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About
966 km from Karachi and more or less right in the centre of Pakistan lies
the ancient city of Multan. This 'City of Pirs and Shrines' isn't only a
city of bazaars, mosques, shrines and superbly designed tombs, but also
one of dust, summer heat and beggars. During the course of Multan's long
history, Alexander the Great added it to his list of Indus conquests. In
641 AD Xuang Tzang found it 'agreeable and prosperous' - Mohammad Bin Qasim
obviously agreed, he was the next to conquer Multan in 712 AD, followed
by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1006. Timur (also known as Tamerlane, though actually,
his name in his native Turco-Mongolian mother tongue was Temür), a
descendant of Kantchar-Noyan, Chinggis (Ghengis) Khan's half-brother, who
ruled his empire from Samarkand, invaded Multan in 1398.
Some of the world's best mangoes are said to grow around Multan. |
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