Multan is one of my most adored spots to visit. The city is similarly called ‘Mandinatu-Aulya’, the city of saints. It has tombs, mosques and ‘Khanqahs’ of saints. Each one of these points of interest is superbly animated and ornamented with blue tiles and mosaic work, and some with the delightful and relieving Kashi and Naqashi work for which Multan is well known. The city has been made an impressive measure starting late. Previously we talked about the City of Lights, today we will talk about the City of Saints.
Multan is Pakistan’s third greatest city by domain and it is fifth greatest by people. It is the start of Fariduddin Ganjshakar conspicuously known as Baba Farid, saw as the important huge craftsman of the Punjabi language.Multan is arranged in a bend made by five surges of central Pakistan. The city has created to twist up an intense political and financial place for the country, with a dry port and awesome transport links.The culture of Multan has some detectable parts that casing its identity. Those segments include:
Multan Fort
The Fort site now looks as a bit of the city in light of the way that instead of the conduit it is by and by confined by a road which looks more like a bazaar and stays swarmed all through the day.Nobody knows when Multan Fort showed up yet it was there and it was regarded and needed by rulers and rulers every single through hundreds of years’. It was considered as phenomenal contrasted with different forts of the sub-landmass from the defence and what’s more building points of view.
Mazars/Shrines
Following are a segment of the commended shrines in Multan.
- Place of love Bibi Pak Daman
- Place of love Hameed-ud-Din Hakim
- Place of love Qutab-al-qutaab “Moj Dariya”
- Place of love Syed Pir Sakhi Shah Hassan Parwana
- Place of love Qazi Qutab-ud-Din Kashani
- Place of love Syed Hasan Khanjzee
- Holy place Hazrat Shah Dana Shaheed
- Sacred place Abu Hassan Hafiz Jamal-ud-clatter “Musa Pak Shaheed”
- Holy place Hazrat Shah Kamal Qadari
- Sacrosanct place Hafiz Muhammad Jamal Chisti Nazami
- Consecrated place Pir Chup Wardi Waly
- Holy place Mollana Hamid Ali Khan Naqshbandi
- Consecrated place Allama Syed Ahmad Saeed Kazmi
- Sacred place Hazrat Khawaja Awais Khagga
- Sacrosanct place Pir Syed Wali Muhammad Shah(Chadar Wali Sarkar)
- Consecrated place Hazrat Gul Shah
Shah Yousaf Gardez
The holy place of Muhammad Yousaf Gardezi is essentially inside the Bohar Gate. It is a rectangular domeless building lit up with covered tiles, a work of noteworthy greatness.
Bahauddin Zakria
The prime interest of the Fort an area is the Mausoleum of Sheik Baha-Uddin Zakariya and Sheik Rukn-ud-Din. The Mausoleum was completely crushed in the midst of the assault of 1848 yet was soon a while later restored by the muslims.
Bibi Pak Daman
Bibi Pak Daman was a princess and as indicated by her will, she was shrouded in the garden of her home, the palace. By and by following 900 years, the manor transforms into a graveyard and her grave is in like manner there, which is as of now the most prestigious grave of Multan.
Shah Shams
He passed away in 1276 AD and the place of love was worked by his grandson in 1 330 AD. It was changed by one of his lovers in 171 8 AD. It is generally assumed that Shah Shams Tabrez played out various powerful events. To such a degree, to the point that he once requested that the sun plunge and the enlightening nearness moved such an incredible sum near that the fish held in the hand of Shah Shams was seared.
Shah Rukn-e-Alam
The Mazar of Rukn-I-Alam is the enormity of Multan. Exactly when the city is moved closer from any side the most observable thing which can be seen from miles all around is a gigantic vault. This vault is the Shrine of Sheik Rukn-ud-Din Abul Fath conventionally known by the title Rukn-e-Alam (the backbone of the world). The tomb is arranged on the south-West side of the Fort premises.
Mosques
Multan in like manner boasts about having a bit of the most prepared mosques which were once considered as the jewels of the city. These mosques now help us the glorious past to recall Multan as it was spoken to by Muslims for more than a thousand years.
Jamia Mosque
The fundamental mosque anytime worked in Multan was the Jamia Mosque which was based on the solicitations of Mohammad-holder Qasim the commended general who vanquished Multan in 712 AD.
Sawi Mosque
Sawi mosque ought to be the most prepared mosque which still exists anyway it has no roof now and the larger part of its embellishments have been hurt.
Mosque Baqarabadi
Baqarabadi Mosque was worked by Baqar Khan in 1720 A.D.
Mosque Ali Muhammad Khan
The second most settled mosque in Multan which is as yet perfectly healthy is Mosque Ali Mohammad Khan also called Mosque Wali Mohammad Khan. The mosque is outfitted with a store for the ablutions, showers, and a far-reaching anteroom for supplications. The mosque was restored to the Muslims by the British Government toward the start of the British run the show.
Language
Multani is a standout amongst the most prepared dialects talked in southern Punjab. It is a dialect of Punjabi and is a mix of Jhangochi of Punjabi and Sindhi. Saraiki is the new name yet for an impressive time span, Multani was being utilized. it is transcendently talked in Multan District, Muzaffargarh District and touching domains This entire zone has almost comparable traditions, customs and culture
Food
Mulan’s food cultureThe zone around the city is a level plain and is ideal for cultivation, with various citrus and mango farms. There are various channels that cut over the Multan District, giving water from neighbouring properties. This makes the land particularly fertile.Multan produces exceptional contrasted with different mangoes on the planet. There are various arrangements of mangoes being conveyed and mango farms are beyond question the most broadly perceived sight in the suburbs of Multan.
Sohan Halwa is another distinguishing strength of Multan and is predominant all through the country.It is praised for the improvement of wheat, cotton, rice and sugar stick and furthermore extraordinary natural items isolated from mangoes, for instance, citrus, guavas and pomegranates.
Multani Mitti
It is Multani sand used as Clay for perfection cover for engaging moistness. It is open in most of the cosmetics shops and is greatly outstanding among women who are perceptive about their skin. It is asked for wherever all through the country by different parlours’ and sound skin associations.
Traditional Dress
Multan is outstanding for its Multani dresses, primarily for women.The dresses are made of dazzling weaving and have an uncommonly ethnic touch to them. The dress for men fuses shalwar kameez and lungi. Another part of its dress code joins the Multani Khussas: shoes that are the latest examples in streets of Pakistan. Nowadays, these khussas are in the plan and are asked for by women all completed Pakistan. This asks for has risen the cost of this thing and has made it to some degree expensive than other ordinary khussas available in the market.
Weather
Multan is a standout amongst the most sweltering urban regions in the country. It incorporates a very dry climate with greatly sweltering summers and cool winters. The city witnesses presumably the most unbelievable temperatures in the country. Recorded-breaking most essential temperature of 50 °C (122 °F) was recorded on 27 May 2010.
Industries
Pakistan has dynamic, vivacious and conveys arranged material industry that overwhelmingly influences the economy. Material being greatest present-day fragment creates the country’s most important admission salary. Diverse industries fuse compost industries, flexible industries, plastic industries et cetera. In any case, these industries have been bearing an exceptional game plan now because of stack shedding.