Coordinates: 29°14′N 71°04′E / 29.233°N 71.067°E
Uch or Uch Sharif (Punjabi, Urdu: اوچ شریف) is located in 75 km from Bahawalpur in Punjab province, Pakistan. Uch is an historical city in Pakistan. Formerly located at the confluence of the Indus and Chenab rivers, it is now removed to Mithankot,some 100 km from that confluence. It was an important center in medieval India, as an early stronghold of the Delhi Sultanate in the 13th century during the Muslim conquest. Uch Sharif contains the tombs of Bibi Jawindi, Baha'al-Halim and Jalaluddin Bukhari, which are considered master pieces of Islamic architecture and are on the UNESCO World Heritage Site tentative list.
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History
It is believed that in 325 BCE Alexander the Great founded a city called Alexandria at the site of the last confluence of Punjab rivers with the Indus river[1].However, Greek Historians believe it to be the city called Oxydracae.
However according to the website of the Embassy of Pakistan
| “ | Uch Sharif ..... is a very old town. It is believed that it was founded in 500 BCE. Some historians believe that Uch was there even before the advent of Bikramjit when Jains and Buddhists ruled over the area. At the time of invasion by Alexander the Great, Uch was under Hindu rule." Some historians believe that Mithankot or Chacharan Sharif was the settlement of Alexandria founded by Alexander the Great.[2] | ” |
In 710, Muhammad bin Qasim conquered the city and during the Muslim period Uch was one of the centres of Islamic studies of South Asia. There are several tombs of famous mystics (Sufis) in Uch, notably the tombs of Syed Jalaluddin Bukhari and his family. These structures were joined by a series of domed tombs; the first is said to have been built for Baha’ al-Halim by his pupil, the Suharwardiya Sufi saint Jahaniyan Jahangasht (1307-1383) the second for the latter’s great grant daughter, Bibi Jawindi, in 1494 and the third for the latter’s architect.
See also
References
- Henry George Raverty, Notes on Afghanistan and Baluchistan; (1878)[1]
External links
- : the complete website on uchsharif
- Uch Sharif : New Photographs on Uch Sharif
- Uch : A detailed photographic description of all famous places of Uch Sharif
- Shrine of Bibi Jawindi, Uch Sharif
- UNESCO World Heritage Foundation - Tomb of Bibi Jawindi, Baha'al-Halim and Ustead and the Tomb and Mosque of Jalaluddin Bukhari
- Photographs
- Bibi Jawindi Tomb-ArchNet
- Livius Uch Picture Archive
- Tourism
- Pictures - Tomb of Bibi Jawindi
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