<P> Islam first came to the western coast of India when Arab traders as early as the 7th century AD came to coastal Malabar and Konkan - Gujarat . Cheraman Juma Masjid in Kerala is thought to be the first mosque in India , built in 629 AD by Malik ibn Dinar . Following an expedition by the governor of Bahrain to Bharuch in the 7th century AD , immigrant Arab and Persian trading communities from South Arabia and the Persian Gulf began settling in coastal Gujarat . After the Islamic conquest of Persia was completed , the Muslim Arabs then began to move towards the lands east of Persia and in 652 captured Herat . </P>
<P> Islam first came to the western coast of India when Arab traders as early as the 7th century AD came to coastal Malabar and Konkan - Gujarat . Cheraman Juma Masjid in Kerala is thought to be the first mosque in India , built in 629 AD by Malik ibn Dinar . Following an expedition by the governor of Bahrain to Bharuch in the 7th century AD , immigrant Arab and Persian trading communities from South Arabia and the Persian Gulf began settling in coastal Gujarat . After the Islamic conquest of Persia was completed , the Muslim Arabs then began to move towards the lands east of Persia and in 652 captured Herat . </P>
when did islam begin its spread overland into south asia quizlet
when did islam begin its spread overland into south asia quizlet
the 7th century AD
the 7th century AD