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Noticed
by the early seventh century Buddhist traveller Hieun Tsang in 641 A.D.,
Multan for many decades remained a town better known for its ivory dealers
and coppersmiths, whose shops flanked a temple containing richly bejewelled
idols. Notwithstanding the conquest of Multan by Muhammad bin Qasim and
subsequently by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1005 and subsequently by Timur in 1398,
Multan did not acquire the overtly Islamic identity it has today until the
emperor Aurangzeb ordered the demolition of the idols.
Multan was ruled during the 18th century by the Sadozai Afghans who were
supplanted by the Sikhs from northern Punjab under Ranjit Singh. Sawan Mal
was appointed Governor on his behalf in 1829. His son Mulraj, embroiled
more by circumstance than by conspiracy, was held responsible for the murder
of Mr. P. A. Vans Agnew and Lieut. W. A. Anderson in April 1848 and thereby
invoked the punitive intervention by the British in January 1849, an event
which led ultimately to the finality of the annexation of the Punjab.
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Troops
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Fort
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South
view of Eidgah, Multan, 1848 |
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Eidgah,
Multan, 1849 |
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Stroming
the Mundee Awa,1848 |
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Stroming
the Mundee Awa,1848 |
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Mundee Awa, Multan,,1848 |
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Battery
breaching the Delhi gate, Multan, 1849 |
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Battery
breaching the Delhi gate, Multan, 1849 |
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Explosion
of Powder magazine, Multan, 1849 |
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