Islamic History Waleed ibn Abdul Malik Waleed was a famous Khaleefah, & also a luky man as many big nations fell to his state during his tenure. One of his Commander Qutaibah attacked even china, & the king of china had to agree to sign a treaty & agreed to pay Jaziyah. Another of his commander Muhammad Ibn Qasim attacked india & captured areas of sindh & beyond. He made the seaway safe that connected Arab to ceylone. The king of sindh used to rob muslims hajjis from ceylone. Once he caught hold of some muslim women, Waleeds governor general of The Eastern command, he sought permission from Khaleefah & attacked sindh. He gave the command of his battalion to his own nephew Muhammad Ibn Qasim, who was just 17yrs old then. Muhammad was a brave young man & he exhibited his marvellous valour in onquering sindh. He then ruled this part of the state so well that he became a favourite leader of the local masses. Some Hindus even started to worship him as a god. Later a new Khaleefah called Muhammad Ibn Qasim back from sindh. Moosa Ibn Naseer was the governor general of western ommand, in charge of the countries towards west of arab. He took permission to attackSpain (al-andalusia in those days) and Portugal. The battalion that Moosa sent to Spain & Portugal was led by a young commander Tariq, a slave of Moosa Ibn Naseer. He was seventeen too. Tariq not only defeated Spain, but when this war was on, Waleed died he was followed by Suleiman. Like Muhammad Ibn Qasim was called back from Sindh, Suleiman called back Qutaibah from china & Tariq from France. This checked further forward movement of the Islamic State, and the Islamic flag could not flutter beyond already won territories. Waleed was not only famous for his all round victories, that his state spread so far & wide that its boundary from china to spain was about 5000 miles long, but also because there was peace during his ten year rule. He also made many big & famous buildings. He got the Mosque of the Prophet (masjid al Nabawee) rebuilt & extended its area. He also built a grand Jamia Masjid at Damishq that exists till today. He got many roads repaired, & put milestones & other indicating sign boards. He also got wells & inns made along the highways, & opened a number of hospitals. Waleed banned begging in his state. He fixed salaries & stipends for the physically challenged, appointed assistants & guides to them. He made very good arrangements for the education of orphans, fixed salaries for the scholars to enable them teach others without bothering about their livelihood. Waleed also helped many good peopl monetarily too just like that without any valid reason & cause. Waleed ruled between 86 to 96 AH grandly for ten long years. After him, Suleimans caliphate was short lived. And after Suleiman Umar Ibn Abdul Azeez was chosen as Khaleefah of the Islamic State.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 09:49:03 +0000
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