Hub River () is located in Hub District,

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. It starts from the Pab Range in southeastern Balochistan, continues along the border of Sindh and reaches Hub and then discharges into the

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. "Hab river emerges from mountains near Zahri village of

Jhalawan Jhalawan ( Brahui: جھالاوان) was an administrative division of the Khanate of Kalat, a princely state of Brahui that acceded to Pakistan in 1947. It was established in the 17th century and its boundary was fixed with Sindh in 1853. ...

, and it flows along the border of

Sindh Sindh ( ; ; , ; abbr. SD, historically romanized as Sind (caliphal province), Sind or Scinde) is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, southeastern region of the country, Sindh is t ...

and Lasbela for 60 miles and it ends at

near Ras Monzi. Greek historians named it as ''Aarabes'', its eastern side was called ''Arabti'' and the area of western side of its bank as ''Orieti''. After the month of September the water level of the river remains up to 8 inches. Its banks are at considerable height covered by greenery. Rainy branches Sarona, Samutri and Veera carry rainy water into it. The fish of heHub are tasty". The total length of Hub river is 134 km. The Hub is one of Balochistan’s four coastal rivers, besides the

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, Hingol, and Basol rivers, that hosts a healthy crocodile population, according to WWF-Pakistan.

History

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon (; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip ...

crossed Hub River through Lasbela on his way back to

Babylon Babylon ( ) was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about south of modern-day Baghdad. Babylon functioned as the main cultural and political centre of the Akkadian-s ...

after conquering

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. Alexander mentions the river name as Arabius (), and local people as

Oreitans Oreitans/Oritans and Oreitians/Oritians () were the ancient inhabitants of modern Lasbela District in Balochistan province of Pakistan. Alexander the Great crossed Hub River through Lasbela on his way back to Babylon after conquering Northwestern ...

.The Macedonian Empire: The Era of Warfare Under Philip II and Alexander
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Muhammad bin Qasim Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim al-Thaqafī (; –) was an Arabs, Arab military commander in service of the Umayyad Caliphate who led the Muslim conquest of Sindh (and Punjab, part of ancient Sindh), inaugurating the Umayyad campaigns in India. His m ...

crossed Hub River when he passed through Lasbela on his way to

References

Rivers of Sindh Rivers of Balochistan (Pakistan) Rivers of Karachi Rivers of Pakistan {{Pakistan-river-stub

History

See also

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