Jhirk

Town in the district of Thatta, the province of Sindh, Pakistan Town in Sindh, Pakistan Jhirk, also spelled as Jerruck, is a small town on the right bank of the Indus River in the Thatta district of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. History In the 19th century, Jhirk was the busiest river port and center of commercial activity in Sindh. It also served as the headquarters of the Indus Flotilla, which was the most advanced navigational system of its time. Karachi Port was connected to Jhirk. The headquarters of the Indus Flotilla was initially in Jhirk, near Kotri, before relocating to Mithankot in Rajanpur district and later to Makhad in Attock. This section of the Indus Flotilla was known by both the Punjab Flotilla and the Indus Flotilla names. The British Indus Flotilla of steamboats, which once navigated the Indus River, is described by Shaw (1998). Hassan Ali Effendi, the renowned educationist who played a key role in establishing Sindh Madrasatul Islam, worked with the Indus Flotilla in his early years while learning English. Quaid-i-Azam was one of his students at the Sindh Madrasatul Islam in Karachi. The Indus River was a crucial communication route between Karachi and Jhirk