Sonmiani

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This article has been extracted from

THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.

OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Sonmiani

Seaport in the Miani niabat of the Las Bela State, Baluchistan, locally known as Miani, situated in 25" 25' N. and 66° 36' E. It is 50 miles from Karachi by land, and stands on the east shore of the Miani Hor, a large backwater extending westward in a semicircle, about 28 miles long and 4 miles broad, and navigable as far as Gagu. Sonmiani contained a population of 3,166 in 1901, chiefly fishermen (Mohana), Hindu traders, and a few artisans. Before the rise of Karachi, Sonmiani was important as a place through which much of the trade of Central Asia was carried via Kalat. In 1805 it was taken and burnt by the Joasmi pirates. A British Agent was stationed here in 1 840-1. Exports have much decreased, and are at present confined chiefly to salted fish, fish-maws, and mustard-seed.

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