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.

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 (Makli, Thatta) →
heritageSiteInscriptionYear	1981 →
heritageSiteName	Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta →
historicalRegion	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	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 (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sind →	historicalCapital
Sind →	majorCity
Sind →	majorPort