Thatta

E32159
city

Thatta is an ancient city in Pakistan’s Sindh province, renowned for its rich Islamic architectural heritage and role as a major cultural and commercial center in South Asian history.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Thatta canonical 23
Thatta city 3

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Thatta District ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
contains Makli Necropolis ⓘ
Shah Jahan Mosque ⓘ
Tomb complexes of Samma rulers ⓘ
Tomb of Isa Khan Tarkhan II ⓘ
Tomb of Jan Baba ⓘ
Tomb of Mirza Jani Beg ⓘ
Tomb of Sultan Ibrahim ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
flourishedFromCentury 14th century ⓘ
flourishedToCentury 18th century ⓘ
formerCapitalOf Sindh ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (Makli, Thatta)
heritageSiteInscriptionYear 1981 ⓘ
heritageSiteName necropolis of Makli Hill ⓘ
surface form: Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta
historicalRegion Sindh ⓘ
surface form: Lower Sindh

Sindh ⓘ
historicalRole commercial center of Sindh ⓘ
cultural center of Sindh ⓘ
port city ⓘ
knownFor Islamic architecture ⓘ
brickwork ⓘ
calligraphic decoration ⓘ
historic mosques ⓘ
historic tombs ⓘ
necropolis of Makli Hill ⓘ
tile work ⓘ
locatedIn Sindh ⓘ
southern Pakistan ⓘ
locatedNear Arabian Sea ⓘ
locatedOn Indus River delta ⓘ
majorReligion Islam ⓘ
MakliNecropolisEstimatedGraves over 500,000 ⓘ
MakliNecropolisPeriod 14th to 18th centuries ⓘ
notableBuilding Shah Jahan Mosque ⓘ
patron Shah Jahan ⓘ
surface form: Mughal emperor Shah Jahan
provinceCapitalDistance approximately 100 km east of Karachi ⓘ
religiousArchitectureStyle Indo-Islamic architecture ⓘ
Mughal architecture ⓘ
servedAsCapitalDuring Arghun dynasty ⓘ
Mughal rule in Sindh ⓘ
Samma dynasty ⓘ
Tarkhan dynasty ⓘ
ShahJahanMosqueCompletionYear 1647 ⓘ
ShahJahanMosqueKnownFor extensive brickwork and tile decoration ⓘ
tradeConnections Gujarat ⓘ
Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
Persian Gulf ⓘ
Red Sea ⓘ
tradeGoods grain ⓘ
indigo ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
timber ⓘ
visitedBy Ibn Battuta (region of Sindh) ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sind → historicalCapital → Thatta ⓘ
Sind → majorCity → Thatta ⓘ
Sind → majorPort → Thatta ⓘ
Shah Jahan Mosque in Thatta → locatedIn → Thatta ⓘ
subject surface form: Shah Jahan Mosque, Thatta
Hyderabad Division → hasMajorCity → Thatta ⓘ
southern Pakistan → hasMajorCity → Thatta ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Pakistan
Samma dynasty → capital → Thatta ⓘ
Arghun dynasty → capital → Thatta ⓘ
Tarkhan dynasty → capital → Thatta ⓘ
Tarkhan dynasty → notableCity → Thatta ⓘ
necropolis of Makli Hill → locatedNear → Thatta ⓘ
subject surface form: Necropolis of Makli Hill
Shah Jahan Mosque → locatedIn → Thatta ⓘ
Shah Jahan Mosque → locatedIn → Thatta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thatta city
Shah Jahan Mosque → city → Thatta ⓘ
Tomb of Isa Khan Tarkhan II → locatedIn → Thatta ⓘ
Tomb of Jan Baba → locatedIn → Thatta ⓘ
Thatta District → hasCapital → Thatta ⓘ
Thatta District → namedAfter → Thatta ⓘ
Thatta District → contains → Thatta ⓘ
Makli Necropolis → locatedNear → Thatta ⓘ
Makli Necropolis → nearestCity → Thatta ⓘ
Tomb of Sultan Ibrahim → locatedIn → Thatta ⓘ
Tomb of Sultan Ibrahim → locatedNear → Thatta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thatta city
Tomb of Mirza Jani Beg → locatedIn → Thatta ⓘ
Tomb of Mirza Jani Beg → locatedNear → Thatta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thatta city
Sind Province → contains → Thatta ⓘ