Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur
/beuh hah"weuhl poor', bah"weuhl-/, n.
1. a state in E Pakistan. 4,652,000; 32,443 sq. mi. (83,000 sq. km).
2. the capital of this state. 133,956.

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 city, southeastern Punjab province, Pakistan. The nawabs of Bahawalpur originally came from Sindh; they formed a princely state and assumed independence in 1802.

      The city, which lies just south of the Sutlej River, was founded in 1748 by Muḥammad Bahāwal Khān and was incorporated as a municipality in 1874. It is the site of the Adamwahan (Empress) Bridge, the only railway bridge over the Sutlej River in Pakistan, and has rail links with Peshawar and Karachi (Karāchi). Two palaces of the nawabs (the Nur Mahal and Gulzar Mahal) are located in Bahawalpur, as are a library, hospitals, a zoological garden, and a museum. Dring stadium, a major Asian athletic facility, is supplemented by a nearby swimming pool, and there are several colleges affiliated with the University of the Punjab. The city is the seat of Islamia University (1975) and the Qāʾid-e Aʿẓam Medical College and is also an important agricultural training and educational centre. Soapmaking and cotton ginning are important enterprises; cotton, silk, embroidery, carpets, and extraordinarily delicate pottery are produced. Factories producing cottonseed oil and cottonseed cake are also located in the city.

      The region surrounding Bahawalpur to the west, called the Sindh, is a fertile alluvial tract in the Sutlej River valley that is irrigated by floodwaters, planted with groves of date palms, and thickly populated. The chief crops are wheat, gram, cotton, sugarcane, and dates. Sheep and cattle are raised for export of wool and hides. East of Bahawalpur is the Pat, or Bar, a tract of land considerably higher than the adjoining valley. It is chiefly desert irrigated by the Sutlej inundation canals and yields crops of wheat, cotton, and sugarcane. Farther east, the Rohi, or Cholistan, is a barren desert tract, bounded on the north and west by the Hakra depression with mound ruins of old settlements along its high banks; it is still inhabited by nomads. The principal inhabitants of the region surrounding Bahawalpur are Jat and Baluchi peoples. There are many historical sites in the area, including Uch, southwest of Bahawalpur, an ancient town dating from Indo-Scythian (Yuehzhi) settlement (c. 128 BC to AD 450). Pop. (1998) 408,395.

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