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Multan was founded by great grandson of Prophet Noah before 3000 BC era, according to the historian Firishta. It was home to ancient Indo Aryan civilization. [4] According to Hindu tradition the ancient name of Multan was ''Mulasthana'' and the current name Multan was possibly associated with the Mallian people who faced Greek army and were defeated by Alexander the Great's army after a fierce ...
The origin of Multan's name is unclear. An ancient known name of the city was Malli-istan; Malli was the name of a tribe that inhabited the region and city.. Some have suggested the name derives from the Old Persian word mulastāna, 'frontier land', [11] while others have ascribed its origin to the Sanskrit word mūlasthāna, [12]
Mallian people (Ancient Greek: Μάλλοι) were a tribe from southern Punjab, with capital in today's Multan city, south of the confluence of the Jhelum and Ravi, rivers, who confronted Alexander the Great during his Mallian campaign in 326 BC. They are mentioned by ancient Greek historians during the campaign of Alexander. [1] [2]
The University of Dubai (UD; Arabic: جامعة دبي) is a private university located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Established in 1997, [ 1 ] it is licensed nationally by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research .
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. [1]
The Mleiha Archaeological Centre displays evidence of the oldest archaeological finds in the UAE, the prehistoric Faya-1 collection, which dates human occupation in the area to 130,000–120,000 BCE, and has been linked to the movement of the first anthropologically modern humans from Africa to populate the world, [6] before finds of a yet earlier date (50,000 years) had been found at Misliya ...
Abul Fateh Daud Lodi [1] was a ruler from the Lodi dynasty of Multan who ruled the Emirate of Multan. [2] He was deposed by Mahmud of Ghazni, [3] who also massacred the Ismailis in the course of his conquest of Multan. [4] He was grandson of Shaikh Hamid Lodi founder of Lodi dynasty of Multan. [1]
The Langah Sultanate was a late medieval sultanate based in the Punjab region in the western Indian subcontinent between the 15th and 16th centuries. It was the dominant power of the lower Doab tract with Multan at its centre.