A key moment: the Battle of Rawar and capture of Brahmanabad,712                  

                                                                                                                                                                                 The young bin Qasim quickly showed himself a good leader. Attacking the port of Debal, he used his siege engines to topple the tower on which a sacred red flag fluttered. This so angered the defenders that they left the safety of their city to attack, but Muhammad bin Qasim quickly defeated them and took the city. However,Dahir had a strong army which included many elephants. Bin Qasim crossed the Indus and drew him into the battle beside the river near Rawar. Accordoing to Al-Baladhuri the struggle was very tough and for many hours evenly balanced. Dahir, on an albino elephant, led his men courageously. The turning point of the battle was when his elephant, struck by a burning arrow, panicked and rushed into the river. Dahir, forced to fight on foot, was soon killed and the Hindus fled.This was the end of the serious resistence. Bin Qasin soon captured Brahmanabad, Dahir's capital and,by 713,controlled all sindh.