The River Indus was changing course around 1757, resulting in periodic floods of the then capital of the Kalhora dynasty, Khudabad. ![]() ![]() Pacco Qillo was built on a limestone outcropping known as Ganjo Takkar. "Lion" references Ali's valour in battle, and so he is often referred to as Ali Haydar, roughly meaning "Ali the Lionheart," by South Asian Muslims. Hyderabad's name translates literally as "Lion City"-from haydar, meaning "lion," and ābād, which is a suffix indicating a settlement. The city was named in honour of Ali, the fourth caliph and cousin of the Prophet Muhammad. It is about 150 kilometres (93 mi) inland of Karachi, the largest city of Pakistan, to which it is connected by a direct railway and M-9 motorway. įounded in 1768 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro of the Kalhora Dynasty, Hyderabad served as a provincial capital until the British transferred the capital to Bombay presidency in 1840. It is the second-largest city in Sindh, and the eighth largest in Pakistan. Hyderabad ( Sindhi and Urdu: حيدرآباد / ˈ h ɛ d ər ə b ɑː d/ ( listen)) is a city and the capital of Hyderabad Division in the Sindh province of Pakistan.
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