Bukkur
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Bukkur, Bakhar or Bhakkar is a historical city and an Island fort situated between Rohri and Sukkur in the Sindh province of Pakistan. Bhakkar is also known as "Old Sukkur".
Bhakkar Fort
Derawar Fort, Bahawalpur I
Arghun dynasty
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The Arghun dynasty was a Turco-Mongol dynasty that ruled over the area adjoining Southern Afghanistan and then Sindh from the late 15th century to the early 16th century. Arghun rule can be divided in
Bukkur
…appointed his slave, Dilshad, to oversee the fort's defense, thereby securing the northern borders of his realm. After the fall of Samma Dynasty, the Arghun dynasty occupied Bhakkar. Shah Shuja Beg designated Sultan Mahmud Kokaltash, who was fifteen years old at the time, to serve as the administrator of Bhakkar…
Sibi Fort, the stronghold of Shah Beg Arghun before he occupyied Sindh. Drawn by Major H.M. Temple in the early 19th century
Coinage of the Tarkhans, from the time of Mirza Muhammad Baqi (1567–1585). Thatta mint. Dated AH 985 (1577–8).