Matli is a town of

Matli Taluka Matli () is the largest Tehsil of Badin District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is administratively subdivided into 12 union councils. The people here speak Sindhi Bhil Sindhi Bhil, () is an Indo-Aryan dialect spoken in the Pakistan ...

Badin District The Badin District (, ) is a district in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The total area of the district is 6,726 square kilometers.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 ...

province of

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. It is the capital of

, an administrative subdivision of the district. The town is located at 25°2'0N 68°39'0E with an altitude of 9 metres (32 feet) and is administratively subdivided into two Union councils. Matli is famous for its agriculture contribution to the country. The main crops of the town are rice, cotton, sunflower and sugarcane. The present day Matli city was first established for habitation by the last Sassanian King

Yazdegerd III Yazdegerd III (also Romanized as ''Yazdgerd'', ''Yazdgird'') was the last Sasanian Empire, Sasanian King of Kings from 632 to 651. His father was Shahriyar (son of Khosrow II), Shahriyar and his grandfather was Khosrow II. Ascending the throne a ...

in honour of his wife. Her name was either Mah Talat or Maha Talat, a daughter of vassal king of Sindh in the

Sassanid Empire The Sasanian Empire (), officially Eranshahr ( , "Empire of the Iranians"), was an Iranian empire that was founded and ruled by the House of Sasan from 224 to 651. Enduring for over four centuries, the length of the Sasanian dynasty's reign ...

. Mirza Imam Ali Baig Afsar, Ph.D in Sindhi in his book “Sindh Jee Azadari” with its translation into Urdu language book “Sindh and Ahle Bayt” writes that Monarchs of Sindh maintained friendly relations with Sassanid Kings. During

Rai dynasty The Rai dynasty (–632 CE) was a Buddhist dynasty that ruled the Sindh region. All that is known about the dynasty comes from the '' Chachnama'', a 13th-century Persian work about Sindhi history. Nothing particular is known about the first thr ...

Yazdegerd III visited the present day city Matli in District Badin, Sindh. There he married a Sindhi princess with whom Yazdegerd had two daughters, namely

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and Ghayan Banu respectively.

References

Populated places in Badin District {{Sindh-geo-stub simple:Matli