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Jam Of Kakralah
Kakrala was a historical region in southern Sindh, in the coastal parts of the Indus Delta. Descriptions of its precise extent vary, but it lay in the middle part of the delta, comprising the present-day taluqas of Shahbandar (Pakistan), Shahbandar and Jati taluqa, Jati in Sujawal District, Sujawal and Thatta districts. It has been described as the region from Jati, Sindh, Jati to Kharo Chan, or the region between the mouths of the Wanyani river, Wanyani and Pitti river, Pitti rivers. This area later formed part of the pargana of Ghorabari. From about 1470 to 1760, Kakrala was also a small state, whose rulers took the title of Jam (title), Jam and are called as either Samma (tribe), Sammas or Kehars (or Kīhars). Their capital was at Dera, Kakrala, Dera, which is now in ruins near the site of Chach Jahan Khan. The Jams of Kakrala built numerous tombs and chhatris for themselves and for their patron saints. One of their patron saints was Aban Shah, a 16th-century Suhrawardiyya, Suhra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sindh
Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province by population after Punjab. It shares land borders with the Pakistani provinces of Balochistan to the west and north-west and Punjab to the north. It shares International border with the Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan to the east; it is also bounded by the Arabian Sea to the south. Sindh's landscape consists mostly of alluvial plains flanking the Indus River, the Thar Desert in the eastern portion of the province along the international border with India, and the Kirthar Mountains in the western portion of the province. The economy of Sindh is the second-largest in Pakistan after the province of Punjab; its provincial capital of Karachi is the most populous city in the country as well as its main financial hub. Sindh is home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
