Matli

Matli
Matli
Coordinates: 25°12′N 68°23′E / 25.2°N 68.39°E / 25.2; 68.39Coordinates: 25°12′N 68°23′E / 25.2°N 68.39°E / 25.2; 68.39
Country  Pakistan
Province Sindh
Elevation 9 m (30 ft)
Time zone PST (UTC+5)
Number of towns 1
Number of Union councils 2

Matli is a town of Matli Taluka in Badin District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the capital of Matli Taluka, an administrative subdivision of the district. The town is located at 25°2'0N 68°39'0E with an altitude of 9 metres (32 feet)[1] and is administratively subdivided into two Union councils.[2]

Matli is famous for its agriculture contribution to the Country, the main crops of the city are Rice, Cotton, Sun-flower and Sugarcane. Matli is like backbone of District Badin, it has many Rice Mills, One large Scale Industry Ansari Sugar Mills Limited, besides, Matli is very economic city.

The present day Matli city was first established for habitation by the last Sassanian King Yazdegerd III in honor of his wife. Her name was either Mah Talat or Maha Talat, a daughter of vassal king of Sindh in the Sassanid Empire.[3] Mirza Imam Ali Baig Afsar, Ph.D in Sindhi in his book “Sindh Jee Azadari” with its translation into Urdu language book “Sindh and Ahle Bayt” writes that Monarchs of Sindh maintained friendly relations with Sassanid Kings. During Rai dynasty Yazdegerd III visited the present day city Matli in District Badin, Sindh. There he married a Sindhi princess with whom Yazdegerd had two daughters, namely Shahrbanu and Ghayan Banu respectively.[4]

Notable persons

Deen Mohammad Shaikh is a Muslim missionary from Matli in Badin District and has converted over 110,000 Hindus to Islam.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Location of Matli- Falling Rain Genomics
  2. ↑ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Badin - Government of Pakistan
  3. ↑ Syed Zameer Akhtar Naqvi, Allama Dr. (2010). Princess of Persia – Hazrat Shahar Bano (in Urdu). Karachi, Pakistan: Markz-e-Uloom-e-Islamia (Center for Islamic Studies). p. 290 (Chapter-VIII).
  4. ↑ Mirza Imam Ali Baig Afsar, Dr. (March 2001). Sindh and Ahle Bayt (in Urdu). Tando Agha Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan: Mohsin Mirza Publication. p. 35.
  5. ↑ 100,000 conversions and counting, meet the ex-Hindu who herds souls to the Hereafter


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