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Hyderabad
HYDERABAD is 164 km north of Karachi the second largest city in Sindh and 5th largest in Pakistan.
Hyderabad was capital of Sindhh between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Founded in 1768 on the site of the ancient town of Nirun-Kot by Ghulam Shah Kalhora, Hyderabad was laid out by his son,Sarfaraz Khan, in 1782 and was the capital of the emirs of Sindh. The British East India Company occupied Hyderabad when the Sindh became a British protectorate in 1839. From 1947 to 1955 Hyderabad was the capital of Sindh Province.Hyderabad was incorporated as a municipality in 1853.Today newly developed settlements and industrial estates surround the congested old city area.In the old city, buildings are topped by badgirs ("wind-catchers") that look like chimneys on roof tops.They catch the cool breezes which blow steadily in a south-west direction for 40 days from late April each year. Hyderabad is hot for most of the year,although in autumn and winter the temperature dips down to around 24 C . In the old sections of the town, cows still roam the streets giving it a distinctly medieval atmosphere.
INDUSTRY
It has long been noted for its embroideries, precious-metal goods, and cutlery.raditional glass bangles, hand glaced pottery called "Kashi", lackerd wooden furniture called "Jhandi" and most famous cloth "Ajrak", "Susi" and "Khadhi".It is an important commercial center for the millet, rice, wheat, cotton, and fruit that are grown in the surrounding region.It now has industries in food processing, textiles, hosiery, cement, cigarettes, glass, soap, paper, leather goods, plastics, motion picture studios, metal, Embroideries, lacquer ware, and jewelry.
Hyderabad district is a vast fertile alluvial plain, excepting the hilly region of Hyderabad city, extending along the east bank of the Indus. Cultivation is dependent upon canal irrigation. Millet, jowar (sorghum), rice, wheat, cotton, oilseeds, and mangoes are the chief crops. Cottage handicrafts include leatherwork, glazed pottery and tiles, lacquerware and Susi (striped cotton cloth) from Hala (north of Hyderabad city), khes (cotton blankets), susis and anguchahs (cotton cloth) from Nasirpur (northeast of Hyderabad). Historic sites include Bhit Shah (6 km east of Hala), containing the tomb of Shah 'Abd-ul-Latif (d. 1753), the poet and Sufi saint, and an ancient Buddhist stupa.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Hyderabad division (area 34,257 sq mi) comprises Dadu, Hyderabad, Badin, Sanghar, Thar Parkar, and Thatta districts. The division includes the swampy delta of the Indus river on the Arabian Sea (southwest), the fertile alluvial plain of the Indus (north central), and part of the great Thar Desert (east).
Jamshoro is about 14 km from Hyderabad which houses the University of Sindh with 32 affiliated Colleges, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology(MUET) and Liaqat University of Medical and Health Sciences(LUMHS).
Site Seeing In Hyderabad
The must see places in Hyderabad are
Kalhora Monuments
Shahi bazaar, one of the longest Bazaar of Pakistan
Pacca Qilla(Fort)
Sindh or Sindhhology museum.
Qadam Qah of Hazart Ali
KALHORA MONUMENTS
On the northern side of the hill on which Hyderabad is sited there are tombs from the Talpur and Kalhora periods. Ornately decorated with geometric and floral designs,the tomb of Ghulam Shah Kalhora is one of the finest, although its dome collapsed and has now been replaced by a flat roof.Square Tomb has an octagonal chamber and retains exquisite Blue and White Title work.
SHAHI BAZAAR
Shahi Bazar is blieved to be one of the longest Bazaar of Pakistan.This 2 kilometer maze of narrow crowded lane offers Shop selling Jewellery,shoes,Lacquer ware, Textiles and Rillies(Sindhi Blanket)
QADAM QAH OF HAZRAT ALI
Qadam Qah of Hazrat Ali is a stone slab with the hands and Footprints of Hazrat Ali.
PACCA QILLA
SINDH/SINDHOLOGY MUSEUM
Hyderabad has two forts (Qilas).Pacca Qila is made of baked bricks and so is known as "Pacca Qila".while the other being made with un-baked bricks is commonly known as "Kacha Qila".Hyderabad Fort is built by Ghulam Shah Kalhora.Nearby is the Shah Makkai Fort,built to protect the mausoleum of Sheikh Makkai.Although the fort is in ruins devotess from all over Sindh visit the shrine.
Also worth a visit is the Institute of Sindhhology's museum at the University of Sindh. It has displays on all aspects of Sindhi history, music and culture depicting the lifestyles of the desert tribes. Infrequent buses go to the campus, otherwise take a miniwagon to Jumshoro, across the river from Hyderabad.The Battlefield at Miani is about ten kilometers (six miles) north of Hyderabad and some five kilometers (three miles) off the National Highway.The memorial is down a dusty narrow track in the forest and you'll need a local guide to find it. Hyderabad's eighteenth-century fort was first the court of the Kalhora dynasty and then that of the Talpur Amirs. According to contemporary British descriptions it must have been splendid, but apart from the tower, main entrance, and a room in the harem, little remains to be seen. Portraits of the Amirs and their weapons are exhibited in what passes as the Fort Museum near the railway station. Their stove-pipe hats are on display in Hyderabad's Sindh Provincial Museum, near the Polytechnic College and opposite the Sui Southern Gas Office.you may also contact Archaeology Department, Pacca Qilla for information about this magnificent fort.
Facts & Statistics about Hyderabad
Some Facts & statistics about Hyderabad City are presented.
Ranking of Hyderabad as a major city according to population census 1931-1998
Census 1931 1941 1951 1961 1972 1981 1998
Ranking 6 7 3 3 4 5 7
MUSLIM MIGRANTS IN HYDERABAD 1951 CENSUS
POPULATION Migrants from India Migrants as % of City population % of migrants as total migrants
241,801 159,805 66.1
MUSLIM MIGRANTS FROM INDIA IN SINDH 1951 CENSUS
DISTRICT % OF DISTRICT POPULATION
Karachi 54.96
Hyderabad 23.05
Nawabshah 14.13
Sukkur 12.81
Tharparkur 12.16
Sangahar 9.83
Larkana 5.12
NDH MAIN CITY POPULATION (1998 census)
Province/City Population(000) as % of Sindh Urban as % of Sindh Total
SINDH Urban 14,661 100.0 49.0
Karachi 9,094 62.0 30.3
Hyderabad 1,151 7.8 3.8
Sukkur 329 2.2 1.1
Bus Routes
Bus Routes
A1 Giddu to NaseemNagir Bhitai Hospital, Latifabad # 10, 5, 11, 9, 8, 7, Niapul, Hyder Chowk, Circle Building, Rahit Cinema, Police Line, Sarfraz Colony, Market, Civil Hospital, Hirabad, City Gate, Pathan Colony, Rajputana Hospital, Bithai Nagar, Naseem Nagir.
A1 NaseemNagir to Giddu
Mini Taxi Routes
- Phulleli to Market Tower - Phuleli to Faqeer Ka Pir - Pretabad to Faqeer Ka Pir
- Pretabad to Market Tower - Market Tower to Pretabad - Eidgah Pretabad to Niapul
- Market Tower to Islamabad - Market Tower to Phuleli - Market Tower to Faqeer ka Pir
- Market Tower to Pretabad - Liaqat Colony to Badin Stop - Eye Hospital to Badin Stop
Suzuki Taxi Routes
Latifabad # 11 to Kohenoor Latifabad # 8, 7, 6, 2, 5, Niapul, Hyder Chowk, Kohenoor
INTER CITY BUS ROUTES
Departure Location:Babar/Royal City Coach Service,PSO Filling station,Pathan Colony, Tel# 34236
Departure Time TRANSIT ROUTE(S)
00:00 Moro-Ranipur-Khairpur-Sukkur-Shikarpur
00:30 Sewan-Dadu-Larkana-Shikarpur
01:00 Sewan-Dadu-Larkana-Shikarpur
11:45 Sewan-Dadu-Larkana-Shikarpur
Important Telephone Nos.
Name
Telephone
L.M.C.H Jamshoro P.A.B.X 771711-5
L.M.C.H City 615061-5
Casualty 618466,610293
Bhitai Hospital 85923,861421
CMH 7916102
EDHI Centre 115,784433, 20090,610758,870855
Telephone Enquiry 17,781717
Airport 114
Fire Brigade 16,612211,84285, 33076, 651609
Railway Enquiry 117
Railway Reservation 20013
Station Master 784358
Electricity Complaint 118,28227
Municipal Corporation 616495,611423
GPO 28596
Commissioner House 781392,780291
Asstt Commissioner 29107,780495
Deputy Commissioner 783244
D. C. Darbar Hall 784614
A.C. & S.D.M City 28239
PIA Office 784227-776
Passport Office 860182
Police Emergency 15
Police Control Room 612211,782939
Police Baldia Colony 614765
Bhitai Nagar Police 617227
Cantonment Police 782208
City Police 619388
Fort Police 616748
Giddu Police 860523
Hali Road Police 41085
Kotri Police 51053
Latifabad A-Section 860709
DIG Police 780922
S.S.P 780819
SP Crime Branch 782254
SP CID 782993,781920
Bomb Disposal 782993,28693
Civil Defence 785887,784870,34141
HESCO Office 28915-6
Press Club 784010
Shalimar Cargo Service 640289
Ghani Hospital 653376
Isra University
Hospital 620170,620161-3
Source:
http://www.pakwatan.com/main/tourism/city_detail.php3?ID=21
HYDERABAD is 164 km north of Karachi the second largest city in Sindh and 5th largest in Pakistan.
Hyderabad was capital of Sindhh between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Founded in 1768 on the site of the ancient town of Nirun-Kot by Ghulam Shah Kalhora, Hyderabad was laid out by his son,Sarfaraz Khan, in 1782 and was the capital of the emirs of Sindh. The British East India Company occupied Hyderabad when the Sindh became a British protectorate in 1839. From 1947 to 1955 Hyderabad was the capital of Sindh Province.Hyderabad was incorporated as a municipality in 1853.Today newly developed settlements and industrial estates surround the congested old city area.In the old city, buildings are topped by badgirs ("wind-catchers") that look like chimneys on roof tops.They catch the cool breezes which blow steadily in a south-west direction for 40 days from late April each year. Hyderabad is hot for most of the year,although in autumn and winter the temperature dips down to around 24 C . In the old sections of the town, cows still roam the streets giving it a distinctly medieval atmosphere.
INDUSTRY
It has long been noted for its embroideries, precious-metal goods, and cutlery.raditional glass bangles, hand glaced pottery called "Kashi", lackerd wooden furniture called "Jhandi" and most famous cloth "Ajrak", "Susi" and "Khadhi".It is an important commercial center for the millet, rice, wheat, cotton, and fruit that are grown in the surrounding region.It now has industries in food processing, textiles, hosiery, cement, cigarettes, glass, soap, paper, leather goods, plastics, motion picture studios, metal, Embroideries, lacquer ware, and jewelry.
Hyderabad district is a vast fertile alluvial plain, excepting the hilly region of Hyderabad city, extending along the east bank of the Indus. Cultivation is dependent upon canal irrigation. Millet, jowar (sorghum), rice, wheat, cotton, oilseeds, and mangoes are the chief crops. Cottage handicrafts include leatherwork, glazed pottery and tiles, lacquerware and Susi (striped cotton cloth) from Hala (north of Hyderabad city), khes (cotton blankets), susis and anguchahs (cotton cloth) from Nasirpur (northeast of Hyderabad). Historic sites include Bhit Shah (6 km east of Hala), containing the tomb of Shah 'Abd-ul-Latif (d. 1753), the poet and Sufi saint, and an ancient Buddhist stupa.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Hyderabad division (area 34,257 sq mi) comprises Dadu, Hyderabad, Badin, Sanghar, Thar Parkar, and Thatta districts. The division includes the swampy delta of the Indus river on the Arabian Sea (southwest), the fertile alluvial plain of the Indus (north central), and part of the great Thar Desert (east).
Jamshoro is about 14 km from Hyderabad which houses the University of Sindh with 32 affiliated Colleges, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology(MUET) and Liaqat University of Medical and Health Sciences(LUMHS).
Site Seeing In Hyderabad
The must see places in Hyderabad are
Kalhora Monuments
Shahi bazaar, one of the longest Bazaar of Pakistan
Pacca Qilla(Fort)
Sindh or Sindhhology museum.
Qadam Qah of Hazart Ali
KALHORA MONUMENTS
On the northern side of the hill on which Hyderabad is sited there are tombs from the Talpur and Kalhora periods. Ornately decorated with geometric and floral designs,the tomb of Ghulam Shah Kalhora is one of the finest, although its dome collapsed and has now been replaced by a flat roof.Square Tomb has an octagonal chamber and retains exquisite Blue and White Title work.
SHAHI BAZAAR
Shahi Bazar is blieved to be one of the longest Bazaar of Pakistan.This 2 kilometer maze of narrow crowded lane offers Shop selling Jewellery,shoes,Lacquer ware, Textiles and Rillies(Sindhi Blanket)
QADAM QAH OF HAZRAT ALI
Qadam Qah of Hazrat Ali is a stone slab with the hands and Footprints of Hazrat Ali.
PACCA QILLA
SINDH/SINDHOLOGY MUSEUM
Hyderabad has two forts (Qilas).Pacca Qila is made of baked bricks and so is known as "Pacca Qila".while the other being made with un-baked bricks is commonly known as "Kacha Qila".Hyderabad Fort is built by Ghulam Shah Kalhora.Nearby is the Shah Makkai Fort,built to protect the mausoleum of Sheikh Makkai.Although the fort is in ruins devotess from all over Sindh visit the shrine.
Also worth a visit is the Institute of Sindhhology's museum at the University of Sindh. It has displays on all aspects of Sindhi history, music and culture depicting the lifestyles of the desert tribes. Infrequent buses go to the campus, otherwise take a miniwagon to Jumshoro, across the river from Hyderabad.The Battlefield at Miani is about ten kilometers (six miles) north of Hyderabad and some five kilometers (three miles) off the National Highway.The memorial is down a dusty narrow track in the forest and you'll need a local guide to find it. Hyderabad's eighteenth-century fort was first the court of the Kalhora dynasty and then that of the Talpur Amirs. According to contemporary British descriptions it must have been splendid, but apart from the tower, main entrance, and a room in the harem, little remains to be seen. Portraits of the Amirs and their weapons are exhibited in what passes as the Fort Museum near the railway station. Their stove-pipe hats are on display in Hyderabad's Sindh Provincial Museum, near the Polytechnic College and opposite the Sui Southern Gas Office.you may also contact Archaeology Department, Pacca Qilla for information about this magnificent fort.
Facts & Statistics about Hyderabad
Some Facts & statistics about Hyderabad City are presented.
Ranking of Hyderabad as a major city according to population census 1931-1998
Census 1931 1941 1951 1961 1972 1981 1998
Ranking 6 7 3 3 4 5 7
MUSLIM MIGRANTS IN HYDERABAD 1951 CENSUS
POPULATION Migrants from India Migrants as % of City population % of migrants as total migrants
241,801 159,805 66.1
MUSLIM MIGRANTS FROM INDIA IN SINDH 1951 CENSUS
DISTRICT % OF DISTRICT POPULATION
Karachi 54.96
Hyderabad 23.05
Nawabshah 14.13
Sukkur 12.81
Tharparkur 12.16
Sangahar 9.83
Larkana 5.12
NDH MAIN CITY POPULATION (1998 census)
Province/City Population(000) as % of Sindh Urban as % of Sindh Total
SINDH Urban 14,661 100.0 49.0
Karachi 9,094 62.0 30.3
Hyderabad 1,151 7.8 3.8
Sukkur 329 2.2 1.1
Bus Routes
Bus Routes
A1 Giddu to NaseemNagir Bhitai Hospital, Latifabad # 10, 5, 11, 9, 8, 7, Niapul, Hyder Chowk, Circle Building, Rahit Cinema, Police Line, Sarfraz Colony, Market, Civil Hospital, Hirabad, City Gate, Pathan Colony, Rajputana Hospital, Bithai Nagar, Naseem Nagir.
A1 NaseemNagir to Giddu
Mini Taxi Routes
- Phulleli to Market Tower - Phuleli to Faqeer Ka Pir - Pretabad to Faqeer Ka Pir
- Pretabad to Market Tower - Market Tower to Pretabad - Eidgah Pretabad to Niapul
- Market Tower to Islamabad - Market Tower to Phuleli - Market Tower to Faqeer ka Pir
- Market Tower to Pretabad - Liaqat Colony to Badin Stop - Eye Hospital to Badin Stop
Suzuki Taxi Routes
Latifabad # 11 to Kohenoor Latifabad # 8, 7, 6, 2, 5, Niapul, Hyder Chowk, Kohenoor
INTER CITY BUS ROUTES
Departure Location:Babar/Royal City Coach Service,PSO Filling station,Pathan Colony, Tel# 34236
Departure Time TRANSIT ROUTE(S)
00:00 Moro-Ranipur-Khairpur-Sukkur-Shikarpur
00:30 Sewan-Dadu-Larkana-Shikarpur
01:00 Sewan-Dadu-Larkana-Shikarpur
11:45 Sewan-Dadu-Larkana-Shikarpur
Important Telephone Nos.
Name
Telephone
L.M.C.H Jamshoro P.A.B.X 771711-5
L.M.C.H City 615061-5
Casualty 618466,610293
Bhitai Hospital 85923,861421
CMH 7916102
EDHI Centre 115,784433, 20090,610758,870855
Telephone Enquiry 17,781717
Airport 114
Fire Brigade 16,612211,84285, 33076, 651609
Railway Enquiry 117
Railway Reservation 20013
Station Master 784358
Electricity Complaint 118,28227
Municipal Corporation 616495,611423
GPO 28596
Commissioner House 781392,780291
Asstt Commissioner 29107,780495
Deputy Commissioner 783244
D. C. Darbar Hall 784614
A.C. & S.D.M City 28239
PIA Office 784227-776
Passport Office 860182
Police Emergency 15
Police Control Room 612211,782939
Police Baldia Colony 614765
Bhitai Nagar Police 617227
Cantonment Police 782208
City Police 619388
Fort Police 616748
Giddu Police 860523
Hali Road Police 41085
Kotri Police 51053
Latifabad A-Section 860709
DIG Police 780922
S.S.P 780819
SP Crime Branch 782254
SP CID 782993,781920
Bomb Disposal 782993,28693
Civil Defence 785887,784870,34141
HESCO Office 28915-6
Press Club 784010
Shalimar Cargo Service 640289
Ghani Hospital 653376
Isra University
Hospital 620170,620161-3
Source:
http://www.pakwatan.com/main/tourism/city_detail.php3?ID=21
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