 Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath led 20,000 troops each from Kufa and Basra in a cautions but successful campaign in 700 AD, but when he wanted to stop during winter, Al-Hajjaj's insulting rebuke led to mutiny.The mutiny put down by 704 AD, and Al-Hajjaj granted a 7-year truce to Zunbil

Raja Dahir of Sindh had refused to return Arab rebels from Sindh and furthermore, "Meds" and others.Meds shipping from their bases at Kutch, Debal and Kathiawar.