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PLACES OF INTEREST

Muzaffargarh, unfortunately, lacks in many civic amenities and facilities.
This is true for places of interest from an outsider’s or visitor’s perspective
too. Hardly any antique building or relic of the past has survived; nor have
new places been added by the successive administrations or those at the
helms of affairs. Worth visiting places in the district are therefore few and far
between, and have been detailed as follows.

TOMB AND MOSQUE OF TAHIR KHAN NAHAR
The town of Seetpur, in Tehsil Alipur, is situated at around a distance of 100
km from the Muzaffargarh city. It houses the mosque and tomb of Tahir
Khan, which are the only places of antiquity in the district. These historical
buildings were built in 1475 and reflect the Multani style of construction.

In 1455 Bahlol Khan Lodhi granted the tract lying between the Indus, which
then joined the Chehab at Uch, and the north of Shikarpur in Sindh, to his
relative, Islam Khan Lodhi. This tract comprised what is now the southern
part of Tehsil Alipur, the southern part of District Dera Ghazi Khan, and the
northern part of Sindh. Islam Khan took the title of Nahar and established
an independent kingdom. Tahir Khan was grandson of Islam Khan, who
extended the boundaries of his territory considerably. He was called ‘Sakhi’
or the liberal, and built the present tomb and mosque in his life time, at the
close of fifteenth century.
The Tomb

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