The 9th century Persian traveller Buzurg bin Shahryar mentions in his travelogue, Ajaib-ul Hind, that the Hindu king of Mehroke in Kashmir had commissioned the preparation of a Kashmiri translation of the Quran. ' wrote a letter to Amir Abdullah bin Umar bin Abdul Aziz of Mansura, requesting him to dispatch a scholar to his court who could explain the tenets of the Islamic shariah in the language 'al-Hindia'. an anonymous early 9th century Kashmiri Hindu king. Although not existing today, a Sindhi translation was completed in 884 in Alwar (present-day Sindh, Pakistan), which had been commissioned by Abdullah bin Umar bin Abdul Aziz.It is known (and substantial fragments of it are preserved) because it was used by Nicetas Byzantius, a scholar from Constantinople, in his 'Refutatio' written between 855 and 870.
Historical (up to the 21st century) 7th–10th centuries
