Rohri
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Rohri (Sindhi:روهڙي , Urdu:روہڑی ) is a town located in Sindh, Pakistan.
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[edit] Rohri On river Sind
Rohri, or Lohri, 27° 41’ North Latitude, 68° 56’ East Longitude, headquarter of the taluka (tehsile) of that name, is a Municipal Town. The town is situated on the left bank of the river Indus (Sanskrit, Sindhu; Greek, Sinthes; Latin Sindus [from Bukkur in Sukkur to the sea the river is known familiarly among the people of the province as the Darya]), on a rocky eminence of limestone interspersed with flints, which is terminated abruptly on the western side of a precipice 12 metres high rising from the bank of the river, which during the inundation attains a height of about 05 metres above its lowest level. On the southern side the aspect of the whole place has been changed by the operations of the Railway Company, which has cleared a wide space fir its yards by blasting the hills and filling up the hallows obtaining at the same time immense quantities of good stone. The interest of town lies mainly in its history which begins from the stone age, for it is evident, from the quantity of flint cores and flakes found in the river bed at Rohri and on the surrounding hills (proceeding of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1975, page 134) by Lieutenant Twemlow, R.E., and afterwards by Mr. John Tate, that Neolithic man has, at one time, a flourishing settlement at this place. Dr. Blanford pronounced these cores to be more carefully formed than any previously found in India and so far superior to all ordinary forms of the same other places. There is a wide gap between Neolithic man and the Arab invasion of Sindh, at the time of which there was almost certainly no town on the present site which was not then on the course and made a passage for itself through the hills between the present Rohri and Sukkur, the two towns probably grew simultaneously on its left and right banks respectively under the protection of the fortress which soon occupied Bukkur. From a very early period Rohri acquired a sacred character, which was enhanced when the Saiyids who has settled in Bukkur were removed by Shahbeg Arghun and compensated with land and privilege at Rohri. Its history as a scared place can be gathered from a description of the principle shrines and relices. There are three prominent hills (nummulitic limestone, low range on the northern extremity, run southwards from that point to Khairpur District boundary), namely “Kalka” hill at Aror, “Laheri” hill at Rohri and “Shadi Shaheed” hill at Kandhra. In 1975-6, the Cambridge Archaeological Expedition made a preliminary survey of the Paleolithic sites in the Rohri Hills. According to their findings, the Rohri Hills were a source of chart for the manufacture of the parallel-sided blades used by the Harappan culture of 2300-1750 BC. The most clearly differentiated Paleolithic site in the Rohri Hills was at their southern end, near the village of Chancha Baloch and only four kilometers from the pre-Harappan settlement of Kot Diji. Spread over an area of about 5,000 square meters, on a largely sand- free area between the dunes, are found Middle and Upper Paleolithic artifacts and factory debris . An extensive series of working floors were also found close to a hamlet known as Nawab Punjabi. The discovery of factory sites representing all phases of the Stone Age in the lower Indus Valley has added more depth to our understanding of civilization in prehistoric Sindh. Rohri was one of the place most affected by the departure of the caste Hindu in 1947. More than a century ago, according to Thornton, there were forty mosques in which prayers were still recited besides eighty in a ruinous condition. The first mosque in order of sancitity is a building about 25 feet square of main appearance said to have been built about 1545 AD for the reception of War Mubarik, a hair of the beard of the Holy Prophet (May the peace of God be in him). The next most important of the sacred building is the Jama Masjid erected about 1583 by one Fateh Khan an officer of the Emperor Akbar. It is a heavy three doomed structure of red brick ornamented with good glazed tiles. It is near the War Mubarik. The conspicuous Id-gah for public prayers at the Id-festivals with its three domes and connecting curtain was built in 1593 AD. Of the other mosques, one is striking on account of its size and the fort-like enclosure in which it stands. This is the masjid of Mir Yakub Ali Shah Rizvi situated about a quarter of a mile from the town. It was built in 1677 AD.
The climate is that which prevails throughout upper Sindh. There are two well defined seasons, the hot and the cold. Although, being situated on limestone hills, it is exposed to a fierce radiation in the afternoon, it derives some benefit from its proximity to the river as it is seldom that a breeze does not arise at night and renders sleep comparatively easy.
[edit] Season Maximum Minimum
Summer (June) 44° C 29° C
Winter (January) 23° C 09° C
The annual rainfall ranges from 0.59 mm to 25.62 mm during the year.
[edit] Persnol in Rohri
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- Musavi’s
- Jan Muhammad Shah Rizvi “Mir” (deceased in 1704 A.D., Poet [Persian])
- Jan-ul-Alllah Shah Rizvi “Aashiq” (deceased in 1864 A.D., Poet [Persian])
- Nawab Shah “Sikayal” (1843-1951 A.D., Poet (Sindhi & Siraiki)
- Himat Ali Shah (1845-1904 A.D., Poet (Sindhi, Siraiki, Urdu, Hindi & Persian)
- Mir Jan-ul-Allah Shah (Poet (Sindhi, Siraiki, Urdu & Persian])
- Syed Umeed Ali Shah (1288 A.H- 1342 A.D., Poet [[[Sindhi]]], Hakeem)
- Syed Faiz Muhammad Shah “Jafari” (1924 A.D., Poet Sindhi, Arabic & Persian, writer)
- Syed Ali Akbar Shah (1861 – 1923 A.D., Poet Sindhi, Siraiki Urdu & Persian)
- Syed Ali Madad Shah (Poet, Writer)
- Syed Lakhan Shah (13/09/1898 – 03/03/1955 A.D., Poet & Singer)
- Syed Ali Gul Shah (deceased in July 1946 A.D., Poet Sindhi)
- Syed Shah Nawaz Shah (24/10/1917 – 13/03/1989 A.D., Poet, Writer)
- Syed Zawar Hussain Shah (31/05/1925 – 24/03/1978 A.D., Poet)
- Shafee Muhammad Shah “Aasee” (15/01/1929 – 09/10/1999 A.D., Poet)
- Fakir Ali Bux “Kamtar” (deceased on 18/10/1918 A.D., Poet Sindhi & Persian)
- Qazi Muhammad Bux “Aajiz” (deceased on 23/01/1918 A.D., Poet Sindhi & Persian)
- Qazi Fakir Muhammad (1862 – 25/01/1937 A.D., Poet Sindhi & Persian, Educationist)
- Qazi Ghulam Ali (10/06/1894 – 1951 A.D., Poet)
- Qazi Ghulam Haider “Bismil” (1283 A.H. – 28/12/1892 A.D., PoetSindhi, Siraiki & Persian)
- Qazi Ghulam Mehdi (1276 A.H. – 1935/6 A.D., Poet, Writer & Educationist)
- Qazi Abdul Ghani (born on 05/08/1914, Poet)
- Qazi Abd-ur-Razzaq (18/09/1892 A.D. – 19/05/1961 A.D., Poet & Writer)
- Qazi Ali Akbar Darazi (28/07/1895 – deceased in the age of 87 years, Poet Sindhi, Urdu & Persian)
- Qazi Nabi Bux, Doctor (born on 07/04/1923 A.D.)
- Qazi Ali Ghouhar (14/02/1925 – 07/05/1994 A.D., Poet)
- Qazi Ali Mardan (born on 09/05/1930, writer)
- Qazi Amar Jaleel (born on 08/11/1936, Writer, Columnist & Poet)
- Professor Dr. Qazi Abdul Khalique (Educationist)
- Sheikh Murad Ali Kazim (15/05/1901 – 28/09/1954 A.D., Poet [Sindhi, Persian])
- Muhammad Yousif Fida (deceased in 1344 A.H., Poet Sindhi, Persian)
- Akhoud Rasool Bux (Educationist, Writer)
- Gul Muhammad Ansari (born on 11/11/1933, Writer & Journalist)
- Dargahi Merani (05/03/1942 – 23/04/1988, Poet, Writer & Educationist)
- Akbar Ali Solangi (Artist) click here to see his art work
- Akhtar Dargahi (born in 1963, Poet, writer)
- Professor Abdul Ali Qalbani (Educationist, Writer)
- Muhammad Hussain “Asim” Bhutto (Educationist, Poet, Writer)
- Begam Fakiriyani (Singer)
- Rochal Das, Doctor (06/01/1880 – 01/12/1958 A.D., Poet Sindhi)
- Rejhoo mal (deceased in 1925 A.D., Poet Sindhi, Singer)
- Dewan Nirmal Das (Poet)
- Chethanand Sobhani (21/05/1932 – 24/10/1983 A.D, Poet, Educationist)
- Dr. Hidayat Prem (born on 24/03/1946, writer)
- Naushad Jaffary (born on 05/06/1958, Poet Sindhi & Urdu & Writer)
- Professor Shams-ud-din Kalwar “Sabir” (born in June 1952, Poet & Writer)
- Javeed Baloch (born in 1951, Poet & Writer)
- Syed Muhammad Arif Musavi (born in 04/05/1959, Poet & Writer)
- Akhound Mian Faiz Muhammad (born in Feb. 1829 A.D., Poet & Writer Sindhi & Persian)
- Dr. Rehmatullah Qureshi (Scientist).
SAYED SAJJAD HUSSAIN SHAH 23:06, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
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