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Sindh by the British History Period 1843 – 1947

British Period (1843-1947)

On the annexation of Sindh by the British in 1843, Sir Charles Napier was appointed Governor of the province with a monthly salary of Rs 8,000. At first he made Hyderabad his headquarters but afterwards he transferred to Karachi.He divided the province into three Collectorates for revenue and magisterial purposes. These were: Karachi, with an area of 160,000 sq.m.; Hyderabad, with an area Read more…

Lakhan Jo Daro Discovered in Sukkur

New Archeological Site Lakhan Jo Daro Discovered in Sukkur

Sukkur A new archeological site Lakhian Jo Daro was discovered near Goth Nihal Khoso in the factory area of Sukkur, The archaeological remains belong to pre Moen Jo Daro period. The professors at the Khairpur University did the excavation and found artifacts similar to those of Mehar Garh. They also discovered semiprecious jewelry from the site.

Artifact found from Lakhan Jo Dari
The Archeologists believe the site is about 5500 yers old and is of pre Moen Jo Daro or Kot Dijian era. The Vice chancellor of Khairpur Professor Dr. Nilofar Sheikh University visited the site with Archeological department after the discovery. The Archeological Department has announced that a Read more…

Rohri Headquarter of the Municipal Taluka

Rohri (Sindhi:روهڙي , Urdu:روہڑی ) or Lohri, 27° 41’ North Latitude, 68° 56’ East Longitude, headquarter of the taluka (tehsile) of that name, is a Municipal Town.

The town is situated on the left bank of the river Indus (Sanskrit, Sindhu; Greek, Sinthes; Latin Sindus [from Bukkur in Sukkur to the sea the river is known familiarly among the people of the province as the Darya]), on a rocky eminence of limestone interspersed with flints, which is terminated abruptly on the western side of a precipice 12 meters high rising from the bank of the river, which during the inundation attains a height of about 05 meters above its lowest level. On the southern side the aspect of the whole place has been changed by the operations of the Railway Company, which has cleared a wide space fir its yards by blasting the hills and filling up the hallows obtaining at the same time immense quantities of good stone.

The interest of town lies mainly in its history which begins from the stone age, for it is evident, from the quantity of flint cores and flakes found in the river bed at Rohri and on the surrounding hills (proceeding of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1975, page 134) by Lieutenant Twemlow, R.E., and afterwards by Mr. John Tate, that Neolithic man has, at one time, a flourishing settlement at this place. Dr. Blanford pronounced these cores to be more carefully formed than any previously found in India and so far superior to all ordinary forms of the same other places. There is a wide gap between Neolithic man and the Arab invasion of Sindh, at the time of which there was almost certainly no town on the present site which was not then on the course and made a passage for itself through the hills between the present Rohri and Sukkur, the two towns probably grew simultaneously on its left and right banks respectively under the protection of the fortress which soon occupied Bukkur. From a very early period Rohri acquired a sacred character, which was enhanced when the Saiyids who has settled in Bukkur were removed by Shahbeg Arghun and compensated with land and privilege at Rohri. Its history as a scared place can be gathered from a description of the principle shrines and relics.

There are three prominent hills (nummulitic limestone, low range on the northern extremity, run southwards from that point to Khairpur District boundary), namely “kalka devi” hill at Arore, “Laheri” Read more…

Shrine Sayyed Noor Mola Shah Rohri

Here is little information of Shrine Sayyed Noor Mola Shah or other name Moor Shah je Mazar Rohri sharif, He is a famous Saint in Rohri

Syed Hyder Shah Haqani

Syed Hyder Shah Haqani (915 Hijri / 1509 A.D – 1039 Hijri / 1630 A.D.

Mir Abdul Baqi Purani,Ex-Governor of Bukkur

The Tomb of Mir Abdul Baqi Purani, Ex-Governor of Bukkur, Amir Mirak Shah Ba Yazid Hussain, a native of Purani in Hirat, came to Sindh in AH 928 (AD 1521) with Mirza Shah Hussain Babar. He was appointed Governor of Bukkur, but after some time he left the post to his son and went to Kandhar, where he died. His son was the Saiyid Abdul Baqi Purani whose tomb is located on the plain south-west of the Collector’s bungalow. An inscription upon it runs as follows:

Mir Abdul Baqi Purani, the Qutb, who was the Chief of the descendants of the Prophet, the cream of Read more…

Sukkur Barrage officially named the Lloyd Barrage

Sukkur Barrage

The Sukkur Barrage, officially named the Lloyd Barrage, on the Indus about three miles below Sukkur Gorge, is the pride of Pakistan’s irrigation system. It is the largest system of its kind in the world. It is the backbone of (More Video ) Read more…

The tomb of Qadir Bux jo Qubo

Qadir Bakhsh-jo-Qubo is situated some sixteen miles south of Rohri in Deh Akbarpur Jagir. It covers an area of thirty-five acres and contains many ancient graves. The principal grave belongs to His Highness Mir Suhrab Khan of the Khairpur Mirs. He died on 27 Rajab AH 1280 (AD 1863) at the age of ninety. Next to it lays the grave of His Highness Mirs Rustam Khan of the Khairpur Mirs. He died in AH 1297 (AD 1870) in Poona (Pune) and his body was brought here for burial. Nearby are the graves of Mir Dost Muhammad, the second son of Mir Khan Muhammad Talpur (d. AH 1262 [AD 1846]), and of the mother of Mir Ahmed Ali Khan Talpur. To the east of the graveyard is a mosque constructed by the Talpurs. There is another mosque some two hundred feet away, constructed by the British government. Attached to this mosque is the government musafirkhana, (traveller’ lodge). Today, both the mosque and the musafirkhana are in ruins.

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Tomb of Khwaja Khizr or Zinda Pir

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Opposite Rohri is a small island of which about half an acre remains above water at the height of the inundation. This has been enclosed with a wall and contains a shrine to which Muslims and Hindus come together in thousands from all parts of Sindh in March and April, the Muslims to honor Khwaja Khizr and the Hindus, Jind Pir, (Jind is a corruption of Zinda; Zinda Pir means the Living Saint). Eventually the possession of the shrine became a bone of contention between Hindus and Muslims, but the matter was settled when the Hindus abandoned their claim and set up a shrine of their own to Jind Pir on the Sukkur bank of the river. The Public Works Department, under resolution No. 55-W-1 650 of 10 April 1894, sanctioned a piece of land measuring 16.50 ghuntas Read more…

Kalka Devi Cave at Arore

A mountainous cave popularly known as Kalka Devi Cave is located about one mile far from the capital city of Alore/ Arore in its South. Shasthi Language reads Kalka as the meaning of power. A devoutly religious women namely Kalka used to live in caves and there after these hills were recognized as Kalka hills during Roe Dynasty. The majority of Hindu devotees pay homage to Kalka Devi on the night of first Monday of every month.

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