WHY ARABS FAILED TO BUILD A PERMANENT EMPIRE IN INDIA The conquest of Sindh by the Arabs" however, a 'triumph without any results'. Not only did ~ fail to extend their dominions further, they could not e' retain their hold on Sindh. The reasons were:
(i) Imprisonment of Muhammad-bin-Qasim The E khalifa who succeeded Hajjaj-the patron of MuhaIl1II\ bin-Qasim-recalled and imprisoned Qasim. It proved be a great blow to the Sindh administration.
(i.i) New khalifa's attitude towards Sindh The n khalifa did not visualise any material gain from the de~ land of Sindh and hence put a break on military help Sindh.
(iii) Fight over Khilafat (Caliphate) As a result breaking out of a mutual struggle for occupying the Sj
of Khilafat, the Arab attention was diverted from Sine
(iv) Feeling of cultural inferiority among the Ara The Arabs had a feeling of inferiority complex in the fe of India's cultural advancement. This dampened the spir of the Arabs for further military occupation.
(v) Distance from Baghdad Long distance betw~ Sindh and Baghdad (the ultimate source of power for SiT\( administration under the Arabs) and lack of comrnunicatic and transport did not encourage further battles.
(vi) Bravery and heroism of Indian rulers At that tin provinces in India were being ruled by various Rajpl dynasties who were famous for their bravery and heroisI This discouraged the Arabs from engaging in wars with tt Indian rulers.
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