Sehwan Sharif
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Sehwan سیہون |
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 Sehwan
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| Coordinates: 26°25′10″N 67°51′34″E / 26.4193143°N 67.8593731°ECoordinates: 26°25′10″N 67°51′34″E / 26.4193143°N 67.8593731°E | |
| Country |
 Pakistan
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| Province | Sindh |
| District | SHAHBAZ |
| Population | |
| • Estimate () | over 100,000 |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
| Website | lgdsindh |
Sehwan (Sindhi: سيهوڻ شريف, Urdu: سیہون) (Sehwan Sharif) is a historic city located in Jamshoro District of Sindh province in Pakistan. Sehwan stands on the west bank of the Indus, 80 miles (130 km) north-west of Hyderabad (which is on the river's eastern bank). Due to the popularity of the sufi dargah in the town, the terms "Sehwan" and Qalandar" are often used interchangeably in Pakistani daily conversation. Sehwan is considered among the more important religious centers of Pakistan, along with the more officially-accepted shrines of Pakistan, such as the Data Ganj Bakhsh (Lahore), Bari Imam in Islamabad, and the lustrous tombs of the Suhrawardi sufis in Multan.
It is possible that the name Sehwan originates from "Siwistan" or "Seevistan", the kingdom of Raja Dahir which extended to the Punjab. It was conquered by Muhammad bin Qasim in 711, and two centuries later by Mahmud of Ghazni. An abortive attempt was made by the Mughal emperor Humayun to capture it on his way to Umarkot but it finally fell to his son Akbar. Before this, it was the capital of the Thatta Kingdom under Juni Bek.
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