# Sitpur

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Town in Punjab, Pakistan

Not to be confused with [Sitapur](/source/Sitapur).

Union council in Punjab, Pakistan

Seetpur سیت پور Union council The Shahi Mosque of Seetpur, with the tomb of Tahir Khan in background Seetpur Location Show map of Punjab, Pakistan Seetpur Seetpur (Pakistan) Show map of Pakistan Coordinates: 29°14′26″N 70°50′29″E / 29.24067°N 70.84128°E / 29.24067; 70.84128[1] Country Pakistan Province Punjab District Muzaffargarh Tehsil Alipur Time zone UTC+5 (PST) • Summer (DST) UTC+6 (PDT) Area code 34480

**Seetpur** or **Sitpur** is a city and [union council](/source/Union_council_(Pakistan)) in Tehsil [Alipur](/source/Alipur_Tehsil) of [Muzaffargarh District](/source/Muzaffargarh_District) in south [Punjab, Pakistan](/source/Punjab%2C_Pakistan). Agriculture is the mainstay of the regional economy.

The Government High School of Seetpur was established by the British during the [British Raj](/source/British_Raj). Main tourist attractions in Seetpur include the 16th century [mausoleum of Tahir Khan](/source/Tomb_of_Tahir_Khan_Nahar) and the [Shahi Mosque](/source/Shahi_Mosque%2C_Seetpur).[2] Its architecture resembles that of the [Multan tombs](/source/Mausoleums_of_Multan), but it is smaller in size compared to them.

## History

Sītpūr was listed in the [Ain-i-Akbari](/source/Ain-i-Akbari) as a [pargana](/source/Pargana) in [sarkar](/source/Sarkar_(administrative_division)) [Multan](/source/Multan), counted as part of the *Bīrūn-i Panjnad* ("Beyond the Five Rivers").[3]: 331 It was assessed at 4,608,000 [dams](/source/Dam_(Indian_coin)) in revenue and supplied a force of 20 cavalry and 100 infantry.[3]: 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".[4]: 10

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-GeoNames_1-0)** ["Geonames Search"](https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/). *Do a radial search using these coordinates here*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Sitpur (Seetpur), Pakistan: Traditional and Historical Architecture"](https://www.orientalarchitecture.com/cid/247/pakistan/sitpur). *Asian Architecture*.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Ain-i-Akbari_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Ain-i-Akbari_3-1) Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1891). [*The Ain-i-Akbari*](https://archive.org/details/ainiakbarivolum00mubgoog). Translated by Jarrett, Henry Sullivan. Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal. Retrieved 21 January 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Habib_1982_4-0)** Habib, Irfan (1982). [*An Atlas of the Mughal Empire*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Buo9AQAAIAAJ). Oxford University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0195603796](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0195603796). Retrieved 26 March 2023.

v t e Administrative divisions of Muzaffargarh District Administrations: Muzaffargarh District and Dera Ghazi Khan Division Capital Muzaffargarh Tehsils Alipur Tehsil Chowk Sarwar Shaheed Tehsil Jatoi Tehsil Kot Addu Tehsil Muzaffargarh Tehsil Villages and locallities Iqbal Town Faqirwala Gamoon wala Jalalabad Jatoi Khangarh Khar Kot Addu Meerwala Mehmood Kot Qasba Gujrat Rohilanwali Sanawan Seet pur

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