Sitpur
سیت پور | |
|---|---|
 Government boys' high school in Sitpur | |
  Sitpur Location  Sitpur Sitpur (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 |
Sitpur is a city and union council in Tehsil Alipur of Muzaffargarh District in south Punjab, Pakistan. In this city, there is a famous Tomb of Tahir Khan Nahar.[2] Its architecture resembles that of the Multan Tombs, but it is smaller in size compared to them. The Government High School of Seetpur was established by the British during the British Raj. Agriculture is the mainstay of the area's economy.
There is also a mosque named Shahi masjid seetpur that was built in the 1880s and renewed in the 1900s.
History
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
- ↑ "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.