humble request to be brutally honest 👍 Keep growing brother

[@lakhshyalakey8078]

Great work man, keep it up

[@raginisingh2251]

V. Informative video

[@Koorush_bazurg]

Please make video on history of Punjab

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thanks for the suggestion, will do so soon.

[@ujjwalkumarray4786]

Made video on pashtun religion before Islam, Shahi Kingdom, zorastrianism animism paganism amog pakhtun.

[@bilalbaig8586]

It was the same old sh*tshow of men thinking gods live in rocks and trees and cow dung.

[@ujjwalkumarray4786]

@sagarthakker685 any reference to proved that pashtun practice fire,ocean?

[@ujjwalkumarray4786]

@sagarthakker685 mention Persian text?

[@ujjwalkumarray4786]

@sagarthakker685 প্রে islamic baloch religion?

[@ujjwalkumarray4786]

@sagarthakker685 pre Islamic baloch religion?

[@PranavGogwekar]

Chandar must be Chandra in indian pronunciation. I don't understand what could be Dahir. Could Chach be Kach(like the gupta king)?

[@venkataraghotham7586]

Once again a good account

[@googleuser4534]

Tell us something about Ancient Maharashtra .

[@eden55272]

Arabs also conquered Gujarat and Rajasthan but they lost gujrat , rajashthan during Umayyad abbasid civil war

[@sohailsindhi3335]

Love from Sindh❤

[@tomcat4321]

Your ancestors got converted by Arabs and Turks.

[@mdtarique6843]

​@@tomcat4321 that's great otherwise they will worship_penis too

[@sohailsindhi3335]

@@tomcat4321 and second thing religion doesn't matter in our sindhi society, it is our culture our traditions and above all our motherland,Sindh

[@girnar231]

सिंधी कायर कयु होते हैं👻

[@girnar231]

सिंधी डबल ढोलकी कयु होतें है मुसलमान पाकिस्तान को अब्बा कहते हैं हिन्दू सिख भारत को पिता कहते हैं

[@lovendra8524]

In 13:32 , the word Hindustan is it in original text? If not, what word did they use to refer to India at that time?

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Al-Hind or Hind

[@mandarayachit9788]

This is awesome and need to contact.

[@dvikauglaumishrauca]

Bhaiya gujartio ka etymology kuch milta hai?? Especially Patels who came to charotar(anand nadiad) land ~15 generations back?

[@akk7791]

Nice

[@Fire-zg7nx]

Thanks

[@magma9000]

Love from Karachi 🇵🇰♥️

[@PawanRao007]

Good to know someone in Pak actually follows real history.

[@sharmavic-1685]

Bro these are Sindhis in fact pluralistic people .​@@PawanRao007

[@PawanRao007]

@@sharmavic-1685 WAS a pluralistic society, just like Bombay. Not Anymore. Have u seen the rate of Forced conversions in Sindh?

[@sharmavic-1685]

@@PawanRao007 it is absolutely true but sindhis are relatively reluctant of radicalism than the Punjabis and others throughout.

[@RangerRocket-mt2em]

​@@sharmavic-1685lol sindhi Muslim not like Hindus

[@iamDamaaldumeel]

2:00 Hi Jay.. I can understand a Persian literature mentioning Hindu (al-hind? ) religion ; but 4 books? Even while bhagavad gita and Valmiki ramayana mentions only 3 vedas, how come chachnama quotes 4?

[@JayVardhanSingh]

this is coming from Chachnama - a 13th century work. By this time, Atharvaveda was included as the fourth veda.

[@muhammadzeeshansiddique8968]

​​@@JayVardhanSinghbrother yahan aap galat han ye 13th nhi 8th century ka arabic text hai jiska persian translation ali al kufi ne kiya hai ibn qasim ki nasal se jo the uske pass ye source tha galiban ye al madaini ka Source ho sakta hai evidence isi ki taraf ishara karte han

[@greatkaafir7478]

Great Rai Rajput's Of Sindh |🙏🚩

[@jattadeputt9880]

There were no Rajputs in Sindh and didn't exist during Arab attacks

[@ReligioCritic]

Rajput identity didn't exist during that time.

[@jattadeputt9880]

@@ReligioCritic Yes. Rajput as a caste emerged after 15th century and the process of Rajputisation is still going on where RSS is still converting Dalits to Rajputs to stop religious conversions among Low caste Hindus.

[@ReligioCritic]

@@jattadeputt9880 Is there any evidence of your last statement? I mostly support RSS's work but, I'm not very sure about this.

[@mohitjanartha8733]

@@jattadeputt9880I come from Rajput community but since sometime I see lot of non Rajputs just using Rana, Chauhan,Singh etc, not sure it’s related to RSS though. They can move to other Kshitryas castes like Jatt, Gujjars etc but as we all know it’s due to lack of priors significant history that only Rajput is real attraction for masses.

[@vandematram4]

12:40 bhatiya were not bhati .. Bhatiya is still a well known caste in Jaisalmer and marwad whose ancestors came from sindh .. They are mainly businessman class .. like baniya .. But Not maheshwari of marwad or agarwal or kayastha .. Jaisalmer 's famous sweet ( ghotma ) is also made by bhatiya .. So you should not consider bhatiya = bhati

[@gangadharhiremath7306]

You are following a traditional pattern of history telling where the history of ruling dynasty becomes the history of that land.what about its ppl,their culture religion and economic activity?Britishers created rift btn communities and regions by writing such superficial history. Hope you will try to dig a little deeper.

[@rashidmohannadi8340]

chach isn’t a person’s name rather it’s the corruption of the word janjua so they’re janjua rajputs

[@Lmao69]

Tera baap tujhe Marta nahi he kya?🤡

[@odilbekb-sarkaev1052]

Chach=Tashkent

[@radhamadhabpathi512]

Very informative video

[@ChefbyMistake]

Persians* not Arabs

[@googleuser4534]

क्या चच के पिता का नाम सिलाईज था ? चच और सिलाईज ऐसे नाम भारत के किस प्रांत में रखे जाते है ? भारत के किसी भी ब्राह्मण समाज में ऐसे नाम नहीं पाये जाते है , इसका मतलब चच भारत का ब्राह्मण नहीं था ।

[@shyam22787]

Apni behan se bhi saadi kiya tha usne

[@googleuser4534]

@@shyam22787 इराण, इजिप्त मे बहनो से, बेटी से विवाह आम बात थी . भारत में आकर उनकी ये प्रथा नष्ट हुई

[@paulomi9351]

@@googleuser4534 they were saraswat Brahmins living alongside Saraswati and parsis too actually originally is tribe which went outside India during the battle of ten rigvedic tribes They were all sons of king yayati Basically human civilization is way ancient Toh yeah samjho ki log joh bohat pehley Bharat chodkar bahar jaakar basey aur phir waha problems honey pein kuch generation kay baad wapas aayein Kyonki before muslim attack , Sindhu sauvira janpada was under king udayan. After him came Persian king Darius Followed with Greek invasions of Punjab Pakistan where the native people intermingled with left over soldiers of Alexander There was Greek presence in chandragupta maurya court After maurya ,even kushans came who too were originally outsiders but got assimilated here Dekha jaaye toh north west part of India has seen many invasions Also native traders traveled to far away lands and even married locals there They too used to return back with their family just like today usa and Europe consider land of opportunities. In olden days,Indian sub continent region especially today's India and karachi port were important trading ports Arab traders came in south India and married locals Syrian Jews settled in Kerala All abhrahamic religions came first into south India So basically people have been mixing up from long time Even kings within india waged war against each other So within today's India too people got mixed It's difficult to trace origins of all the tribe And this is true with every country Read history of china , europe and even America and Australia Native population tak gayab ho gayi

[@paulomi9351]

@@googleuser4534 in tamilnadu maternal uncle (mama) and bhanji ka vivah ho sakta hai In Maharashtra too cousin marry each other It's tradition even in hindu communities in some communities Likewise south India mein kuch communities are matriarchal while in north families are patriarchal There is a lot of diversity in India

[@kbrv89]

Abe oo chota bheem.. Shaant hoja! 😄

[@ABHAY_DEV_ARYA]

❤❤❤

[@007Thakurz]

History tells loudly that Rajputs have always been deceived by brahmins.

[@ritikchhokar]

haha it was brahmans only who elevated your clan to status of kshatriya .

[@aravind1550]

​​​@@ritikchhokar brahmins have done enough damage to our sacred books for money and control over society Example 1 adding story of jabali in Ramayana for your dominance. 2 During Gupta Era person who do foreign business is known as "Sharda Vahana" elite of the society but by taking money from Muslims you created a false narrative that if a person cross Indus, Brahmaputra and sea they will lose caste. 3 Most prominent brahmins have wrote ALLAH upanishad during akber time and propagated it. 4 Ibrahim Kuli Kutub Shah was given title as lord Rama by Brahmins, after he destroyed Vijayanagara Kingdom and he sold Hindu women in market for sex...

[@aravind1550]

​@@ritikchhokar you are Brahmin only if you know Vedas or else if you are doing job for your livelihood you are a Shudra..

[@Govind_rana500]

​@@ritikchhokarno hate but Brahmins were good also bad , they added things in Vedas according to put fear in normal people, you forget to remove it on time and Invasion happened and those people stood against Indian culture

[@chotadon967]

What about ….zala Makwana of makwan today known as makran…who will talk about…mehr of mehrgardh(Baluchistan)… samma prince Chandrachud-Samma was nephew of vala(maitraka) of wanthli given jagir by his nana later established “ Chudasama “ dynasty history student of Delhi should go to that place to know true history!!! We all know that RAI is title not a family name!! Even after 75 year still wahi leftist brahmano ki kahania batayi jarhi hai…..

[@girnar231]

जय भगवान् परशुराम जी🌹 हर हर महादेव वंदे मातरम

[@baloch8961]

Makrani are Baloch not lohana

[@chotadon967]

@sagarthakker685 makwana came from makran...makwana nam hi makran prse pada hai.......makran means todays balochistan..aaj bbhi wha jhalawad nam ki jagah hai

[@chotadon967]

@sagarthakker685 bhru....मकवाणा.....मकराणा से ही बना है।।।।। both are same....jhala (makwana)..... ha ab to different clan ki tarah treat hote hai....but they are same....jo jhala kisi different raja k kingdom me settle hue wo makwana bane....and jisne apna kingdom bana k rkha wo jhala rana bolte hai....abto makwana sirf karadiya/baria rajput, and mehr me hi hai....

[@chotadon967]

@sagarthakker685 ye pashtuno ka to 😂😂 bol hi mat....abto ye yushufzai bhi khud ko pashtun batate hai....

[@srikantamahananda1603]

7th century me Iran me muslim caliphate Jeet hone k baad jo muslimo dwara dharmik utpeedan hue Zoroastrians Pujari varg [Magi] bharat ki or aaye aur Sindh Punjab me bas gye aur khudko brahmin banaya chhachhundaron ne

[@ShahanshahShahin]

Abe Zoroastrian kb Brahmin bne 😂😂 source :- ?

[@rishavkumar1250]

​@@ShahanshahShahin yeh bhimte aap parsi logo ko bhi brahmin bata denge 😂😂

[@teri_maut_]

Can anyone suggest some basic history books to study bharatiya itihasa (non-marxist).

[@zainabk9165]

Do not discuss fantasy dear

[@sahilsingh6048]

Pakistani love white Turky wamen

[@arjyachatterjee6874]

Better than Quran.

[@anaesthete5592]

Why don't you just stick with the Turkish dramas lol

[@yuwant2knowthis818]

Yes, this is fantasy but Quran is reality 🤣🤣 Burak horse crying in the corner.