Bukkur Island Sukkur

Have historical significance. It was cantonment before partition. It contains historical Landsdown Bridge.

Bukkur island has the historic fort of Raja dahir, you can still see some old forts spots, a shrine of the Murshad of Lal Shehbaz qalandar, you can also find an old and sacred temple of Hindus. Bewitching view from all sides, there are offices of armed forces, the Air defence and MFRO office of Pakistan army. Few residence of Army officers, a restaurant also, the famous Landsdowne bridge 1887 and Ayub bridge 1962, makes this island a spectacular historical island.

Bukkur island is an island located in Rohri, Sukkur District, Pakistan. Named Bukkur (Dawn) by Sayyid Muhammad Al-Makki in the seventh century of Hijri, this island is a limestone rock, oval in shape, 800 yards (730 m) long by 300 yards (270 m) wide, and about 25 feet (7.6 m) in height. According to the Superintendent of Land Records and Registration, Sindh, in 1912, the area of Bukkur island was 255,292 sq. yards, or 49 acres (20 ha). Nowadays Bukkur island is occupied by an Army public school, and the tomb of Sayyid Sadruddin, who was the son of Sayyid Muhammad Al-Makki.In 622 H. (1225 A.D.) Shums-ud-deen took an army to Oochch to overthrow Nasir-ud-deen, who had entrenched himself at Bukkur; to this place Shums-ud-deen detached Nizam-ul-Moolk, but Nasir-ud-deen, attempting to escape from Bukkur, took a boat, which foundered in a storm, and he was drowned.

Bukkur Island Fort, Sukkur ! Bukkur is one of the oldest forts of Sindh. Located on an Island, it was regarded important for its strategic location. In 1912, the area covering Bukkur island was 255,292 sq. yards, or forty-nine acres. This island is a limestone rock, oval in shape, 800 yards long by 300 yards (270 m) wide, and about 25 feet (7.6 m) in height The fort was known to be one of the best forts of its times. It was an Army garrison with a hospital, Mosque, and other important facilities. It was also used for protection when ever any Foreign Army would Invade Sindh. Currently the Fort is decaying very fast and only a few walls remain. Nowadays Bukkur island is occupied by a school (Army public School) and a tomb. The tomb belongs to Sayyid Sadruddin. Not much research has been done on this fort, but is said to be around 2,000 years old. It was there during Buddhist rule and Hindu Rule. Even the Arabs, Soomros, Sammas, Moghuls, Kalhoros and Talpurs utilized this fort. Under the Samma Rule, the fort incharge was Vazir Dilshad, who was actually a slave of Jam NizamUddin. When Arghuns attacked Sindh Dilshad wanted to fight and defend but he was stopped by the Qazi and a famous poet of that time, known as Qazi Qazan who surrendered the fort to the Arghuns without any fight or Bloodshed. Bukkur must have been fortified and garrisoned at a very early date, because Sheikh Abu Taurab, the Arab whose tomb is now near Gajo in taluka Mirpur Sakro bears the date 787 A.D is reported to have distinguished himself by taking it. Later it fell to Abdul Razak, the Wazir of Sultan Ghazni, when he invaded Sindh in AD 1026. In 1327 the Dehli King Muhammad Tughlaq sent only trustworthy Governors to command the Bukkur. One of the most noted governors of Bukkur was Sultan Mahmood Kokaltash, who was appointed by Shah Beg Arghun in 1522 A.D. The fortification were rebuilt by Shah Beg Argun using the material from Alor five miles away. Bricks from the ancient fort of Alore, the old capital of Sindh (see below), and materials from buildings of Samma Dynasty (AD 1333-1522) period were utilized in repairing the fort walls when Shah Beg Arghun decided to make Bukkur his capital in 1522 A.D. At the time of the arrival of Emperor Humayun in AD 1541 and Sultan Mahmood Khan added an outer wall to the fort, increasing its circuit to 1,875 yards, adding four gates opposite those of the inner wall. There were then two gardens called the ‘Nizurgah’ and the ‘Goozargah’. The fortifications were rebuilt and restored for the last time by Governor Ghulam Sadik Khan between 1780-90, during the reign of Taimur Shah. The fort has figured prominently in the history of Sindh. It has been held by Mughal emperors, Kaihoras, Afghans, and Talpurs; in 1839, the Amirs of Khairpur handed it over to the British. The once flourishing city of Bukkur now contains only a few houses, and exhibits a deplorable picture of desolation. The British converted the governor’s palace on the east wall into a powder magazine, and the entire area is covered with mounds, fifteen to twenty feet high, of bricks, debris from buildings, and rubbish that has accumulated over the ages.

I have seen it , well good contribution.

Awsome place for those who has intrust in ancient place.

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Very famous place for visit

Very nice