Sind

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historical province historical region

Sind was a historical province in the northwest of the Indian subcontinent, centered around the lower Indus River and now largely corresponding to the Sindh region of modern-day Pakistan.

Aliases (1)

Sind (for part of the 19th century) ×1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical province → historical region →
annexedBy	British East India Company →
annexedInYear	1843 →
borders	Arabian Sea → Balochistan → Gujarat → Punjab, Pakistan → Rajasthan →
centeredOn	lower Indus River →
colonizedBy	British Empire →
conqueredBy	Muhammad bin Qasim → Umayyad Caliphate →
conqueredInYear	711 →
correspondsTo	Sindh →
etymologyFrom	Sanskrit Sindhu →
etymologyMeaning	Indus River → river →
hasNameVariant	Sindh → Sindhu Desh →
historicalCapital	Hyderabad, Sindh → Thatta →
historicalLanguage	Arabic → Persian → Sindhi →
historicalRegionOf	Indus Valley →
knownFor	Indus River delta → fertile alluvial plains → riverine agriculture →
locatedIn	Indian subcontinent → South Asia → northwest of the Indian subcontinent →
majorCity	Hyderabad, Sindh → Karachi → Thatta →
majorPort	Debal → Thatta →
partOf	Abbasid Caliphate → British India → Delhi Sultanate → Dominion of Pakistan → Islamic Republic of Pakistan → Mughal Empire → Talpur dynasty → Umayyad Caliphate → modern-day Pakistan →
partOfAdministrativeUnit	Bombay Presidency →
religionHistoricallyPracticed	Buddhism → Hinduism → Islam →
separatedFrom	Bombay Presidency →
separatedInYear	1936 →
traversedBy	Indus River →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Governor of Bombay ("Sind (for part of the 19th century)") →	hasJurisdictionOver
British India →	includedTerritory
Thar and Parkar District →	locatedIn
Al-Walid I →	territorialExpansion