Multan

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city human settlement

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Multan region 1
city of Multan 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Multani → geographicCenter → Multan ⓘ
this entity surface form: city of Multan
Seraiki → hasMajorCity → Multan ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Punjab, Pakistan
Multani → namedAfter → Multan ⓘ
Chenab River → passesNear → Multan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Multan region
Multani → primaryRegion → Multan ⓘ