Seetpur , or Sitpur, is a city and

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in Tehsil Alipur of

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in south

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also known as paharpur on the name of Akhtar hayat pahari. The tomb of Tahir Khan Nahar is located in this city. Its architecture resembles that of the Multan Tombs, but it is smaller in size compared to them. The Government High School of Seetpur was established by the British during the

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. Agriculture is the mainstay of the area's economy. There is also a mosque named Shahi masjid seetpur that was built in the 1880s and renewed in the 1900s.

History

Sītpūr was listed in the

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as a

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in sarkar

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, counted as part of the ''Bīrūn-i Panjnad'' ("Beyond the Five Rivers"). It was assessed at 4,608,000

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s in revenue and supplied a force of 20 cavalry and 100 infantry. Sitpur was strongly associated with the Nahars in Mughal times — the '' Dasturul 'Amal-i Shahjahani'' referred to Sitpur as "territory of the Nāhars", and the '' Mazhar-i Shahjahani'' referred to it as "Sītpūr Nāharān".

References

{{Administrative divisions of Muzaffargarh District Populated places in Muzaffargarh District Parganas of sarkar Multan listed in the Ain-i-Akbari