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2. MUHAMMAD JAWWAD
AAMIR JAVAID
NAJAM US SAQIB
NAUSHAD AHMED MALIK
SALMAN ARIF

4. Sindh.
History of Sindh.
Geographical location of Sindh.
Major cities of Sindh.
Pakistani culture .
Culture of Sindh .

5. Sindh is one of the four provinces of
Pakistan and historically home to the
sindhi people .
Its is also name as MEHRAN and has been
given the title of BAB UL ISLAM ( the
gateway of Islam)

6.  Sindhi language is logistically considered to be
the sister language of SANSKRIT , BALOCHI ,
GUJRATI , RAJHASTANI . How ever substantial
Persian , Turkish and Arabic words.
 Sindh is 3rd largest province of Pakistan by
area and 2nd largest province by population .
The total area of Sindh is 140,914 km sq (54,407
square mile)
 Population = 42,400,4000.

9. In SANSKRIT , Sindhu means “RIVER
STREAM”
The Greeks who conquered Sindh in 325
BC under the command of ALEXANDAR
the great rendered it as “Indos” , hence
the modern Indus
When the British arrived in the 17th
century , they follow that regional .

10. Sindh flourished between the 25th century
BC and 1500 BC in the Indus Valley sites of
MOEN JO DARRO and HARAPPA.
The name of SINDH is derived from the
Indus river that separates it from
Baluchistan and the great Iranian plateau.

11. o In AD 712 , MUHAMMAD BIN QASIM
conquered The Sindh And Indus Valley ,
bringing South Asian socities into contact with
ISLAM
o In 711 AD , MUHAMMAD BIN QASIM led an
umayyad force of 20,000 cavalry and 5
catapults . MUHAMMAD BIN QASIM defeated
the RAJA DAHIR and captured the cities of
ALAR , MULTAN and DEBAL.

13. The SAMMA period is known for
pioneering of Sindh folklore and
literature .
In 1339, JAM UMER founded a sindhi
muslim SAMMA dynasty and challenged
the SULTANS OF DELHI .
The SAMMA tribe reached its peak
during the reign of JAM NIZAMUDDIN (
also knows by the nick name JAM
NINDO ) .

14. During his reign from 1461 to 1509 ,
NINDO greatly expanded the new
capital of THATTA and its MAKLI
HILLS , which replaced debal .
SAMMA had left behind a popular
legacy espacially in architecture , music
and art.

16.  In the year 1603 SHAH JAHAN visited the
province of sindh ; at THATTA he was
generously welcomed by the locals after
the death of his father “JAHANGIR”.
 SHAH JAHAN ordered the construction
of SHAH JAHAN MOSQUE , which was
completed during the early years of his
rule under the supervision of MIRZA
GHAZI BEG.

17.  Sindh was also home to very famous
wealthy merchant-rulers such as MIR
BEJAR of sindh , whose greatly wealth
had attracted the alliance of SULTAN BIN
AHMAD of oman.
 In the year 1701 , the NAWAB KALHORA
were authorized in the farman by the
MUGHAL EMPEROR AURANGZEB the
administrator the province of sindh .

18.  Sindh (Sind) is one of the four provinces
of Pakistan. Neighbouring regions
are Balochistan to the west and north, Punjab in
the north and Rajasthan (India) to the east. To the
south are the Arabian Sea and the Rann of Kutch.
 Sindh is the third largest province geographically.
Its size is about 579 km north-south and 442 km
(extreme) or 281 km (average) east-west, with an
area of 140,915 km²

19. • The population was about 28 million in 1994, with
about half urban. Its capital is Karachi. Other
towns and cities
include Hyderabad, Sukkur, Mirpurkhas,Tando
Adam, Tando
Allahyar, Nawabshah, Larkana, Shikarpur, Kh
airpur, Badin. Languages spoken
include Sindhi, Urdu and Rajasthani.
• The province contains the southern part of
the Indus River valley. In the east is the Thar
Desert of India.

21. The capital of sindh is karachi (the city of lights) .
The total population in cities of sindh province are
as follows :-
KARACHI = 14916456
HYDERABAD = 1734309
SUKKUR = 499900
LARKANA = 490508
NAWABSHAH = 279688

22. SHIKARPUR = 195437
JACOBABAD = 191076
KHAIRPUR = 183181
KOTRI = 259358
MIRPURKHAS = 233918

23.  The general public and culture of PAKISTAN involves
various languages , foods , sports , living style , religion
, literature , dressing , art & craft.
 Pakistani culture comprises of different Socialities and
ethnics gatherings: the Panjabi , Kashmiri and Sindhi
lives in east of Pakistan , Muhajir , Makrani in the
south ; Balochi and Pashtun in the west ; and old
Dardic , Wakhi and Burusho people group in the north
.

25. Sindhi culture includes ,
Family system in sindh
Literature and language
Dress
Food
Sindhi topi and ajrak
Festival
Dance
Sports
Sufi & saints
Historical places of sindh

26.  In rural areas of sindh ,
the family system is
mostely joint family.
 While in urban area , the
families are very less
joint.
 The people of rural area
of sindh lives in such
kind of koti, which they
make by their self.

27.  Sindhi are considered to be worlds oldest people.
 Its writters have contributed extensively in various
forms of literature both in poetry and prose .
 The earliest to sindhi literature is contained in the
writings of Arabs historian.
 It is established that , sindhi was the first and
earliest language of east in which Qurran was
translated in the eight or ninth century A.D

29. Sindh the province of Pakistan is best
characterized as fame for its best quality
mirror work and fabulous hand embroidery .
Sindhi women are fond of wearing heavy
worked dressess . These traditional dressess
are not only liked by sindhi women but they
are famous and admired by the women
throughout the country as well as its
popularity has reached up to horizon as it is
admired and appreciated abroad .

30.  Mostly womens in
Sindh wears
SHALWAAR
KAMEEZ and
SARHEE .
 While if we talk
about gents , they
wear SHALWAAR
KAMEEZ along with
Ajrak And Topi .

31.  In marriage , it is
compulsory for the
groom to wear
AJRAK and TOPI
 Ajrak is given to the
bride , when she is
leaving her parent
house at the time of
marriage.

32. Sindh has its own
unique foods
which are totally
different from
other provinces of
pakistan .

34.  There are many
regional sports that
are played in sindh ,
“MALAKHRO” is one
of the famous sports
of sindh .
 Malakhro is
traditional sindhi
wrestling
competetion.

35.  Other sports
include “WANJH
WATTI” “KODI
KODI” etc.
 Other than this ,
they also shows the
animal feats.

36.  There are many cultural
festivals celebrated in
sindh but the most
popular is “EKTA DAY” or
also called as “ TOPI
AJRAKK DAY” which is
celebrated in world wide
by sindhi people.
 On this festival all sindhi
wears the sindhi topi ,
ajrak and shows the unity
with each other .

37.  On this festival sindhi
sings the songs verses
“JEAY SINDH JEAY
SINDHI WARA JEAN
SINDHI TOPI AJRAK
WARA JEAN “ or “HO
JAMALO” and dances on
these verses to show
their love with their
culture .

38.  The torch bearer of sufism starts in sindh ,
in 13th century by “ USMAN MARWANDI”
commonly known by name “ LAL
SHAHBAZ “.
 The sufism actually arrived in sindh via
Herat , Qandhar and Multan .
 Sindhi culture is actually strongly influence
by sufism.

39. The famous saints of sindh are ,
i. USMAN MARWANDI (LAL SHAHBAZ
QALANDAR )
ii. BHITT SHAH
iii. SACHAL SARMAST
iv. ABDULLAH SHAH GHAZI

40.  Sindhi topi (cap)
Sindhi topi is regarded as
an essential part of sindhi
culture and symbol of
sindhi nationalism.
 Sindhi topi is circular
except for a portion cut
out in front to expose the
forhead .

41. Ajrak:-
Ajrak is the hallmark of
sindhi civilization.
Ajrak is a different and
unique form of block
printed shawls and
scarfs.
Ajrak are worn by girls as
well as boys.
Ajraks are about 2.5 to 3
meters long.

42.  Sindhi music has its own unique quality , it is
performed in many different way .
 Sufi music are performed at shrines and other simple
music is performed at studios and gatherings.
 Most famous sindhi music is “SHAH JO RAAG” all
over in sindh , in which 30 basic surr are included
and all these surr are derived from “SHAH JO
RISALO”.
 All surr are sung when shah abdul latif bhittai s
verses are being sung by singers.

43.  Yaktaro
 Tanpura
 Alghazo
 Narr
 Dhol (duhul in
sindhi)
 Pungi

44.  HO JAMALO
This dance is done on
the verses of “HO
JAMALO” wearing
sindhi topi and ajrak .
All sindhi makes the
circle and dance
together.
Also called as sindhi
dance .

45.  DHAMMAL
Performed at sufi
shrines or at
dargahs in sindh
and punjab
 SINDHI JUMAR
It is slower and
rhythmic dance.

46. Moen Jo Daro
covers an area of
over 250 acres(100
hectares) . Situated at
larkana , district of sindh
.

47. RANI KOT :-
1- The world largest
fort .
2- Also called as
great wall of sindh.
3- Circumference
of approximately 26
kilometers.

48. KOT DIJI
FORT:-
Located at
khairpur
district of
sindh.

49. KEENJAR
JHEEL:-
Keenjhar jheel
commonly called as
“karli jheel“.
It is now only the source
that provide water to
thatta(district) and
karachi(city).

50. Noori jam tamachi mazaar also situated there.
The distance from sindh(urbn) to keenjhar is
about 129km.
Except these …
Mountains present in sindh ,
“GORAKH HILL” , “KAROONJHAR “ , “KHIRTHAR”
Popular Lakes of sindh are ,
“HELEJ LAKE” , HADERO LAKE” , “MANCHAR
LAKE” , “KALRI LAKE” , SARAN LAKE” , “DRIGH
LAKE” , “HAMAL LAKE” .

51.  In rural areas of sindh
, there is wadera
system.
 Wadera is powerful
jagirdar. He is the
judge jury and
executionar .

52.  The jagirdar uses this to his advantage to
keep the people in slavery , bondage labour,
without an education or any other forum or
livelihood , other than that he is
independent on the land owner.
 He offently misuse his powers to poor
farmers.

53.  Agriculture sectors are also present in sindh .
 Farming
 Minerals
 Famous places
 Trade & buisness
 Hospitality
 Rivers & Jheel
 Shrines

57. For more information
contact Mr. JAWWAD
03357496551