Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Thaqafi simply as Muhammad bin Qasim, the first alien Muslim invader of (undivided) India who located the key that opened the floodgates of nearly a millennium-long era of unparalleled barbarism, subjugation, religious bigotry and all-encompassing destruction that permanently altered Bharatavarsha. al-Hajjaj held Muhammad bin Qasim in such special esteem that he ‘considered him a suitable match for his sister Zaynab’6. But there was a deeper, twofold reason for selecting Muhammad bin Qasim for the mission.
