Muhammad ibn-Qasīm defeats Raja Dahir by enlisting the support of various local tribes, such as the Jats and the Meds, and the Buddhist rulers of Nerun, Bajhra, Kaka Kolak and Siwistan, as infantry to his predominantly cavalry army.

Dahir next attempts to prevent Qasim from crossing the Indus river and so moves his forces to its eastern banks in an attempt prevent Qasim from furthering the campaign.

Eventually however, Qasim successfully completes the crossing and defeats an an attempt to repel them at Jitor led by Jaisiah, the son of Dahir.

Qasim now advances onward to give Dahir battle at Raor near modern day Nawabshah, where Dahir dies in battle.

The Chach Nama, a history of the Muslim conquest of South Asia, reports Dahir as having gone into battle seated on elephant and attended by two "maid-servants", one serving him "Paan" and the other supplying him arrows.