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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of east-central Pakistan southwest of Lahore. Conquered c. 326 BC by Alexander the Great, it was captured by Tamerlane in 1398 and was under British jurisdiction from 1849 until 1947.
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- proper noun A city located in the
South of thePunjab Province ofPakistan .
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Examples
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Note 15: For example, during Sher Ali's reign (1863 – 6 and 1868 – 79), the Kabul merchant Dada Sher arranged for twenty four camel loads of indigo he purchased in Multan to be sent to Bukhara.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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This claim and the information about the hundi rates and currencies in Multan prompt a tempering of the notion that money was only coined by states.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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Nearly contemporaneous with Burnes's account of Shikarpur, Lal indicated that Hindu Khattris from Shikarpur were highly visible if not dominant in Multan's trade with Bukhara.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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Ahmad Shah was born in Multan (Sing, p. 15), and it is possible that he capitalized on connections with merchants based in that location later in the empire-building stage of his life.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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Furthermore, based on information gathered in Multan, the British were prepared to pay the Waziris Rs. 20,000 to secure the route between Dera Ismail Khan and Ghazni, which passed through their territory. back
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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Awab Alvi points us to this story on Yahoo, about a similar case in Multan: Mohammad, who is serving a four-year sentence for making liquor, prohibited for Muslims, said he was shocked when he was first told the cause of his discomfort.
Archive 2006-07-01 2006
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Today there are a lot fewer Sikhs in Multan, indeed in all the Western Punjab, following the unfortunate events of 1947.
Archive 2005-11-06 Laban 2005
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To be fair, a local womanising in Multan would also be dicing with danger - probably more so than a white womanisr in the South.
Archive 2005-11-06 Laban 2005
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Today there are a lot fewer Sikhs in Multan, indeed in all the Western Punjab, following the unfortunate events of 1947.
Multan Laban 2005
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To be fair, a local womanising in Multan would also be dicing with danger - probably more so than a white womanisr in the South.
Multan Laban 2005
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