Talti is a town and

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taluka of

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. It is located in the historical

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, 8 miles north of Sehwan and 2 miles off the main road from Sehwan to

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. It also has road connections with nearby

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and Bubak. There is a '' dhandh'' near Talti that is used as a source of

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. As of 2017, Talti has a population of 6,716, in 1,387 households, while the total population of the Talti union council is 37,694. It is the seat of a tappedar circle, which also includes the villages of Bilawalpur, Duridero Jatoi, and Jatoi. The Sufi saint Makhdoom Bilawal was born here in 1451. Later, around 1520, Talti was the site of the battle where the

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was decisively defeated by

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, who as a result of the battle became the uncontested ruler of Sindh. In this battle, the Sammas were joined by Sehta and Sodha tribesmen in an alliance facilitated by Makhdoom Bilawal and other local religious leaders. After the battle, Shah Beg encamped at Talti for three days. He had Talti and its small fort razed, its crops destroyed, and its inhabitants massacred. Around 1874, Talti was described as a small town with an estimated population of about 900: about 250 were Muslims, mostly

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, and about 650 were Hindus, mostly Lohanos. It had a small police station, a government vernacular school, and a

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. There was no significant industry in the town at the time apart from small-scale production of cloth and rugs. Local trade consisted of

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, grain, and oil, but there was no major long-distance trade. Less than 1km east of Talti, by the road to Bubak, is the 18th-century ''

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'' of the Muslim holy man Shahab Uddin Shah Bukhari. The tomb is well-maintained by the locals and was significantly renovated in the 2000s or 10s, and new ''

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'' decoration was also added at the same time. The 1951 census recorded the village of Talti as having an estimated population of about 690, in about 350 houses. It had a Sanitary Committee at that point.

References

Populated places in Jamshoro District {{Sindh-geo-stub