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Atoofa Siddiqui Travelogue

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  Revised - travelogue means out of city visit Atoofa Siddiqui 2k18/MC/36     BS Part 3-Semester 6 Revised Travelogue- English Sir Sohail Sangi Travelogue- Visit to Meeran Ja Quba   While living in Hyderabad since start, I have spent all my childhood and adulthood here. Yet, I was unaware of its historical sites, let alone history. The mystery of Pacco Qilo (Pakka Qila) and Kaccho Qilo (Kacha Qila) made me search on internet about it. And the results left me excited and curious to visit the last Muslim holders of these two royal fortresses buried in “Meeran Ja Quba”, located in Hirabad Hyderabad. History reveals that Mirs were the last rulers of Sindh before British rule and buried in a great number together at a place. Actually the area named as Hirabad (Diamond Town) because its inhabitants were mainly bankers and jewelers of ancient time. That is why the Talpurs selected it as a favorable place to build their mausoleums over here when the...