Multan

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Multan is a historic city in southern Punjab, Pakistan, renowned as a major cultural, commercial, and Sufi spiritual center with a legacy spanning over two millennia.

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Label Occurrences
Multan canonical 55
Multan city 1
Multan region 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
human settlement
administrativeUnit Multan District
Multan Division
climate hot desert climate
continent Asia
coordinateLocation 29.395°N 71.683°E
country Pakistan
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 122 metres
hasAirport Multan International Airport
hasCricketGround Multan Cricket Stadium
hasHeritage over two millennia of continuous urban history
hasStructure Eidgah Mosque
Ghanta Ghar (Clock Tower)
Hussain Agahi Bazaar
Multan Fort
Shrine of Bahauddin Zakariya
Shrine of Shah Rukn-e-Alam
Shrine of Shams-ud-Din Sabzwari
hasUniversity Bahauddin Zakariya University
Nishtar Medical University
historicalEra British India
surface form: British Raj period

Delhi Sultanate
surface form: Delhi Sultanate period

Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
surface form: Mughal period

Sikh Empire
surface form: Sikh Empire period

ancient Indus Valley cultural sphere
early Buddhist period
early Islamic period
is a major Sufi spiritual centre
a major commercial centre of southern Punjab
a major cultural centre of southern Punjab
one of the largest cities in Pakistan
isLocatedOn Chenab River
knownFor Sufi shrines
blue pottery
cotton production
mango production
medieval mausoleums
very hot summers
languageUsed Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi

Saraiki
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Punjab, Pakistan
locatedInRegion southern Punjab, Pakistan
surface form: South Punjab
majorReligiousTradition Sufism
nickname City of Saints
partOf Punjab
surface form: Punjab region
population over 1.8 million
religion Islam
timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
UTCOffset +5

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Chenab River passesNear Multan
this entity surface form: Multan region
Seraiki hasMajorCity Multan
Multani primaryRegion Multan
Multani namedAfter Multan
Multani geographicCenter Multan
this entity surface form: city of Multan
southern Punjab, Pakistan hasMajorCity Multan
subject surface form: Southern Punjab, Pakistan
Mughal rupee mintedIn Multan
Ibn Battuta (region of Sindh) visitedCities Multan
subject surface form: Ibn Battuta
Punjab (via Khyber Pakhtunkhwa–Punjab boundary, through its districts) hasMajorCity Multan
subject surface form: Punjab (Pakistan)
eastern Pakistan hasMajorCity Multan
subject surface form: Eastern Pakistan
Punjab Province under British India majorCity Multan
subject surface form: Punjab Province (British India)
City of Saints refersTo Multan
City of Saints appliedTo Multan
City of Saints usedFor Multan
this entity surface form: Multan, Pakistan
Multan Fort locatedIn Multan
Multan Fort overlooks Multan
Multan Fort hasView Multan
this entity surface form: Multan city
Ghanta Ghar (Clock Tower) locatedIn Multan
subject surface form: Ghanta Ghar (Clock Tower), Multan
Hussain Agahi Bazaar partOf Multan
this entity surface form: old city area of Multan