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Bahawalpur

Historic city and former princely state capital in Punjab, Pakistan.

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Street map of the area around Bahawalpur; the red dot marks 29°23′46″N 71°41′02″E
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Bahawalpur is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, founded in 1748 by the Daudpotra family of Sindh.[1][2] It serves as the capital of Bahawalpur Division and is the 13th most populous city in Pakistan.[1]

Geography and history

According to the 2023 Census, Bahawalpur Metropolitan Corporation had a population of 815,202.[3] The major language spoken is Saraiki, with 59.49% of the population, followed by Punjabi at 20.68%.[3] Nawab Bahawal Khan I, after relocating from Shikarpur in Sindh to the vicinity of Uch, founded Bahawalpur in 1748.[4][5] The settlement took over from Derawar as the family's capital and first prospered as a commercial hub along pathways linking Afghanistan with central India.[4][5]

Acting for Mian Abdul Nabi Kalhora of Sindh, Durrani commander Sirdar Khan assaulted Bahawalpur in 1785, causing extensive damage to its structures.[6][5] The ruling dynasty sought shelter in Derawar Fort and managed to fend off subsequent assaults.[6][5] Out of concern about a Sikh Empire incursion, Nawab Mohammad Bahawal Khan III entered into an agreement with the British on 22 February 1833, which secured the Nawab's independence and Bahawalpur's status as an autonomous princely state.[7][5] Although commercial pathways had moved away from Bahawalpur during the 1830s, fresh routes to Delhi that opened by 1845 restored its role as a trade center.[8][5]

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Under Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V Bahadur, the city and its princely state joined Pakistan on 7 October 1947.[9][5]

What the cited sources add

The "Our History Bahawalpur" account notes that Bahawalpur is the 11th largest city in Pakistan by population as per the 2017 census, with a population of 762,111.[5] The Dawn article notes that crates of mangoes were among gifts presented to Zia at Bahawalpur, and several gift-givers remained in police custody for at least eight hours.[10] The same source records that Father Zafar Iqbal, the first Pakistani Dominican priest, served as parish priest until his death from a motorcycle crash on 19 February 2009.[11][12] The "Climate Bahawalpur" page confirms the city lies 117 m above sea level and has a semi-arid climate with average annual temperature of 25.7 °C.[13][14]

According to the same source, Nawab Mohammad Bahawal Khan II established the princely state of Bahawalpur in 1802, following the dissolution of the Durrani Empire.[5]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Bahawalpur" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Pakistan: Provinces and Major Cities – Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Bahawalpur" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Inayatullah, "Bahāwalpūr", Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online (EI-2 English), 24 April 2012 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Bahawalpur" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results Table-9 Population by sex, religion and rural/urban", Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Bahawalpur" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey", Asian Educational Services, 2006, p. 145; Gilmartin, "Blood and Water: The Indus River Basin in Modern History", University of California Press, 5 June 2015, p. 22; Cotton, "Imperial Gazetteer of India ...", Clarendon Press, 1908; "The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies", Black, Parbury, & Allen, 1838 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. "Our History Bahawalpur", bahawalpur.punjab.gov.pk. facts only, no text reused. bahawalpur.punjab.gov.pk
  6. Wikipedia, "Bahawalpur" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Álī, "The History of Bahawalpur: With Notices of the Adjacent Countries of Sindh, Afghanistan, Multan, and the West of India", James Madden, 1848; Álī, "The History of Bahawalpur: With Notices of the Adjacent Countries of Sindh, Afghanistan, Multan, and the West of India", James Madden, 1848; Álī, "The History of Bahawalpur: With Notices of the Adjacent Countries of Sindh, Afghanistan, Multan, and the West of India", James Madden, 1848; Álī, "The History of Bahawalpur: With Notices of the Adjacent Countries of Sindh, Afghanistan, Multan, and en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Bahawalpur" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Burki, "Historical Dictionary of Pakistan", Rowman & Littlefield, 19 March 2015 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Bahawalpur" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies", Black, Parbury, & Allen, 1838; "The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies", Black, Parbury, & Allen, 1838; "The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies", Black, Parbury, & Allen, 1838; Álī, "The History of Bahawalpur: With Notices of the Adjacent Countries of Sindh, Afghanistan, Multan, and the West of India", James Madden, 1848; Álī, "The History of Bahawalpur: With Notices of the Adjac en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Bahawalpur" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Our History Bahawalpur", bahawalpur.punjab.gov.pk (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Ali, "Dawn investigations: Mystery still surrounds Gen Zia's death, 30 years on", DAWN.COM, 2018-08-17. facts only, no text reused. dawn.com
  11. "St. Dominic's Church Bahawalpur", bahawalpur.punjab.gov.pk. facts only, no text reused. bahawalpur.punjab.gov.pk
  12. Wikipedia, "Bahawalpur" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "St. Dominic's Church Bahawalpur", bahawalpur.punjab.gov.pk (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  13. "Climate Bahawalpur", bahawalpur.punjab.gov.pk. facts only, no text reused. bahawalpur.punjab.gov.pk
  14. Wikipedia, "Bahawalpur" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Climate Bahawalpur", bahawalpur.punjab.gov.pk (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Bahawalpur (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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