Talti, Sindh

Talti is a town and union council[3] in Sehwan taluka of Jamshoro District, Sindh.[4][5] It is located in the historical pargana of Baghban,[6] 8 miles north of Sehwan and 2 miles off the main road from Sehwan to Larkano.[4] It also has road connections with nearby Bhan and Bubak.[4] There is a dhandh near Talti that is used as a source of fishery.[4]

For other uses, see Talti.
Talti
Union council
Talti is located in Sindh
Talti
Talti
Location in Sindh
Talti is located in Pakistan
Talti
Talti
Talti (Pakistan)
Coordinates: 26.527191°N 67.811658°E / 26.527191; 67.811658[1]
CountryPakistan
RegionSindh
DistrictJamshoro
TalukaSehwan
Population
 (2017)[2]
 • Total6,716
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+6 (PDT)

As of 2017, Talti has a population of 6,716, in 1,387 households,[2] while the total population of the Talti union council is 37,694.[3] It is the seat of a tappedar circle, which also includes the villages of Bilawalpur, Duridero Jatoi, and Jatoi.[2]

The Sufi saint Makhdoom Bilawal was born here in 1451.[6] Later, around 1520, Talti was the site of the battle where the Samma dynasty was decisively defeated by Shah Beg Arghun, who as a result of the battle became the uncontested ruler of Sindh.[4] In this battle, the Sammas were joined by Sehta and Sodha tribesmen in an alliance facilitated by Makhdoom Bilawal and other local religious leaders.[7] After the battle, Shah Beg encamped at Talti for three days.[7] He had Talti and its small fort razed, its crops destroyed, and its inhabitants massacred.[7]

Around 1874, Talti was described as a small town with an estimated population of about 900: about 250 were Muslims, mostly Khaskelis, and about 650 were Hindus, mostly Lohanos.[4] It had a small police station, a government vernacular school, and a dharamsala.[4] There was no significant industry in the town at the time apart from small-scale production of cloth and rugs.[4] Local trade consisted of ghee, grain, and oil, but there was no major long-distance trade.[4]

Less than 1 km east of Talti, by the road to Bubak, is the 18th-century dargah of the Muslim holy man Shahab Uddin Shah Bukhari.[8] The tomb is well-maintained by the locals and was significantly renovated in the 2000s or 10s, and new āina-kāri decoration was also added at the same time.[8]

The 1951 census recorded the village of Talti as having an estimated population of about 690, in about 350 houses.[9] It had a Sanitary Committee at that point.[9]

References
  1. "Geonames Search". Do a radial search using these coordinates here.
  2. Population and household detail from block to tehsil level (Jamshoro District) (PDF). 2017. p. 18. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  3. "Union Council wise Thematic Analysis". Department of Health, Government of Sindh. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  4. Hughes, A.W. (1874). A Gazetteer of the Province of Sindh. London: George Bell and Sons. pp. 29, 698, 709, 726, 730, 732, 807–8. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. "List of Dehs in Sindh" (PDF). Sindh Zameen. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. Kalhoro, Zulfiqar Ali (11 September 2020). "Heroic Saint of Baghban". The Friday Times. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  7. Naz, Humera (2020). "Sindh under the Mughals: Some Glimpses from Tarikh-i-Masumi and Mazhar-i-Shahjahani". Pakistan Perspectives. 24 (2): 15. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  8. Shah, Syed Shakir Ali (2016). "Archaeological Investigations in Manchar Concession Area (Area of Operation)" (PDF). Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology. 4: 790–1. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  9. Census of Pakistan, 1951: Village List (PDF). p. 19 in section "Dadu District". Retrieved 31 December 2021.
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