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The document summarizes important historical sites in the city of Multan, Pakistan. It describes the ornate city gates that served as entrances during the Mughal period. It also discusses prominent mosques like the Eidgah mosque with its blue tilework and the oldest Sawi mosque. Additionally, it outlines famous tombs and shrines of saints from the 13th-14th centuries. Other notable sites mentioned include the Bloody Tower fortification and underground Barood Khana chamber within the old fort.

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Multan

The document summarizes important historical sites in the city of Multan, Pakistan. It describes the ornate city gates that served as entrances during the Mughal period. It also discusses prominent mosques like the Eidgah mosque with its blue tilework and the oldest Sawi mosque. Additionally, it outlines famous tombs and shrines of saints from the 13th-14th centuries. Other notable sites mentioned include the Bloody Tower fortification and underground Barood Khana chamber within the old fort.

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Multan Sohan Halwa is a sweet dish specialty of Multan and found exclusively in Multan.

Multani Soil, known as Multani Mitti is used as facial beauty mask and it is famous all over Pakistan.

Multani blue tiles are used in many constructions for decoration.They are even found in construction done hundreds of years ago Multani Blue Pottery. Multani hand embroidery is unique and famous all over the world. Camel Skin lamps and decoration pieces of Multan Kenoo, resemble orange but differs in taste. Multan is called the city of saints.

City Gates
The Multan city gates are large ornate structures featuring towers on either side of a passageway. The Delhi Gate, so named because it faces Delhi, India, was the ceremonial entrance for visiting kings during the Mughul period, an era that lasted from the early 1500s until the mid-1800s. Haram Gate, destroyed in the 1800s and rebuilt by the British, was the entry to the women's quarters of Saint Hazrat Musa Pak Shaheed, for whom the Pak Gate, now destroyed, was named. Bohar Gate, built during the period that Multan was a busy river port, was the main entrance to the city.

Mosques
Built in 1735, Eidgah mosque, covered with blue tilework, has a large courtyard and a prayer chamber topped by seven domes. The mosque, now restored, fell into disrepair during the early 19th century Sikh era and was used by British colonialists as a military post and court. Sawi mosque, believed to be the oldest in Multan, is largely in ruins, but evidence of the mosque's elaborate tilework remain. Four graves dominate the courtyard, leading some historians to believe the building was constructed as a mausoleum, rather than a mosque. The mosque of Nawab Ali Wali Muhammad Khan, built in the mid-1700s, is named for an 18th century governor of Multan. A small courtyard, three-room prayer chamber and a bazaar are the main features of the mosque.

Tombs and Shrines


Dozens of tombs of saints and sultans dot Multan. Built in the mid-13th century and believed to be the oldest surviving, the tomb of Sheik Baha ud din Zakariya is a three-story building with a dome. The interior contains graves of family members and devotees in addition to the sheik's. The ruins of the Hindu Parhladpuri Temple are nearby. Just inside the main entrance to the old fort, the shrine of Shah Rukn-EAlam is an octagon-shaped building with a large dome supported by buttresses. Decorated with blue and turquoise tile, the 14th century shrine is 100 feet tall.

Other Famous Sites


Khuni Burj, also known as the Bloody Tower or Bloody Bastion, was part of the city's original fortifications. The site of an 1849 battle between the Sikhs and the British, the tower was the last bastion preventing the British takeover of Multan. Its defenders were massacred after the battle. The original tower was razed by the British, but rebuilt later. Barood Khana, inside the old fort, is an underground chamber built in the 18th century. Most of its original characteristics were destroyed but the dome remains. Mandar Shah Majeed, a white Hindu temple with a spire, occupies the spot where the Muslim saint Shah Majeed meditated. Hindu inscriptions, fashioned from stucco, decorate the walls.

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