Editing AD 711 (section)

==== Asia ====
* After [[Piracy|pirates]] plunder an Arab ship near the mouth of the [[Indus River]] ([[Pakistan]]), Umayyad Arabs under [[Muhammad bin Qasim|Muhammad ibn Qasim]] invade [[Medieval India|India]] with 10,000 men and 6,000 horses, establishing a [[sultan]]ate in [[History of Sindh#Under the Umayyads, Abbasids and later dynasties|Sindh]]. Qasim sends expeditions to [[Saurashtra (region)|Surashtra]], where he makes peaceful treaty settlements with the [[Rashtrakuta dynasty|Rashtrakuta]].<ref>Alexander Berzin, Part I: The Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE), "The First Muslim Incursion into the Indian Subcontinent". The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire Last accessed. September 11, 2007.</ref>
* Muhammad ibn Qasim captures the fortress city of [[Multan]] after a long [[siege]], and raids with his forces the [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] region, with only light [[Muslim]] casualties.<ref>Wink (2004), pp 201–205</ref>