Sann is a small town and

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located in

Manjhand Manjhand (Sindhi language, Sindhi:) is a town in Jamshoro District, Sindh, Pakistan. Manjhand town has the status of Taluka of Jamshoro District and town committee. The Manjhand railway station is close to Manjhand town. Demographics According ...

taluka of

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Province,

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. It lies on the western bank of the

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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 (; ; also commonly referred to as Sehwan Sharif or ''Noble Sehwan'') is a historic city located in Jamshoro District of Sindh province in Pakistan situated on the west bank of the Indus River north-west of Hyderabad. The city is renowned ...

Kotri Kotri (, ) 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 118th most populous city in Pakistan. Name The name ''Koṭri'' is the d ...

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

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leader G. M. Syed was born in Sann, and his birthday is celebrated here annually.

History

Under the

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, Sann formed a

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in the sarkar of Sehwan. Sann was noted for its

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production; according to the '' Mazhar-i-Shahjahani'', local landowners installed Persian wheels to help irrigate the indigo crop. Records of English

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s indicate that indigo from Sann was sold in

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and then exported to Europe. In the early 1600s, the Mughal governor of Sehwan, Shamshir Khan Uzbek, had a fort built in Sann, and established a ''

thana Thana means " station" or "place" in South Asian countries. The word ''thana'' originates from the Sanskrit word ''sthana'' or "sthanak", meaning "place" or "stand", which was anglicized as ''thana'' by the British. * Thanas of Bangladesh, forme ...

'' here under the command of his relative Khwaja Jan. Later, during the tenure of the governor Ahmad Beg Khan (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 immediate successor, who was transferred away in late 1633) Sann and its fort were again attacked by the pargana's ''

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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

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s and

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s) and Hindus (mostly Lohanos). It was the seat of a tappedar and had a

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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

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Notable personalities of Sann

G.M. Syed is a famous personality of Sann,

. His grandson Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah 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