Debal was a port located at modern Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. According to the British historian Eliot, parts of city of Karachi and the island of Manora at port of Karachi constituted the city of Debal. Karachi (Urdu: كراچى), (Sindhi: ڪراچي) is the largest city in Pakistan and the capital of the province of Sindh. ... Sindh (Sind) (Sindhi: سنڌ ;Urdu: سندھ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and is home to the Sindhis, Muhajirs and various other groups. ... Karachi (Urdu: كراچى), (Sindhi: ڪراچي) is the largest city in Pakistan and the capital of the province of Sindh. ... Manora is a small island just outside the port of Karachi, Pakistan. ... The logo of the Karachi Port Trust. ...
The Sindhi pirates were raiding Arab shipping trade under the patronage of the ruler Raja Dahir. One case which came to the notice of then Governor of Basra, Al-Hajjaj bin Yousef, involved the kidnapping of noble women and gifts to the Caliph Walid from the ruler of Ceylon. This event triggered a letter to the Raja Dahir and he replied that he does not have control over pirates in his kingdom. This reply resulted in the launch of a military expedition. Arab army under Muhammad bin Qasim that conquered Debal and the rest of modern Pakistan for Umayyad Caliphate in 713 CE. The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ) are a large and heterogeneous ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa, originating in the Arabian Peninsula of southwest Asia. ... Dahir was the ruler of Sindh and parts of Punjab at the time of advent of Islam in South Asia. ... Location of Basra Basra (also spelled BaÅŸrah or Basara; historically sometimes written Busra, Busrah, and the early form Bassorah; Arabic: , Al-Basrah) is the second largest city of Iraq with an estimated population of c. ... Al-Hajjaj bin Yousef (661 - June in Taif, 714 in Wasit, Iraq) (Arabic: الØجاج بن يوس٠also known as Al Hajjaj bin Yousef Al saqafe) was an important Arab administrator during the Umayyad caliphate. ... Caliph is the term or title for the Islamic leader of the Ummah, or community of Islam. ... Muhammad bin Qasim (c. ... The Umayyad Dynasty (Arabic الأمويون / بنو أمية umawiyy; in Turkish, Emevi) was the first dynasty of caliphs of the Prophet Muhammad who were not closely related to Muhammad himself, though they were of the same Meccan tribe, the Quraish. ...
The primary reason noted in the Chach Nama for the expedition against Raja Dahir was the raid by pirates off the coast of Debal, resulting in the capturing both gifts to the caliph from the King of Serendib as well as the female pilgrims on board who were captured.
The reasons attributed to the rising Islamic Empires interest in gaining a foothold in the Makran, Balochistan and Sindh regions in addition to protecting maritime interests is the participation of armies from Sindh alongside Persians in various battles such at Nahawand, Salasal and Qādisiyyah and the granting of refuge to fleeing rebel chieftains.
Here a band of robbers, of the tribe of Nagámrah, who were residents of Debal, seized all the eight boats, took possession of the rich silken cloths they contained, captured the men and women, and carried away all the valuable property and jewels." [1]
Shekhar was to go for a stroll with Debal on the river front and put a bullet in his head and roll the body into the swirling waters of the Ganges flowing past the French part of the town where the British police had to go through cumbersome protocol to deal with terrorists.
Debal had been led to believe that the assignment was on and the chief had deliberately fabricated the assignment for further confirmation about Debal being a police informer.
He had no proof that Debal was guilty of the cardinal sin of betraying an anarchist organization fighting for the freedom of the country.
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