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Discussion on social media: Raja Dahir or Muhammad bin Qasim, who is the real hero? |
In Pakistan, we see unique trends on Twitter every day, which raises questions in many minds as to why they are, why they are, and who started them.
But it may not even occur in anyone's dream that on the tenth day of Ramadan in 92 AH (711 AD), 1300 years after the death of Raja Dahir, the ruler of Sindh, who was defeated by the Arab general Muhammad bin Qasim at Debal. Will be trending on Twitter later.
When the clock struck twelve and the date of May 4 began, a hashtag trend started on Pakistani Twitter which remained one of the top trends for the next several hours. He was #RajaDahirIsNationalHero.
The hashtag was first used in a tweet by a user named Sarmad Leghari, which read: 'Friends, get ready for tomorrow and tell them that Raja Dahir is our national hero and not Muhammad bin Qasim. '
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One user wrote that Raja Dahar was the ruler of a Sindh where there was prosperity and religious tolerance everywhere and everyone was allowed to worship. Dahir put his honor and his land above his life and became a martyr.
Similarly, another user Rafiq Ahmed writes, "Raja Dahir fought his war bravely and sacrificed his life against the Arab aggression and for the sovereignty of Sindh."
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On May 4, tweets in favor of Raja Dahir continued throughout the day, with his name appearing second or third on the Hashtag Trends panel.
At around 5 pm, user Shamsuddin Ahmed, head of the social media team of Jamaat-e-Islami, a religious party in Pakistan, introduced a new hashtag in which he called General Muhammad bin Qasim, who defeated Raja Dahir, a 'hero of the earth'. Declared
The hashtag #Mohammad_Bin_Kasim_Muslim_Hero grew very fast on the trend panel and reached number one.
Another account wrote in its tweet: "Today is Bab-ul-Islam Day when Muhammad bin Qasim enlightened this land with Islamic light on the 10th of Ramadan."
Another similar message was tweeted by Muhammad Tawseef who wrote that 'the great Mujahid, the conqueror of Sindh, Muhammad bin Qasim, who responded to the cry of the oppressed of Islam, conquered Sindh on the 10th of Ramadan, at the age of 17, and became the first in the land of India. He raised the flag of Islam once.
Muhammad bin Qasim - the first Pakistani?
A look at the history and social science books in Pakistan reveals that Muhammad bin Qasim's victory at Debal is considered to be the first step and first victory of Islam in the Indian subcontinent.
The book Fifty Years of Pakistan, published by the Federal Bureau of Statistics of the Government of Pakistan in 1998, likens Muhammad bin Qasim's victory in Sindh to laying the foundation for the establishment of Pakistan and calls him the "first Pakistani". Goes
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Former dictator General Zia-ul-Haq made changes to the curriculum in 1977 and since then textbooks have portrayed Muhammad bin Qasim as an ideal ruler whose subjects resented the oppression of the Hindu ruler Raja Dahir. She was very happy with him and was inspired by his good morals and entered the realm of Islam.
The BBC contacted Manan Ahmed Asif, a professor of history at Columbia University in the United States, to find out the truth about the debate on Twitter and the events and statements attributed to Raja Dahir and Muhammad bin Qasim.
Professor Manan told the BBC that the Jamaat-e-Islami had started celebrating Bab-ul-Islam in the 1970s and later General Zia had exaggerated the role of Muhammad bin Qasim and his importance in textbooks.
In this regard, five years ago, Professor Manan wrote in an article that Jamaat-e-Islami had prepared a commendable literature on the importance and role of Arab Muslims and tried to prove the direct link between the Arabian Peninsula and Pakistan.
Raja Dahir or Muhammad bin Qasim - Who is the hero?
But where Muhammad bin Qasim was first introduced as a Pakistani, many Pakistanis did not accept this 'change' in history.
Well known Sindhi scholar and politician GM Syed in one of his books about fifty years ago portrayed Raja Dahir as a hero who was defeated by an 'invading Arab'.
Professor Manan also confirms this, saying that in the 60's, Sindhi nationalists portrayed Raja Dahar as a hero.
In an interview published last year, anthropologist Rafiq Wassan, who is researching Sindh affairs, analyzed GM Syed's portrayal of Raja Dahir as a hero, saying "it had a political purpose and it was for the Pakistani state." Islamization was to oppose.
Rafiq Wassan added in the same interview that GM Syed was opposing the statement of the Pakistani establishment on the arrival of Islam in the subcontinent and that the arrival of Arabs in Sindh was not a spread of Islam but an Arab imperialist power. They came here. '
Why isn't the statue of Ranjit Singh of Raja Dahar?
In tweets in favor of Raja Dahar, some users demanded that a statue of Raja Dahar be erected on the fort of Bhanbor.
Consumer Dhanji Kohli raised the question, "If a statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh can be erected in Punjab, why are we prevented from paying homage to Raja Dahar?" He is a Sindhi hero.
When Punjabi people can make statue of Ranjit Singh then why were intercepted from tribute to Raja Dahir.
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When a statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was erected at the Royal Fort in Lahore in June last year, the same demand was repeated by some Twitter users.
On this demand, Rafiq Wassan says that it does not seem possible to recognize Raja Dahar as a hero and erect a statue of him as doing so goes against the very foundations of Pakistan.
Professor Manan also confirms the same point and writes that in the document 'Five Years of Pakistan August 1947-1952 August' published on the five-year anniversary of the founding of Pakistan in 1953, it was written that in 712 AD Muhammad bin Qasim He conquered the fort of Sindh after which the rest of Sindh joined the fold of Islam.
According to Professor Manan, the aim of creating a 'real real history' to achieve the establishment of Pakistan was a regular conscious effort by the state.
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