Old Sindh Province

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Sind (sometimes called Scinde) was a province of British India from 1936 to 1947 and Pakistan from 1947 onward. Under the British, it encompassed the current territorial limits including the ex-princely state of Khairpur with the capital at Karachi.

Location

The province was bordered by Karachi (within The Federal Capital Territory after 1948) and the princely states of Las Bela and Kalat on the west. To the north were the provinces of Baluchistan and West Punjab. The province bordered the princely state of Bahawalpur on the northeast and it enclosed on three sides the princely state of Khairpur. The nation of India's states of Rajasthan and Gujarat bordered to the east and south. On the southwest lay the Arabian Sea, with the Sind's coastline consisting entirely of river deltas, including the Indus River Delta up to Sind's border with the city of Karachi, now the capital of modern Sindh.


History

Sindh was first settled by the Indus Valley Civilization and Mohenjo-daro, as early as 7000 BC. It had Greek influence during its history after the expansion of the Macedonian Empire, and developed trade with surrounding regions. Several Sunni Muslim and Rajput kingdoms were set up there, beginning with the Rai Dynasty and ending with the Arghun dynasty. The Mughal Empire conquered Sindh under the rule of Akbar in 1509. Soon after the coming of European companies, namely the British East India Company, the Mughal hold on the area loosened, and Sindh became part of the Bombay Presidency in 1843. Soon, it became the Sindh Province.

 

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Hyderabad Sindh, c. 1890s

Hyderabad Railway Station Sindh Pakistan c.1930s

Hyderabad Sindh, c.1890s.

 

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1928

An old picture of the historic building of Makli.

An illustration of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar's shrine in Sehwan as it was in mid-1800s

Karachi

This is a old house at shikarpur, sindh

 

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Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway Excavations

Excavations of the gateway area viewed from the southeast, looking northwest. The brick walls and rooms are visible just below the surface of the mound.

Group of towers at the south-eastern corner of the Citadel, Mohenjo-daro

ACC - Citadel Gateway Southeast

Overview of excavated remains of the so-called city wall and gateway at the southeast edge of the citadel mound at Mohenjo-daro. This structure was interpreted as a postern gate, with associated rooms and massive fired brick walls. It would have controlled access into the southern area of the citadel. The gateway was later blocked up by the Harappans and structures were filled with pottery and debris to allow for construction of later buildings on top of the wall

The only photograph with this title typed on a piece of paper stuck to the bottom of the image. Very similar photograph used in The Indus Civilization, Plate VI, B. and described on page 40: "At Harappa the equivalent citadel-mound of platform is, as has been noted above, retained by a substantial defensive system. At or near its south-eastern corner the Mohenjo-daro citadel-mound incorporate in its margin a system of solid burnt-brick towers which form part of an accumulated complex not yet fully explored (pl. VI B). The earliest of these towers, 30 x 22 feet, was contemporary with the platform. It stood on massive burnt brick foundations, and was notable for the fact that its brickwork was originally reinforced by horizontal timbers, 9 x 5 feet, now represented by slots in the face of the building (pl. VII). As the timber decayed, the adjacent brickwork had tended to collapse and been partially patched with brick. The later builders of the adjacent towers, presumably warned by this weakness, did not repeat the method, although it one which has inadvisedly been used in may periods and places, and may at Mohenjo-daro have been taken over from reinforced mud brick construction, either locally or further west. The only other building on the acropolis known to have been built in this fashion is the Great Granary which, significantly, was also contemporary with the construction of the citadel-mound. It would almost appear that the mound and its builds are the work of a new immigrant regime accustomed to the traditions of mu-brick rather than of baked brick architecture."

 

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Camel Skeleton Mohenjo-daro

Overview of a camel skeleton (Camelus sp.) that was buried in a pit associated with buildings made from complete and broken Harappan. Meadow (1984:134) suggests that the structures were built in the later part of the Harappan Period due to their irregular construction (circa 2000-1900 BC). The entire carcass of what appears to be a 1 year old camel was buried after the buildings were no longer being used, but how much later is not known. The species of the camel, Bactrian or Dromedary, cannot be determined from the bones in the photo.

 

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What are those shades on the roofs. Someone from PPP will claim Sindh houses had solar panels in the 1800s

 

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What are those shades on the roofs. Someone from PPP will claim Sindh houses had solar panels in the 1800s

Air suck in for house cooling.

 

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Khaliq Dina Hall Karachi:

The full name of the hall is ‘Ghulam Hussain Khaliq Deena Hall’ which is prominently stated on the pediment along with the year of its construction: 1906. It was built to provide a platform for literary pursuits of muslim population of Karachi. Ghulam Hussain Khaliq Deena, a well know philanthropist from Khoja community who donated Rs. 18,000 for the construction of the hall. The total cost of the project was Rs. 33,000. The rest of the funding was provided by the Karachi Municipal Corporation. The place assumed historical significance in 1921 when it was chosen by British to host Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar trial for indictment to mutiny. It was backlash for the Khilafat Conference which was held from July 8 to 10, 1921, which called muslims of India to start civil disobedience if British Govt. fought the Angora Government (the Turkish National Government). The trial was known as ‘Trial of Sedition’. Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar narrowly escaped the indictment but it did not deterred him from his cause. Later the building became a symbol of resistance against the British.

Sindh Club..

 

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1913: Street Scene - Hyderabad, Sindh

 

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1940s: Water Tank, Hyderabad, Sindh

1940-50s: A Suburb View, Sindh

 

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1920s: Sindh
This is " MANZIL GHA ROAD ". Just Near " QUEENS ROAD" Sukkur.

1920s: General Jacob Hospital, Jacobabad

 

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ca. 1920s: Water Wheel on River Indus - Sukkur,

c. 1920s: The Faiz Mahal - Khairpur

1890s: Bandar Road - Karachi

1900s: Buffaloes in the Indus river, at Sukkur, Sindh

1930s: Hyderabad,

 

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1900 Karachi

 

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1910s: Hindu Ghat at Sadhu Bela - Sukkur

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Karachi...1920

1924: Construction of Sukkur Barrage and Canal, Sindh

1900

1890: A two wheeled passenger carriage drawn by two bullocks at Shikarpur, Sindh

1930s: Tombs of the Amir of Sindh, Hyderabad

 

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1940s: Faiz Mahal - Mir Ali Dino Talpur Regent of Khairpur State

1940-50s: Sukkur Barrage, Sindh

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