Muhammad Ibn Al - Qasim A Study His Family Backorund And Personality Journal Article

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This clarification is important in view· of the fact that a great deal of confusion has been caused by the Arabic phrase , , which has been used in the histories written in Arabic describing Muhammad's relationship to al-Hajjaj, literally means "uncle's son" but broadly, it also means, in Arabic usage, •any descendant of one's uncle. life, from infancy to late · adolescence, but, in all probability, it was spent part1y at al-Ta'if where he was born, partly at al-Basrah where his father al-Qasim was appointed as Governor by al-Hajjaj,"? That al-Hajjaj himself was a teacher at al-Ta'if just three years before Muhammad's birth, shows that it was an educationally advanced "town; At al-Basrah, where his father was appointed as the- Governor, young Muhammad had within his reach immense educational opportunities as it was a great intellectual, cultural, and military centre of the Muslim 15. v+" As regards the administrative policy, the same author (of Farsnama) records al-Hajjaj's words in which he seems to have defined the general policy which was to be followed by Muhammad-z in Persia. 57 Cf. al-Yaqubi II-347 & Ibn Qutaiba, Uyun, I-299, both of whom quote these verses with reference to Muhammad's assumption of the command of the forces for the conquest of Sind. Muhallab, an antagonist ofAl-Hajjaj, who had now been appointed as the Viceroy of Iraq) and another officer be• longing to the family of" Akk, and they were both sent to assist the new Sind Governor in arresting Muhammad and bringing him back to 'Iraq.