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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Al-Hakam ibn 
| parents             = ahmed
| office              = [[Arab Sind|Governor of Sind]]
| term_start          = 731
| term_end            = 740
| monarch             = [[Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik]]
| predecessor         = [[Tamim ibn Zaid al-Utbi]]
| successor           = [[Amr ibn Muhammad al-Thaqafi]]
| children            = [[ ibn al-Hakam]]
}}
'''Al-Hakam ibn  al-Kalbi''' ({{Lang-ar|الحكم بن عوانة الكلبي}}) was the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] [[List of caliphal governors of Sind|governor of Sindh]] in 731–740.<ref>Wink, André. ''Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World, Volume 1: Early Medieval India and the Expansion of Islam, 7th–11th Centuries.'' 3rd ed. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1996. {{ISBN|90-04-09249-8}}</ref> He was appointed by Caliph [[Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik]] after the death of the governor [[Tamim ibn Zaid al-Utbi]], Al-Hakam restored order to Sindh and Kush and built secure fortifications at al-Mahfuzah and al-Mansur, and proceeded to retake lands previously conquered by al-Junayd.

Arab sources do not mention details of the campaigns, but Indian sources recorded some victories over the Arab forces. al-Hakam led numerous campaigns against neighboring Indian kingdoms, but failed to reconquer the lands previously lost after al-Junayd departed India. Al-Hakam died during a battle with the Indian kingdoms.<ref name="Yahya">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjP0i6FSfLwC&pg=PA203&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi0robDm7XYAhXFOY8KHUiVDDcQ6AEIIzAA#v=onepage&f=false|title=End of the Jihad State, The: The Reign of Hisham Ibn 'Abd al-Malik and the Collapse of the Umayyads|publisher=[[SUNY Press]]|pages=203-204|author=Khalid Yahya Blankinship}}</ref>

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[[Category:Umayyad governors of Sind]]
[[Category:8th-century Arabs]]
[[Category:Banu Kalb]]


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