Bab-ul-Islam Sindh also has the honour of having the title Bab-ul-Islam (Gateway to Islam) since the Umayyad Soldier Muhammad bin Qasim's conquest of Sindh in 711 CE began the Islamic era in South Asia. Yaum Bab-ul-Islam (Day of Gateway to Islam) is observed in Sindh every year to commemorate the arrival of Mohammad bin Qasim in Sindh at the port of Deebal on 10th of Ramazan.

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  • Bab-ul-Islam Sindh also has the honour of having the title Bab-ul-Islam (Gateway to Islam) since the Umayyad Soldier Muhammad bin Qasim's conquest of Sindh in 711 CE began the Islamic era in South Asia. Yaum Bab-ul-Islam (Day of Gateway to Islam) is observed in Sindh every year to commemorate the arrival of Mohammad bin Qasim in Sindh at the port of Deebal on 10th of Ramazan. From the beginning of Muslim rule in Sindh in 713 CE, the Muslim technocrats, bureaucrats, soldiers, traders, scientists, architects, teachers, theologians and Sufis travelled from the rest of the Muslim world to the Islamic Sultanate in Sindh and settled permanently. The majority of Sindhis converted to Islam by the Sufi mystics from Middle East and Central Asia. The Sindh became distinct in its identity and culture and many contemporary writers in medieval age referred to Sind and Hind as two different countries. The Sindhi culture flourished with new stimulus from Islamic sources from Persia and Afghanistan. Sindhi was also the first language in which the Quran was translated. Some sources for this are quoted below: The Qur'an was first translated into Sindhi in rhymatic format. This was the first ever translation of Qur'an in the 12th century or earlier. The first translation of the Holy Quran in South Asia was rendered in Sindhi during the rule of Hibbari Arabs in Mansura in district Sanghar. Muslim history in replete with the services of Sindhi scholars in the domain of Arabic and Persian literature, particularly on theology and the life of the Holy Prophet. Turning to the history of Sind, after the Islam it may be divided into seven periods: (1) Arab Rule (2) Soomra period (3) Samma period (4) Kalhora period (5) The Talpur Period (6) The British Period. (7) Foundation of Pakistan
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  • Bab-ul-Islam Sindh also has the honour of having the title Bab-ul-Islam (Gateway to Islam) since the Umayyad Soldier Muhammad bin Qasim's conquest of Sindh in 711 CE began the Islamic era in South Asia. Yaum Bab-ul-Islam (Day of Gateway to Islam) is observed in Sindh every year to commemorate the arrival of Mohammad bin Qasim in Sindh at the port of Deebal on 10th of Ramazan.
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