Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)
Muhammad ibn Qasim (Arabic: محمد ابن القاسم, romanized: Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim; c. 695 – 715), was an Arab military commander in the service of the Umayyad Caliphate who led the Muslim conquest of Sindh from Raja Dahir, the last ruler of the Brahman dynasty of Sindh, in the battle of Aror. He was the first Muslim to have successfully captured Hindu territories and initiate the early Islamic India in 712 CE, and became the first Governor of the Caliphal province of Sind.
Qasim was born in 695 and belonged to the Banu Thaqif tribe. He was assigned as the Governor of Fars in Iran, likely succeeding his uncle Muhammad ibn Yusuf. In 708–711, Qasim led an expedition to Sindh and defeated the Brahman King Raja Dahir, successfully conquering the region. He established Caliphate rule throughout Sindh and functioned as its governor from 712 until his death in 715. He died in Mosul, Iraq and sources record that his body was buried in Makran in Balochistan at the Hingol National Park.