Geography of Multan
Multan is the oldest city of Punjab which is located in the southern part of the province. Its population is about 2,000,000 which makes it 5th largest city in Pakistan. It is situated near Chenab River which is 3rd largest river in Pakistan, its length is about 1,000 kilo meter and starts from India. Multan City is about 540 kilo meter far from Capital of Pakistan- Islamabad and about 885 kilo meter from Karachi. It also known as the “City of Shrines”
How Many Sharines in
Multan:
Multan is called the city
of saints or Madina Tul Olya, thousands
of saints belongs to Multab.
“Gard, Garma, Gada o Goristan”
1) Tomb of Bahauddin Zakrya Multani (1170-1262)- Located at Qilha Kohna Qasim Fort near clock tower. He is the grand father of Shah Rukn e Alam. He was a Sufi of the Suhrawardiyya order. His full name was Al Shaikh -Ul- Kabir Bahauddin Abu Muhammad Zakaria Al Qureshi Al Asadi al Hashmi.
2) Tomb of Sheikh Rukn-ud-Din Abul Fateh (Shah Rukn-e-Alam) (1251-1335) - Located at Qilha Kohna Qasim Fort near clock tower. This personality is also called
“The Pillar of the World”
3) Tomb of Shah Shamis Sabzwari Tabrez (1185-1248) - Located at Multan near Ali Chowk, Bawa Safra Road.
4) Tomb of Syed Nizamuddin Mir Muhammad Masum Shah Bukhari. Located at Masum Shah road Multan.
5) Tomb of Shah Yousaf Gardaiz- located at Alang Bohar Gate.
6) Darbar Hazrat Syed Abdul Hassan Jamal Uddin Musa Pak Shaheed located Gilani Muhalla.
7) Tomb of Bibi Pak Damann also known as BIB Rasti. She is the mother of Hazrat Shah Rukn e Alam. Located near Bohar Gate.
8) Tomb of Chaddar Wali Sarkaar - Hazrat Syed Wali Muhammad Shah Alaih Rehma. Located at Hassan Parwana Colony.
History of Multan
No one knows about the History of Multan that when this city was established and who was the founder of this city. According to Hindu tradition the ancient name of Multan is updated version of Mulasthana (Old name of Multan) which was built by the Aryan king “Kashyap”. It is also a clue that the name of Multan was derived from an idol in the temple of the sun god, which was a shrine of the pre-Muslim period. A lot of Kings, Rajas, Coinquirer ruled over this city. It also was conquered by (i) Alexander the Great in 326 BC, (ii) Chinese Buddhist scholar Hsuantsang in AD 641. It was captured by Muslim Turkish conqueror (iii) Mahmud Ghaznawi in 1005 and by (iv) Timur in 1398. In the 16th and 17th century, Multan was also ruled by (v) Mughal Emperors. It is considered that the most nonviolent time of Multan was that time when Mughal Emperors ruled here.
In 1818 the city was
seized by (vi) Ranjit Singh, leader of the Sikhs. Before Ranjit Singh it was
ruled by Nawab Muzaffar Khan Khakwani. The British Government held this city
from 1848 until Pakistan achieved independence in 1947.
Personalities
Belongs to Multan
i.
Inzamam
Ul Haq -Cricketer
ii.
Shah
Mehmood Qureshi – Current Foreign Minister of Pakistan
iii.
Makhdoom
Javed Hashmi - Politician
iv.
Yousaf
Raza Gillani- Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Educational
Institutions of Multan:
i.
Bahauddin
Zakarya University Multan.
ii.
Nishter
Medical & Dental College Multan.
iii.
Emerson
College
Historical Places of Multan
Being
historic city Multan has many historical places some of them are as follows:
Qillah
Kohna Qasim Park,
Sharines
discussed above
International
Air Port
Historical
Gates. Multan has six historical gates i.e Bohar Gate, Haram Gate, Dilhi Gate,
Daulat Gate, Lohari Gate, Pak Gate, which was constructed to save the city of
Multan from enemies.
Natural Resources of Multan
Multan is enriched with all types of
vegetables, fruits, clean water and best quality of Mangoes etc. Multan
is famous for its crops; Wheat, Cotton, Sugar Cane, Citrus, Guavas, Straw Berry etc. It was a time
when this city was surrounded by mango trees.
Due to increase in population and the needs of huts we have totally changed the shape of Multan. It was a time when we enter the city from Head Muhammad Wala there was mango gardens every where which provides a heaven look. It was a city which was sheltered by mango trees. Sohan Halwa (sweet) of Multan has international fame.
HOUSING
SOCIETIES -KILLER OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
Mango
Cutting Trees in Multan
Our Govt should prepare plans to
stop the expansion of cities to save our trees and natural resources.
Politicians and investors for their personal benefits are constructing new
housing societies on each side of Multan which should be controlled and
government should take steps to kill the mango trees.
On one side the government is
encouraging and expending huge monetary resources to grow more trees through
his program “Billion Tree Tsunami” and at the same time trees at all sides of Multan are
being killed by housing societies.
Involvement of Honorable Lahore High Court
“Justice Shahid Karim passed the order while hearing
petitions filed by Haroon Farooq and others against smog, environmental
pollution and protection of underground water. A counsel on behalf of Judicial
Water Commission apprised the court that the commission had filed a civil
miscellaneous application for stopping felling of trees in and around Multan
district. He submitted that as per media reports, a housing authority had
cut off mango trees situated on more than 6000 acres of land allegedly without
any environmental approval in Multan. He submitted that the said agriculture
land would be used for housing societies whereas the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) was silent over the action. He submitted that the land should be
declared a negative area for housing societies or any other use except mango
plantation. He also submitted that Multan Development Authority’s master plan
needed amendments for the purpose of ,adding, negative areas for housing
societies being constructed on fertile land.”
The Defence Housing
Authority (DHA) has refuted the allegations regarding its involvement in
felling of mango trees in Multan and termed such reports in the media as
“misleading and factually incorrect”.
