Sitpur

Not to be confused with Sitapur.

Seetpur سیت پور
Union council
The Shahi Mosque of Seetpur, with the tomb of Tahir Khan in background
Seetpur Location Show map of Punjab, Pakistan Seetpur Seetpur (Pakistan) Show map of Pakistan
Coordinates: 29°14′26″N70°50′29″E / 29.24067°N 70.84128°E / 29.24067; 70.84128 [1]
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
District	Muzaffargarh
Tehsil	Alipur
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+6 (PDT)
Area code	34480

Seetpur or Sitpur is a city and union council in Tehsil Alipur of Muzaffargarh District in south Punjab, Pakistan. Agriculture is the mainstay of the regional economy.

The Government High School of Seetpur was established by the British during the British Raj. Main tourist attractions in Seetpur include the 16th century mausoleum of Tahir Khan and the Shahi Mosque. ^[2] Its architecture resembles that of the Multan tombs, but it is smaller in size compared to them.

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

1. "Geonames Search". Do a radial search using these coordinates here.
2. "Sitpur (Seetpur), Pakistan: Traditional and Historical Architecture". Asian Architecture.
3. Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1891). The Ain-i-Akbari. Translated by Jarrett, Henry Sullivan. Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
4. Habib, Irfan (1982). An Atlas of the Mughal Empire. Oxford University Press. ISBN   0195603796 . Retrieved 26 March 2023.