Hyderabad, Sindh
Hyderabad (Sindhi and Urdu: حيدرآباد Ḥaidarābād) is a city in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The city was founded in 1768 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro on the ruins of a Mauryan fishing village along the bank of the Indus River known as Neroon Kot (
Hyderabad, Sindh Media
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Pacco Qillo was built on a limestone outcropping known as Ganjo Takkar.
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The tomb of Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro
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This is a photo of a monument in Pakistan identified as the
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The Tombs of Talpur Mirs date from the 18th century.
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Hyderabad's Badshahi Bungalow was built as the palace of Prince Mir Hassan Ali Khan Talpur in 1863.
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Hyderabad in the late 1800s. The triangular structures on the rooftops are wind catchers, funneling cool breezes into homes below.
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A Sindhi woman on the banks of the River Indus in the outskirts of Hyderabad
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AUM, a stylised letter of Devanagari script, used as a religious symbol in Hinduism
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A symbol of Islam, the star and crescent, in a green. Created by Kbolino in Inkscape, who releases the image into the public domain for all intents and purposes.
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The Sikh Khanda symbol (U+262C).
Sindhi: نيرُون ڪوٽ).
Hyderabad used to be the capital of Sindh. Now it is the capital of the district of Hyderabad. Before the starting of Pakistan, it was known as the Paris of India, for its roads used to be washed with perfumed rose-water every day and sandalwood incense would linger in the air.
Prominent people
There are many prominent people who belong to Hyderabad Sindh. Among them are Dr. Ghulam Mustafa, Filmstar Muhammad Ali, Dr. Amir Liaqauat, Speaker National Assembly Fahmida Mirza, Qazi Asad Abid, Mustafa Qureshi, and Dr.Syed Mehboob, a writer and columnist, also born and educated in Hyderabad.