Sitpur

{{Infobox settlement | name = Seetpur | native_name = {{Nastaliq|سیت پور}} | official_name = | settlement_type = [[Union councils of Pakistan|Union council]] | image_skyline = Seetpur Shahi Mosque.jpg | image_caption = The [[Shahi Mosque, Seetpur|Shahi Mosque of Seetpur]], with the [[tomb of Tahir Khan Nahar|tomb of Tahir Khan]] in background | image_size = | pushpin_map = Punjab Pakistan#Pakistan | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = Location | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{Pak}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Administrative units of Pakistan|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Punjab}} | subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Pakistan##Punjab|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Muzaffargarh District|Muzaffargarh]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Tehsil]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Alipur Tehsil|Alipur]] | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | established_title = | established_date = | area_footnotes = | area_metro_km2 = | area_total_km2 = | population_as_of = | population_footnotes = | population_total = | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | coordinates = {{Coord|29.24067|N|70.84128|E|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GeoNames">{{cite web |url=https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ |website=Do a radial search using these coordinates here |title=Geonames Search}}</ref> | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | timezone = [[Pakistan Standard Time|PST]] | utc_offset = +5 | timezone_DST = [[Pakistan Standard Time|PDT]] | utc_offset_DST = +6 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = 34480 | blank_name = | blank_info = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Seetpur''' or '''Sitpur''' is a city and [[union council (Pakistan)|union council]] in Tehsil [[Alipur Tehsil|Alipur]] of [[Muzaffargarh District]] in south [[Punjab, Pakistan]]. Agriculture is the mainstay of the regional economy.

The Government High School of Seetpur was established by the British during the [[British Raj]]. Main tourist attractions in Seetpur include the 16th century [[Tomb of Tahir Khan Nahar|mausoleum of Tahir Khan]] and the [[Shahi Mosque, Seetpur|Shahi Mosque]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sitpur (Seetpur), Pakistan: Traditional and Historical Architecture |url=https://www.orientalarchitecture.com/cid/247/pakistan/sitpur |website=Asian Architecture}}</ref> Its architecture resembles that of the [[Mausoleums of Multan|Multan tombs]], but it is smaller in size compared to them.

== History == Sītpūr was listed in the [[Ain-i-Akbari]] as a [[pargana]] in [[sarkar (administrative division)|sarkar]] [[Multan]], counted as part of the ''Bīrūn-i Panjnad'' ("Beyond the Five Rivers").<ref name="Ain-i-Akbari">{{cite book |last1=Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak |translator-last1=Jarrett |translator-first1=Henry Sullivan |title=The Ain-i-Akbari |date=1891 |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bengal |location=Calcutta |url=https://archive.org/details/ainiakbarivolum00mubgoog |access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>{{rp|331}} It was assessed at 4,608,000 [[dam (Indian coin)|dam]]s in revenue and supplied a force of 20 cavalry and 100 infantry.<ref name="Ain-i-Akbari"/>{{rp|331}} Sitpur was strongly associated with the Nahars in Mughal times — the ''Dasturul 'Amal-i Shahjahani'' referred to Sitpur as "territory of the Nāhars", and the ''Mazhar-i Shahjahani'' referred to it as "Sītpūr Nāharān".<ref name="Habib 1982">{{cite book |last1=Habib |first1=Irfan |title=An Atlas of the Mughal Empire |date=1982 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0195603796 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Buo9AQAAIAAJ |access-date=26 March 2023}}</ref>{{rp|10}}

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[[Category:Populated places in Muzaffargarh District]] [[Category:Parganas of sarkar Multan listed in the Ain-i-Akbari]]