Mahmud's first campaign to the south is …
Years: 1005 - 1005
Mahmud's first campaign to the south is against the Ismaili Fatimid Kingdom at Multan in a bid to carry political favor and recognition with the Abbasid Caliphate; he also engages with the Fatimids elsewhere.
conducts a series of campaigns during which some Ismailis are massacred while most later convert to Sunni Hanafi fiqh.
