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PRE-HABBARID OF SIND: al-Hakam b. 'Awana, ca. 740s-750s, AR damma (0.47g), ND, A-P1493, first half of the kalima // 3 line legend 'amara bihi / al-hakam / bin 'awana, first known example, VF to EF, RRR
Al-Hakam Ibn 'Awana Al-Kalbi was appointed year AH 112 as governor by someone named Khalid Ibn 'Abd Allah Al-Qasri to continue his conquests deeper into Al-Sind. Therefore, this could possibly suggest Al-Hakam to be a governor exclusively to the Umayyads rather than the Abbasids too.
Here is the text from al-Baladhuri, late 9th century Arab historian, from www.ibiblio.org/britishraj/Jackson5/chapter01.html.: Hakim ibn Awana al-Kalbi succeeded Tamim. The people of India had returned to idolatry, excepting those of Kassa, and the Mussulmans had no place of security in which they could take refuge, so he built a town on the other side of the lake facing India, and called it al-Mahfuzah, "the secure," and this he made a place of refuge and security for them, and their chief town. He asked the elders of the tribe of Kalb, who were of Syrian descent, what name he should give the town. Some said Dimashk (Damascus), others, Hims (Emessa), and others Tadmur (Palmyra), whereupon Hakim chose the latter name for his city, to which he gave the epithet of al-Mahfuzah, and dwelt there. Amr ibn Mohammad ibn Kasim was with Hakim, and the latter advised with him, trusted him with many important matters, and sent him out of al-Mahfuzah on a warlike expedition. He was victorious in his commission, and was made an amir. He founded a city on this side of the lake, which he called Mansura, in which the governors now dwell. Hakim recovered from the enemy those places which they had subjugated, and gave satisfaction to the people in his country, so that Khalid said: "It is very surprising – I gave the charge of the country to the most generous of Arabs, that is, to Tamim, and they were disgusted; I gave it to the most niggardly of men, and they were satisfied." Hakim was killed there. The governors who succeeded him continued to kill the enemy, taking whatever they could acquire and subduing the people who rebelled. When the dynasty of the Abbasids was established, Abu Muslim appointed Abd-ar-Rahman ibn Abu Muslim Mughallis-al-Abdi to the frontier of Sind.
Estimate: 250-350 USD
Al-Hakam Ibn 'Awana Al-Kalbi was appointed year AH 112 as governor by someone named Khalid Ibn 'Abd Allah Al-Qasri to continue his conquests deeper into Al-Sind. Therefore, this could possibly suggest Al-Hakam to be a governor exclusively to the Umayyads rather than the Abbasids too.
Here is the text from al-Baladhuri, late 9th century Arab historian, from www.ibiblio.org/britishraj/Jackson5/chapter01.html.: Hakim ibn Awana al-Kalbi succeeded Tamim. The people of India had returned to idolatry, excepting those of Kassa, and the Mussulmans had no place of security in which they could take refuge, so he built a town on the other side of the lake facing India, and called it al-Mahfuzah, "the secure," and this he made a place of refuge and security for them, and their chief town. He asked the elders of the tribe of Kalb, who were of Syrian descent, what name he should give the town. Some said Dimashk (Damascus), others, Hims (Emessa), and others Tadmur (Palmyra), whereupon Hakim chose the latter name for his city, to which he gave the epithet of al-Mahfuzah, and dwelt there. Amr ibn Mohammad ibn Kasim was with Hakim, and the latter advised with him, trusted him with many important matters, and sent him out of al-Mahfuzah on a warlike expedition. He was victorious in his commission, and was made an amir. He founded a city on this side of the lake, which he called Mansura, in which the governors now dwell. Hakim recovered from the enemy those places which they had subjugated, and gave satisfaction to the people in his country, so that Khalid said: "It is very surprising – I gave the charge of the country to the most generous of Arabs, that is, to Tamim, and they were disgusted; I gave it to the most niggardly of men, and they were satisfied." Hakim was killed there. The governors who succeeded him continued to kill the enemy, taking whatever they could acquire and subduing the people who rebelled. When the dynasty of the Abbasids was established, Abu Muslim appointed Abd-ar-Rahman ibn Abu Muslim Mughallis-al-Abdi to the frontier of Sind.
Estimate: 250-350 USD