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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 ...

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District A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

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Taluka A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

, subdivision_name3 = Manjhand , subdivision_type4 = , subdivision_name4 = , government_footnotes = , government_types = , established_date = , area_total_km2 = , area_metro_km2 = , population_as_of = 2017 , population_footnotes = , population_note = , population_total = , population_density_km2 = , population_urban = , population_density_urban_km2 = , coordinates = , elevation_footnotes = , elevation_m = , elevation_ft = , timezone = PST , utc_offset = +5 , timezone_DST = PDT , utc_offset_DST = +6 , postal_code_type = , postal_code = , area_code = , blank_name = , blank_info = , website = , footnotes = , pushpin_relief = o Sann is a small town and union council located in Manjhand taluka of Jamshoro District,

Province,

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

. It lies on the western bank of the

Indus The Indus ( ) is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayan river of South and Central Asia. The river rises in mountain springs northeast of Mount Kailash in Western Tibet, flows northwest through the disputed region of Kashmir, ...

river, at the mouth of an intermittent stream that brings down water from the Lakhi hills when it rains. The town is located midway between Manjhand and Amri on the main

Sehwan Sehwan ( sd, سيوهڻ شريف, ur, ; also commonly referred to as Sehwan Sharif or ''Noble Sehwan'') is a historic city located in Jamshoro District of Sindh province in Pakistan and on the west bank of the Indus north-west of Hyderabad. The ...

Kotri Kotri ( sd, ڪوٽڙي, ur, ) is a city and the headquarters of the Kotri Taluka of Jamshoro District of Sindh province in Pakistan. Located on the right bank of the Indus River, it is the 29th largest city in Pakistan by population. Name The ...

trunk road. Ranikot, the world's largest fort, is about 30 km southwest of Sann. The

Sindhi nationalist Sindhi nationalism also known as Sindhi Nationalist Movement ( Sindhi: سنڌي قومپرستي يا سنڌي قومي تحريڪ) was launched in the 1972 to separate Sindh from Pakistan. After Bangladesh became independent in 1971, G.M. Syed g ...

leader

G. M. Syed Ghulam Murtaza Syed (Sindhi) ( Sindhi: غلام مرتضي سيد, 17 January 1904 – 25 April 1995), known as G.M Syed (Sindhi) was a prominent Sindhi politician, who is known for his scholarly work, passing only constitutional resolution in ...

was born in Sann, and his birthday is celebrated here annually.

History

Under the

Mughal Empire The Mughal Empire was an early-modern empire that controlled much of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries. Quote: "Although the first two Timurid emperors and many of their noblemen were recent migrants to the subcontinent, the d ...

, Sann formed a

pargana Pargana ( bn, পরগনা, , hi, परगना, ur, پرگنہ) or parganah, also spelt pergunnah during the time of the Sultanate period, Mughal times and British Raj, is a former administrative unit of the Indian subcontinent and each ...

in the sarkar of Sehwan. Sann was noted for its

indigo Indigo is a deep color close to the color wheel blue (a primary color in the RGB color space), as well as to some variants of ultramarine, based on the ancient dye of the same name. The word "indigo" comes from the Latin word ''indicum'', m ...

production; according to the '' Mazhar-i-Shahjahani'', local landowners installed

Persian wheel A sāqiyah or saqiya ( ar, ساقية), also spelled sakia or saqia) is a mechanical water lifting device. It is also called a Persian wheel, tablia, rehat, and in Latin tympanum. It is similar in function to a scoop wheel, which uses buckets, j ...

s to help irrigate the indigo crop. Records of English factors indicate that indigo from Sann was sold in

Thatta Thatta ( sd, ٺٽو; ) is a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh. Thatta was the medieval capital of Sindh, and served as the seat of power for three successive dynasties. Thatta's historic significance has yielded several monuments in and ...

and then exported to Europe. In the early 1600s, the Mughal governor of Sehwan,

Shamshir Khan Uzbek A shamshir ( fa, شمشیر) is a type of Persian/Iranian sword with a radical curve. The name is derived from the Persian word ''shamshīr'', which means "sword". The curved "scimitar" sword family includes the shamshir, kilij, talwar, pulwar ...

, had a fort built in Sann, and he established a '' thana'' here under the command of his relative Khwaja Jan. Later, during the tenure of the governor

Ahmad Beg Khan Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...

(who held office from April 1628 until at least late 1629), Sann was attacked and looted by Samejas and Nuhmardis. After this, Ahmad Beg Khan had a wall constructed around the town; Yusuf Mirak wrote in the ''Mazhar-i-Shahjahani'' (1634) that the wall was still standing at that time. Under the governor Dindar Khan (Ahmad Beg Khan's direct successor, who was transferred away in late 1633) Sann and its fort were again attacked by the pargana's ''

arbab Arbab ( fa, ارباب) is a Persian word that means "boss", "master" and "landlord" or "one endowed with a special quality". It was a title used by tribal leaders in Middle East and South Asia South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia ...

s'', Sayyid Yusuf and Sayyid Jung, who had allied with the Samejas and Nuhmardis against the governor. Around 1874, Sann's population was estimated at about 1,000 people, split about 50-50 between Muslims (mostly

Memon Memon may refer to: Ethnic group and language * Memon people, an ethnic group originating in the ancient Sindh (modern day Pakistan) * Memoni language, the language of Memon people historically associated with Kathiawar, Gujarat, India People wit ...

s and

Mohana Mohana is a town and community development block in the Gajapati district of Odisha state in India. The town comes under the administrative control of Mohana Police station. The town had a population of 5,197 in 2011 census and 4,759 in the ...

s) and Hindus (mostly Lohanos). It was the seat of a tappedar and had a dharamshala and a small police post. It was not a significant commercial or industrial centre in its own right, although trading caravans passed through the town on their way south from

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

Notable personalities of Sann

Sain

GM Syed Ghulam Murtaza Syed (Sindhi) ( Sindhi: غلام مرتضي سيد, 17 January 1904 – 25 April 1995), known as G.M Syed (Sindhi) was a prominent Sindhi politician, who is known for his scholarly work, passing only constitutional resolution in ...

is the famous personality of Sann,

Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah, ( sd, سيد جلال محمود شاهه) , is a politician from Pakistan. He is the grandson of Sindh's national arch-leader, statesman and philosopher Sain (سائين) G. M. Syed (Ghulam Murtaza Shah Syed) and the ...

also belongs to this town. Population 8,500

References

{{Reflist Populated places in Jamshoro District Union councils of Sindh

History

Notable personalities of Sann

See also

References