Al-Hakam ibn Awana (Arabic: الحكم بن عوانة الكلبي) was the Umayyadgovernor of Sindh in 731–740.[1] He was appointed by Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik after the death of the governor Tamim ibn Zaid al-Utbi, Al-Hakam restored order to Sindh and Kush and built secure fortifications at al-Mahfuzah and al-Mansur, and proceeded to retake lands previously conquered by al-Junayd.
Al-Hakam ibn Awana
Coinage of al-Hakam bin Awana al-Kalbi, Umayyad governor of Sindh
Arab sources do not mention details of the campaigns, but Indian sources recorded some victories over the Arab forces. al-Hakam led numerous campaigns against neighboring Indian kingdoms, but failed to reconquer the lands previously lost after al-Junayd departed India. Al-Hakam died during a battle with the Indian kingdoms.[2]
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^Wink, André. Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World, Volume 1: Early Medieval India and the Expansion of Islam, 7th–11th Centuries. 3rd ed. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1996. ISBN90-04-09249-8
^Khalid Yahya Blankinship. The End of the Jihad State: The Reign of Hisham Ibn 'Abd al-Malik and the Collapse of the Umayyads. SUNY Press. pp. 203–204. ISBN9780791496831.
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