Why The Abbasid Caliphate Is A Missed Opportunity

" Abbasid Governor of Sindh, Hisham (7 in office 768–773 AD) raided Kashmir, recaptured parts of Punjab from Karkota control, and launched naval raids against ports of Gujarat in 758 and 770 AD, which like other Abbasid Naval raids launched of 776 and 779 AD, gained no territory."
Source: Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia.
And let’s not forget the Aghlabid dynasty invasion of Sicily(The Aghlabid ruler was appointed by the Abbasid caliph Harun Al Rashid.) That’s besides the Mamluk sultanate, of course.

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