Sitpur
Seetpur
سیت پور | |
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 The Shahi Mosque of Seetpur, with the tomb of Tahir Khan in background | |
  Seetpur Location  Seetpur Seetpur (Pakistan) | |
| Coordinates: 29°14′26″N 70°50′29″E / 29.24067°N 70.84128°E[1] | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| District | Muzaffargarh |
| Tehsil | Alipur |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (PDT) |
| Area code | 34480 |
Seetpur or Sitpur is a city and union council in Tehsil Alipur of Muzaffargarh District in south Punjab, Pakistan. Agriculture is the mainstay of the regional economy.
The Government High School of Seetpur was established by the British during the British Raj. Main tourist attractions in Seetpur include the 16th century mausoleum of Tahir Khan and the Shahi Mosque.[2] Its architecture resembles that of the Multan tombs, but it is smaller in size compared to them.
History
[edit]Sītpūr was listed in the Ain-i-Akbari as a pargana in sarkar Multan, counted as part of the Bīrūn-i Panjnad ("Beyond the Five Rivers").[3]: 331 It was assessed at 4,608,000 dams in revenue and supplied a force of 20 cavalry and 100 infantry.[3]: 331 Sitpur was strongly associated with the Nahars in Mughal times — the Dasturul 'Amal-i Shahjahani referred to Sitpur as "territory of the Nāhars", and the Mazhar-i Shahjahani referred to it as "Sītpūr Nāharān".[4]: 10
References
[edit]- ↑ "Geonames Search". Do a radial search using these coordinates here.
- ↑ "Sitpur (Seetpur), Pakistan: Traditional and Historical Architecture". Asian Architecture.
- 1 2 Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1891). The Ain-i-Akbari. Translated by Jarrett, Henry Sullivan. Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ↑ Habib, Irfan (1982). An Atlas of the Mughal Empire. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195603796. Retrieved 26 March 2023.