Sind

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Sind was a historical province in the northwest of the Indian subcontinent, centered around the lower Indus River and now largely corresponding to the Sindh region of modern-day Pakistan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical province
historical region
annexedBy British East India Company
annexedInYear 1843
borders Arabian Sea
Balochistan
Gujarat
Punjab, Pakistan
linked to: Punjab

Rajasthan
centeredOn lower Indus River
linked to: Indus River
colonizedBy British Empire
conqueredBy Muhammad bin Qasim
Umayyad Caliphate
conqueredInYear 711
correspondsTo Sindh
etymologyFrom Sanskrit Sindhu
linked to: Indus Valley
etymologyMeaning Indus River
river
hasNameVariant Sindh
Sindhu Desh
linked to: Sindh
historicalCapital Hyderabad, Sindh
Thatta
historicalLanguage Arabic
Persian
linked to: Persian language

Sindhi
historicalRegionOf Indus Valley
knownFor Indus River delta
fertile alluvial plains
riverine agriculture
locatedIn Indian subcontinent
South Asia
northwest of the Indian subcontinent
majorCity Hyderabad, Sindh
Karachi
Thatta
majorPort Debal
Thatta
partOf Abbasid Caliphate
British India
Delhi Sultanate
Dominion of Pakistan
linked to: Pakistan

Islamic Republic of Pakistan
linked to: Pakistan

Mughal Empire
Talpur dynasty
Umayyad Caliphate
modern-day Pakistan
linked to: Pakistan
partOfAdministrativeUnit Bombay Presidency
religionHistoricallyPracticed Buddhism
Hinduism
Islam
separatedFrom Bombay Presidency
separatedInYear 1936
traversedBy Indus River

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Governor of Bombay hasJurisdictionOver Sind (for part of the 19th century)
linked to: Sind
Government of Bombay Presidency appliesToJurisdiction Sind (in certain periods)
linked to: Sind
Punjab Province (British India) borderedBy Sind