Rohri


Before crossing the Indus to Sukkur. There is the settlement of Rohri once a place of considerable importance and a center for holy men of learning. It boasts of a mosque built by an officer of the Emperor Akbar in 1583 and decorated with porcelain tiles.

A little to the south of Rohri are some picturesque rocks on which stands a building "Satbhain Jo Maskan" the legend surrounding it is about Seven virgin sisters. who locked themselves in rooms with the vow never to look upon the face of a man. The tomb of seven virgin sisters. is a row of small rooms connected by a long passage cut partly of rock and ornamented externally with colored tiles. Other historic buildings are the Mu-e-Mubarak building erected by Mir Mohammad Kalhora in 1545. It enshrines a gold and jewel encrusted casket containing a hair of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him' Every year on 2nd March. the sacred relic is displayed to the public.



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