Throughout its history, the ancient mud fort faced burning and destruction several times due to the tribal wars of the region.

When the young Arab general Muhammad bin Qasim conquered the whole of these areas, In the 11th century, Sibi was included in Ghaznavid Empire.

The Muslims rule remained it included in the Suba Multan under Nasir ad-Din Qabacha (1210-1228 A.D.) According to the Persian book Ain-i-Akbari, the Sibi Fort was in control by Jam Nizamuddin of Sindh[4] as a province in 1488 A.D. At the end of 15th century, Sibi Fort was ruled by Sultan Pur-Dil Barlas whose forces were thrown out of the fort by the forces of Shah Beg Arghun[5] of Arghun dynasty.

Mulla Mehumd Jiskani the author of Tazkir-ul-Bar assigns 15th century A.D. for the occupation of Sibi by the Pannis.

According to the Akbarnama of Abul Fazal and Faizi Sarhindi by 1575 AD, Panni (Pashtun tribe)[7] were already in control of Sibi Fort.