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'''Thatta''' ({{lang-sd|ٺٽو}}, [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]: [[Help:IPA|[ʈɦ<nowiki>əʈːoː]</nowiki>]]; {{Lang-ur|{{nq|ٹھٹہ}}}}, [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]: [[Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu|[ʈɦ<nowiki>əʈːɑː]</nowiki>]]) is a city in the [[Administrative units of Pakistan|Pakistani province]] of [[Sindh]]. Thatta was the medieval capital of Sindh, and served as the seat of power for three successive dynasties. Thatta's historic significance has yielded several monuments in and around the city. Thatta's [[Makli Necropolis]], a [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]], is site of one of the world's largest cemeteries and has numerous monumental tombs built between the 14th and 18th centuries designed in a syncretic funerary style characteristic of lower Sindh. The city's 17th century [[Shah Jahan Mosque, Thatta|Shah Jahan Mosque]] is richly embellished with decorative tiles, and is considered to have the most elaborate display of [[Tile|tile work]] in the [[South Asia]].<ref name=UNESCO>{{cite web|title=Shah Jahan Mosque, Thatta|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1286/|publisher=UNESCO|access-date=17 July 2017|archive-date=3 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003131103/https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1286/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=khazeni>{{cite book|last1=Khazeni|first1=Arash|title=Sky Blue Stone: The Turquoise Trade in World History|date=2014|publisher=Univ of California Press|isbn=9780520279070|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mnclDQAAQBAJ&q=shah+jahan+thatta&pg=PA68|access-date=16 July 2017|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430034753/https://books.google.com/books?id=mnclDQAAQBAJ&q=shah+jahan+thatta&pg=PA68|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Etymology==
''Thatta'' refers to riverside settlements. Villagers in the rural areas of lower Sindh often refer to the city as ''Thatta Nagar'', or simply ''Nagar''.<ref name="">{{cite book|last1=Dani|first1=A|title=Thatta: Islamic Architecture|date=1982|publisher=Inst. of Islamic History, Culture and Civilization|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OPLVAAAAMAAJ&q=%22thatta+nagar%22|access-date=21 December 2017|archive-date=22 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222181051/https://books.google.com/books?id=OPLVAAAAMAAJ&q=%22thatta+nagar%22|url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
===Early===
Thatta may be the [[Regio Patalis|site of ancient Patala]], the main port on the Indus in the time of [[Alexander the Great]],<ref>James Rennell, ''Memoir of a map of Hindoostan:or the Mogul's Empire,'' London, 1783, p.57; William Vincent, ''The Voyage of Nearchus from the Indus to the Euphrates,'' London, 1797, p.146; William Robertson, ''An Historical Disquisition concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India,'' A. Strahan, T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies; and E. Balfour, Edinburgh, 1799, p.47; Alexander Burnes, ''Travels into Bokhara: containing the narrative of a voyage on the Indus [...] and an account of a journey from India to Cabool, Tartary, and Persia,'' London, John Murray, 1835, Volume 1, p.27; Carl Ritter, ''Die Erdkunde im Verhältniss zur Natur und zur Geschichte des Menschen,'' Berlin, Reimer, 1835, Band IV, Fünfter Theil, pp.475–476.</ref> though the site of Patala has been subject to much debate.<ref>A.H. Dani and P. Bernard, "Alexander and His Successors in Central Asia", in János Harmatta, B.N. Puri and G.F. Etemadi (editors), ''History of civilizations of Central Asia,'' Paris, UNESCO, Vol.II, 1994, p.85.</ref> [[Muhammad bin Qasim]] captured the region in 711 CE after the defeating the local Raja in a battle north of Thatta. Thatta is reported by some historians to have been the ancient seaport of ''Debal'' that was mentioned by the Arab conquerors, though others place the seaport at the site of modern [[Karachi]].<ref name=Murdo /> At the time of the [[Umayyad]] conquests, small semi-nomadic tribes were living in the Sindh region. The Umayyad conquest introduced the religion of [[Islam]] into the hitherto mostly Hindu and Buddhist region.

===Medieval===
[[File:PK Thatta asv2020-02 img20 Makli Necropolis.jpg|thumb|left|Thatta's [[Makli Necropolis]] features several monumental tombs dating from the 14th to 18th centuries.]]
Following [[Mahmud of Ghazna]]'s invasion of Sindh in the early 11th century, the Ghaznavids installed Abdul Razzaq as Governor of Thatta in 1026.<ref name="Rickmers"/> Under the rule of the [[Ghaznavid]]s the local chieftain ''Ibn Sumar'', then ruler of [[Multan]], seized power in Sindh and founded the [[Sumra dynasty]], which ruled from Thatta from 1051 for the next 300 years. Under Sumra rule, Thatta's [[Ismaili]] Shia population was granted special protection.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Daftary|first1=Farhad|title=Ismailis in Medieval Muslim Societies|date=2005|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-0857713872|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WvABAwAAQBAJ&q=thatta&pg=PA68|access-date=21 December 2017|archive-date=22 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222181049/https://books.google.com/books?id=WvABAwAAQBAJ&q=thatta&pg=PA68|url-status=live}}</ref> The Sumra dynasty began to decline in power by the 13th century, though Thatta and the Indus Delta remained their last bastions of power until the mid 14th century.

In 1351, the [[Samma Dynasty]], of [[Rajput]] descent from [[Sehwan]], seized the city and made it their capital as well. It was during this time that the [[Makli Necropolis]] rose to prominence as a funerary site. [[Muhammad bin Tughluq]] died in 1351 during a campaign to capture Thatta.<ref name=murray/> [[Firuz Shah Tughlaq]] unsuccessfully attempted to subjugate Thatta twice; once in 1361 and again in 1365.<ref name="Rickmers">{{cite book|last1=Rickmers|first1=Christian Mabel Duff|title=The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning Os the Sixteenth Century|date=1899|publisher=A. Constable & Company|url=https://archive.org/details/chronologyindia00rickgoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/chronologyindia00rickgoog/page/n240 224]|quote=thatta.|access-date=21 December 2017}}</ref>

=== Portuguese ===
In 1520, the Samma ruler [[Jam Feroz]] was defeated by Shah Beg of the [[Arghun]]-Tarkhun dynasty, which in turn had been displaced from [[Afghanistan]] by the expanding [[Timurid Empire]] in Central Asia. The Tarkhuns fell into disarray in the mid-1500s, prompting Muhammad Isa Tarkhun (Mirza Isa Khan I) to seek aid from the Portuguese in 1555. 700 Portuguese soldiers arrived in 28 ships to determine, at the time of their arrival, that Isa Tarkhun had already emerged victorious from the conflict. After the Tarkhuns refused to pay the Portuguese soldiers, the Portuguese plundered the town, robbing its enormous gold treasury, and killing many inhabitants.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wynbrandt|first1=James|title=A Brief History of Pakistan|date=2009|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=9780816061846|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/briefhistoryofpa0000wynb}}</ref> Despite the 1555 sack of Thatta, the 16th century Portuguese historian [[Diogo do Couto]] described Thatta as one of the richest cities of the Orient.<ref name="Claude">{{cite book|last1=Markovits|first1=Claude|title=The Global World of Indian Merchants, 1750–1947: Traders of Sind from Bukhara to Panama|date=2000|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9781139431279|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M2vu7Odjz6kC&q=thatta&pg=PA35|access-date=18 July 2017|archive-date=22 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222181101/https://books.google.com/books?id=M2vu7Odjz6kC&q=thatta&pg=PA35|url-status=live}}</ref>

Nevertheless, some [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] presence was early in the 16th century with the conquest of Hormuz by [[Afonso de Albuquerque]] in 1507, which started the relationship with Sindi.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Maritime Asia: Profit Maximisation, Ethics and Trade Structure C. 1300-1800 editado por Karl Anton Sprengard, Roderich Ptak|isbn = 9783447035217|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=QNQfuDXD0HkC&q=Thatta+portuguese+traders&pg=PA120|last1 = Sprengard|first1 = Karl Anton|last2 = Ptak|first2 = Roderich|year = 1994|access-date = 3 October 2020|archive-date = 22 February 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220222181043/https://books.google.com/books?id=QNQfuDXD0HkC&q=Thatta+portuguese+traders&pg=PA120|url-status = live}}</ref> Later in the first decade of the 16th century, traders created a factory ({{lang|pt|feitoria}}), and in the end of the 16th century a religious Order (Carmelitas Descalços) founded a convent.

===Mughal===
[[File:Interior of Shah Jahan Mosque.JPG|thumb|Thatta's [[Shah Jahan Mosque, Thatta|Shah Jahan Mosque]] features extensive tile work that displays [[Timurid dynasty|Timurid]] influences introduced from Central Asia.]]
The city was destroyed by Mirza Jani Beg in the 16th century.<ref name=Murdo>Ali, Mubarak 1994. ''McMurdo's & Delhoste's account of Sindh'' Takhleeqat, Lahore, pp. 28-29.</ref> Beginning in 1592 during the reign of Emperor [[Akbar]], Thatta was governed by the [[Mughal Empire]] based in Agra, which lead to a decline in the city's prosperity as some trade was shifted towards other Mughal ports.<ref name=Claude/>

[[Shah Jahan]], while still a prince, sought refuge in the city from his father Emperor [[Jahangir]]. In his reign, [[Thatta Subah]] was carved out of [[Subah of Multan]], with provincial capital in Thatta. It consisted of modern Sindh. In 1626, Shah Jahan's 13th son, Lutfallah, was born in Thatta.<ref name="Nicoll">{{cite book|last1=Nicoll|first1=Fergus|title=Shah Jahan|date=2009|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0670083039|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KfkCTTcvKGwC&q=thatta&pg=PA161|access-date=21 December 2017|archive-date=22 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222181100/https://books.google.com/books?id=KfkCTTcvKGwC&q=thatta&pg=PA161|url-status=live}}</ref> The city was almost destroyed by a devastating storm in 1637.<ref name=asher>{{cite book|last1=Asher|first1=Catherine|title=Architecture of Mughal India, Part 1, Volume 4|date=1992|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521267281|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ctLNvx68hIC&q=thatta&pg=PA349|access-date=16 July 2017|archive-date=25 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425033724/https://books.google.com/books?id=3ctLNvx68hIC&q=thatta&pg=PA349|url-status=live}}</ref> As a token of gratitude for the hospitality he had received in the city while still a prince, Shah Jahan bestowed the [[Shah Jahan Mosque, Thatta|Shah Jahan Mosque]] to the city in 1647 as part of the city's rebuilding efforts, although it was not completed until 1659 under the reign of his son [[Aurangzeb]].<ref name=asher/> Emperor Aurangzeb himself had also lived in Thatta for some time as [[governor]] of the lower Sindh.

Thatta regained some of its prosperity with the arrival of European merchants.<ref name=Claude/> Between 1652 and 1660, the [[Dutch East India Company]] had a small tradingpost (''comptoir'' or factory) in Thatta.<ref>Floor, Willem, 1993-4. ''The Dutch East India Company (VOC) and Diewel-Sind (Pakistan) in the 17th and 18th centuries''. Institute of Central & West Asian Studies, University of Karachi.</ref> This competed with the English one, which was established in 1635 and closed in 1662. Thatta in the 1650s was noted to have 2,000 looms that produced cloth that was exported abroad to Asia and Portugal.<ref name="Lach">{{cite book|last1=Lach|first1=Donald|title=Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume III: A Century of Advance. Book 2, South Asia|date=1998|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0226466972|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zZIvBwAAQBAJ&q=thatta&pg=PA694|access-date=21 December 2017|archive-date=10 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310202249/https://books.google.com/books?id=zZIvBwAAQBAJ&q=thatta&pg=PA694|url-status=live}}</ref> Thatta was also home to a thriving silk weaving industry, as well as leather products that were exported throughout South Asia.<ref name="Lach"/> The city was considered by visiting [[Augustinians|Augustinian]] friars in the 1650s to be a wealthy city, though the presence of transgender [[Hijra (South Asia)|''hijras'']] were taken as a sign of the city's supposed moral depravity.<ref name="Lach"/>

Thatta'a revival was short lived as the [[Indus River]] silted in the second half of the 1600s, shifting its course further east and leading to the abandonment of the city as a seaport.<ref name=Claude/> Despite the abandonment of the city's port functions, its Hindu merchants continued to play an important role in trade, and began using their own ships rather than relying on European ships for trade.<ref name=Claude/> Traders were particularly active in the region around [[Masqat]], in modern [[Oman]], and members of Thatta's ''Bhatia'' caste established Masqat's first Hindu temple during this period.<ref name=Claude/> Sindh remained an important economic centre during this period as well, and Thatta remained Sindh's largest economic centre, and its largest centre for textile production.<ref name=Claude/>

===Kalhora===
The [[Kalhora dynasty]] began to gain influence as a dynasty of feudal lords in upper Sindh, where they ruled since the middle 16th century. They eventually brought Thatta under their control in 1736, after which they moved their capital to Thatta before eventually moving it to [[Hyderabad, Sindh|Hyderabad]] in 1789. A British factory was established there in 1758, but only lasted a few years.<ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Tatta|volume=26|page=451}}</ref> Thatta continued to decline in the mid 18th century in importance as a trading centre throughout the 18th century, as much of the city's trading classes shifted to [[Shikarpur, Sindh|Shikarpur]] in northern Sindh, or to [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Oonk|first1=Gijsbert|title=Global Indian Diasporas: Exploring Trajectories of Migration and Theory|date=2007|publisher=Amsterdam University Press|isbn=978-9053560358|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BkwsMTyShi8C&q=thatta+gujarat&pg=PA271|access-date=21 December 2017|archive-date=22 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222181101/https://books.google.com/books?id=BkwsMTyShi8C&q=thatta+gujarat&pg=PA271|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Talpur===
In 1739, however, following the [[Battle of Karnal]], the Mughal province of Sindh was fully ceded to [[Nadir Shah]] of the [[Persian Empire]], after which Thatta fell into neglect, as the Indus river also began to silt. The city then came under the rule of the [[Talpur dynasty]], who seized Thatta from the Kalhoras. A second British ''comptoir'' was established during the [[Kalhora]] period in 1758, which operated until 1775.<ref>Ali, Mubarak, 2005. ''The English Factory in Sindh'', Zahoor Ahmed Khan Fiction House, Lahore</ref> In the early 19th century Thatta had declined to a population of about 20,000, from a high of 200,000 a century before.<ref name=dictionary>{{cite book|last1=Burki|first1=Shahid Javed|title=Historical Dictionary of Pakistan|date=2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rk-sBwAAQBAJ&q=pattala+thatta&pg=PA543|access-date=21 December 2017|isbn=9781442241480|archive-date=22 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222181044/https://books.google.com/books?id=rk-sBwAAQBAJ&q=pattala+thatta&pg=PA543|url-status=live}}</ref>

===British===
[[Talpur]] rule ended in 1843 on the [[Battle of Miani|battlefield of Miani]] when General [[Charles James Napier]] captured the Sindh for the British Empire, and moved the capital of the Sindh from Hyderabad to Karachi. In 1847, Thatta was administered as part of the [[Bombay Presidency]]. In 1920, the estimated population of the city was 10,800.<ref name=murray>{{cite book|last1=Murray|first1=John|title=Handbook to India, Burma, and Ceylon|date=1920|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gOUwAQAAMAAJ&q=thatta&pg=PA265|access-date=21 December 2017|archive-date=22 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222181042/https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Handbook_for_Travellers_in_India_Burma/gOUwAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=thatta&pg=PA265&printsec=frontcover|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Modern===
[[File:Jhimpir Wind Powerproject.jpg|thumb|Wind Power Projects are present near Thatta due to high windspeeds.]]
After the [[Partition of British India|independence]] of Pakistan most of the city's Hindu population, though like much of Sindh, migrated to India, Thatta did not experience the widespread rioting that occurred in [[Punjab]] and [[Bengal]].<ref name=kumar>{{cite journal|last1=Kumar|first1=Priya|title=Sindh, 1947 and Beyond|journal=South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies|volume=39|issue=4|date=2 December 2016|pages=773–789|doi=10.1080/00856401.2016.1244752|doi-access=free}}</ref> In all, less than 500 Hindu were killed in
all of Sindh between 1947 and 1948 as Sindhi Muslims largely resisted calls to turn against their Hindu neighbours.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chitkara|first1=M. G.|title=Mohajir's Pakistan|date=1996|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-8170247463|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8lv8tMHE9AC&q=%22less+than+500+Hindus+were+killed+in+Sindh%22&pg=PA8|access-date=15 December 2017|archive-date=12 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612065201/https://books.google.com/books?id=w8lv8tMHE9AC&q=%22less+than+500+Hindus+were+killed+in+Sindh%22&pg=PA8|url-status=live}}</ref> Hindus did not flee Thatta ''en masse'' until riots erupted in Karachi on 6 January 1948, which sowed fear in Sindh's Hindus.<ref name=kumar/>

In the 1970s under the rule of [[Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto]], Thatta's monuments were restored and some industry was relocated to Thatta.<ref name=dictionary/>

== Administration ==
The city serves as capital of [[Thatta District]]. In 1948 [[Thatta]] bifurcate from [[Karachi district|Karachi]] as a separate district but in 1956 city established a capital of [[Thatta District]]. On 23 April 2014, the government announced the formation of Sindh's sixth division, [[Banbhore Division]], with '''''Thatta''''' as capital.<ref>http://abbtakk.tv/.../94282indh-govt-declares-thatta-sixth-division-of-province... {{dead link|date=October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.thenewstribe.com/2014/04/24/thatta-declares-as-division-of-sindh/| title=Thatta declares as division of Sindh| date=24 April 2014| access-date=28 April 2014| archive-date=29 April 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429130032/http://www.thenewstribe.com/2014/04/24/thatta-declares-as-division-of-sindh/| url-status=live}}</ref> These sources reveal that this formation is made to improve governance in '''''Thatta'''''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://videos.arynews.tv/sindh-government-promoted-thatta-division/ |title=Sindh government promoted Thatta as division | ARYNews Video Portal |access-date=14 August 2018 |archive-date=26 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426103214/http://videos.arynews.tv/sindh-government-promoted-thatta-division/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Geography==
Thatta's geology is characterized by volcanic and sedimentary rocks that are similar to those in the Indus plain, and [[Thar Desert]]. Soil types in the region are silty, with some clay as well. Much of the soil is exposed to salinization from the [[Arabian Sea]].<ref name="Sindhu"/>

Vegetation in Thatta is characterized by [[mangrove]] forests in the coastal region, with tropical-thorny shrubs elsewhere.<ref name="Sindhu">{{cite web|last1=Sindhu|first1=Abdul Shakoor|title=District Thatta – Hazard, Vulnerability and Development Profile|url=http://rdpi.org.pk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/District-Profile-Thatta.pdf|publisher=Rural Development Policy Institute (RDPI), Islamabad|access-date=21 December 2017|year=2010|archive-date=17 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517062748/http://rdpi.org.pk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/District-Profile-Thatta.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

===[[Hindu]] temples ===
Thatta is believed to be birthplace of Ishta dev of [[Sindhi Hindus]] "[[Jhulelal (Hinduism)|Jhulelal]]".

# Baba Srichand Darbar
# Hanuman Mandir at Cinema road
# Jhule Lal Mandir Behrani at Goth
# Jhule Lal Mandir at Main Shahi Bazar
# Jhule Lal Mandir in a house at Sonara Bazar
# Mata Singh Bhawani Mandir at Makli
# Nath Marhi Mandir
# Seetla Mata Mandir in a house at Sonara Bazar
# Shiv Mandir at Maheshwari Mohala

===Climate===

Thatta has a [[hot desert climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''BWh''), bordering on a [[hot semi-arid climate]].
The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|270|mm}}, The average annual temperature in Thatta is {{cvt|26.8|°C}}.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/aug/27/pakistan-floods-levee-thatta Pakistan flood victims flee Thatta] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830160512/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/27/pakistan-floods-levee-thatta |date=30 August 2010 }}. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved 27 December 2010.</ref>

Last 10 years [[monsoon]] rains in Thatta were recorded as:

*2009: 300+mm
*2010: 300+mm
*2011: 245mm
*2012: 206mm
*2013: 176mm
*2014: 227mm
*2015: 199.6mm
*2016: 132mm
*2017: 227mm
*2018: 315mm

==Sports==
An [[association football]] club, [[Jeay Laal]] is established in 2020.

==Notable people==
*[[Hashim Thattvi]] (1692–1761), Islamic scholar, the first to translate the Quran into Sindhi
*[[Mir Ahmed Nasrallah Thattvi]] (–1588), Islamic scholar at the court of Mughal emperor Akbar
*[[Mir Ali Sher Qaune Thattvi]] (1728–1788), Islamic historian and writer
*[[Muhammad Saleh Thattvi]] (–1663/64), Mughal metallurgist and craftsman
*[[Tahir Muhammad Thattvi]], poet and a historian

==See also==
* [[Thatta District]]
* [[Sindh]]
* [[Indus Valley civilization]]
* [[History of Pakistan]]
* [[Zulfiqarabad]]
*[[List of cities founded by Alexander the Great]]
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{Wikivoyage-inline}}

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