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''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. ''
=Sehwan Town=
Head-quarters of the taluka of the same name
in Larkana District, Sind, Bombay, situated in 26 26' N. and
6 7 54' E. : on a branch of the North-Western Railway, and on the
main road from Kotri to Shikarpur via Larkana, 84 miles north-north-
west of Kotri, and 95 miles south-south-west of Larkana - } elevation
above sea-level 117 feet. Population (1901), 5,244. The river Indus,
which formerly flowed close to the town, has now quite deserted it.
A few miles south of Sehwan, the Lakhi hills terminate abruptly, form-
ing a characteristic feature of this portion of the taluka. The Muham-
madan inhabitants are for the most part engaged in fishing; the
Hindus in trade.

A large section of the people are professional
mendicants, supported by the offerings of pilgrims at the shrine of
Lai Shahbaz. The tomb containing the remains of this saint is
enclosed in a quadrangular edifice, covered with a dome and lantern,
said to have been built in 1356, and having beautiful encaustic tiles
with Arabic inscriptions. Mirza Jam, of the Tarkhan dynasty, built
a still larger tomb to this saint, which was completed in 1639. The
gate and balustrade are said to have been of hammered silver, the
gift of Mir Karam All Khan, Talpur, who also crowned the domes
with silver spires. The chief object, however, of antiquarian interest
in Sehwan is the fort, ascribed to Alexander the Great. This is an
artificial mound 80 or 90 feet high, measuring round the summit
1,500 by 800 feet, and surrounded by a broken wall.

The interior
is strewn with broken pottery and tiles. The mound is evidently an
artificial structure, and the remains of several towers are visible. The
fortifications are now in disrepair. An old Christian graveyard below
the fort contains a few tombs dating from the early part of the nine-
teenth century. Sehwan is undoubtedly a place of great antiquity.
Tradition asserts that the town was in existence at the time of the
first Muhammadan invasion of Sind by Muhammad bin Kasim Safiki,
about A.D. 711 and it is believed to be the place which submitted to
his arms after the conquest of Nerankot, the modem Hyderabad.

The town was constituted a municipality in 1854, and had an
average income during the decade ending 1901 of Rs. 12,200. In
1903-4 the income was Rs. 14,000. The transit trade is mainly in
wheat and rice; and the local commerce in cloth and grain. The
manufactures comprise carpets, coarse cloth, and pottery. The art
of seal-engraving, which was formerly much practised, is now extinct.
The town contains a Subordinate Judge's court, a dispensary, and
a middle school.

Sehwan Town - Revision history

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THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.
OXFORD, AT THE CLA..."