ROHRI TO WN
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between: 2,7° 4' 'arid i,7° 5o' N. and 68° 35' and 69° 4.8' E:; with ail
area of 1,497 square miles. The population rose from 81,041 in i89
to 85,089 in r9ox. The taluka contains one town, RORR1 (population,
9,537), its head-quarters; and 69 villages. The density, 58 persons per
square mile, is much below the District average. The land revenue
and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to, .1.7 lakhs. The Eastern Nara
Canal runs south through the high-lying land, which has to be
irrigated by lifts: Fair rice, jowar, and, near the Indus, wheat crops
are grown, In the south, ranges of sandhills relieve, the monotony of
the country; but there the soil is barren and fit only for grazing.
Rohri Town.-Head-quarters of the tdluha of the same name
in Sukkur District, Sind, Bombay, situated in a7° :41' N. and 68°
56' E., upon the left or eastern ; bank of : the Indus, on a rocky
eminence of limestone interspersed with flints; _'! Population (19o;r)
9,5:3,7. The Hindus, who are mostly, of the Baniya caste,. are engaged
in trade, banking, and 'money-lending, while the Muhammadans -are
chiefly of the Bhuta, Kori, Patoli, ~ Muhkno, Khati, Memon, and
ahikari; tribes, or describe themselves as Shaikh and Saiyid.,
Rohri is said to have' been founded by Saiyid Rukn-ud-din Shah ;in
1,297. The rocky site terminates abruptly on the west; m a precipice
40 feet high, rising from the bank of the river, which, during; the
inundation season, attains a height of about 16 feet, above its lowgst
level. On the northern side is the mouth of the supply channel for the
EASTERN NARA CANAL, 156 feet wide, which is provided with powerful
sluice gates to regulate the supply of water as required. When seen
from a little distance, Rohri has a pleasing appearance, the houses being
lefty, frequently four and five storeys.high, with flat roofs surrounded
by balustrades ; some are of burnt brick, erected many years ago by
wealthy merchants belonging to the place. But the streets' are in
several parts very narrow,,and, the air is close and unwholesome.` It has
road communication with Mirpur, Kandahar, and Sangrar, and, the
main trunk .road from Hyderabad to Multan also passes through it.
The town has derived a new importance as the station . where the
North-Western State Railway crosses the Indus, and as the junction
of the Kotri-Rohri lines. It ,contains a Subordinate judge's court,
a dispensary, and four schools, of which three for boys have 754 Pupils
and one for girls has 8o pupils.
Rohri has a large number of Muhammadan places of worship. One,
known as the Jima Masjid, was built in 1564 by Fateh Khan, lieu=
tenant of the emperor Akbar ; it is a massive but gloomy pile of red
brick, covered with three domes, and coated with glazed porcelain
tiles. The other, the Idgah Masjid, was, erected in 1593 by Mir Musap
Shah. The War Mubarak, a building about 25 feet square, situated
to the north of the town, was erected about 1'745 by Nur ,Muhammad,
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