[3] Raja Rasil, a local Hindu potentate of the Kingdom of Sindh, concentrated huge armies in Makran to halt the advance of the Muslims.

In accordance with the orders of Caliph Umar, the captured war elephants were sold in Islamic Persia, with the proceeds distributed among the soldiers as share in booty.

[5] Umar, after learning that Sindh was a poor and relatively barren land, disapproved Suhail's proposal to cross the Indus River.

[8] In accordance with the orders of Umar, the captured war elephants were sold in Islamic Persia, with the proceeds distributed among the soldiers as share in booty.

The same year, in 644, Umar had already rejected the proposal by Ahnaf ibn Qais, conqueror of Khurasan, of crossing Oxus river in the north to invade Central Asia.

In the west he similarly had called back 'Amr ibn al-'As who had marched to North Africa and had captured Tripoli.