Multan, Also Mulasthana, Multan

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CityAlso Mulasthana, Multan

Multanملتان

The 'city of saints' in Punjab, taken by Muhammad ibn al-Qasim in 713.

Muhammad ibn al-Qasim took Multan in 713. It became an outpost of Islam in India for centuries, and later a city of Sufi shrines, among them that of Shah Rukn-e-Alam.

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