myth in the city exist about the name is that there was a magician leady called UCH RANI and after her accepting of Islam Lal Bukari (a great religious scholar) change the name of city and gave it the name of UCH Sharif. The seconfd part of the name belong to his name.





Ghasani called it Bhatya.




In Bhawalpur District at the confluence of the Sutlej and the Chenab is the historic town of Uch sharif. Once this city was spread over an area of 34 sq/miles. Whereas now it has contracted into 4 sq/miles with a population of no more than 50 thousand. Full of historical values, the city has its own spiritual and traditional values. For five thousand years ago, Uch was an important hub of trade, as well as army. However, now Uch only has old tombs and graveyards. The importance of Uch is not less than Moenjodaro and Harappa.







Over the millennia, various civilizations made Uch the cradle of their civilization. Some historians Believe that Uch was there even before the advent of Bikramajit when Jains and Buddhist ruled over the sub-continent. The time of the invasion by Alexander the Great, Uch was under Hindu rule. Certain historians say that Alexander came To Uch after conquering the northern parts of India and spent over a fortnight in the city and renamed it Alexandria. Some have mentioned Uch by the name of Sikandara or Iskalanda. According to some other account Alexander made a Fort here called Iskandaria . Which was demolished by Muhammad Bin Qasim.




However, it were the Aryans who really made this mark in this place. Sub-divided into five tribes, the Aryan nation finally settled at the rendezvous of the five rivers, today called the Punjanad. Aryans established most of their villages at the brinks of the rivers. At Uch also, they were settled at the brink of the river Gagra (Ghaghara), which is also called the last river fo Indus Valley.




Historically, Uch has played an important role as a metropolitan and religious centre . After the arrival of Islam, it became a centre for religious teaching with universities and schools of Islamic knowledge. Sufis from many parts of the Muslim world came to teach and live in what was one of the most beautiful cities in the world attracting foreign invaders and visitors alike, particularly since the 12th century beginning of Turkic rule in India. The importance of Uch, often referred to as Uch Sharif throughout the history of the Seraiki Wasaib hinges on three major influences.







Geographical :- The first of these influences may be termed geographical, as it relates to the location of the city at or near the confluence of the great Indus River and its tributaries. It is apparent that for at least five hundred years (12th-17th centuries), the city sat no more than 15 kilometers downstream from the convergence of the rivers (Indus, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej), at a place still commemorated by the name Panjnad ('Five Rivers'). This prime location undoubtedly made Uch an important riverine port on the Indus River and an equally critical political and strategic possession for any regional authoritative power.










Geo Strategic:- The second influence on the city relates to its location with respect to the Delhi-based sultanates and kingdoms and its seat at the Panjnad confluence. Sitting on the western fringes of the India , Uch represented a last defence and, thus, one of the goals of conquest for the many Muslim military campaigns sent from Persia, Syria and the Turkic-speaking regions of Central Asia. As the northern extension of Sindh, Uch and its surroundings represent one of the first areas of the subcontinent to be invaded, conquered and eventually converted by Muslims, succeeding Muslim conquerors, such as the famed Mahmud of Ghazni, who raided the city in 1005, had to take the city as a first step to conquering the Indian states and the wealth held therein. As a result of the many raids and conquests, it seems that Uch was razed and rebuilt a number of times before the establishment of the Mughal Empire in 1526.




Influence of the Sufi Saints:- The third influence, and the most relevant to the to the present-day identity of the city, is the great religious significance attached to Uch as a result of the settlement of numerous Sufi saints. These religious philosophers and thinkers, in efforts to disseminate their teachings and establish orders of their own throughout the subcontinent, often founded sanctuaries and educational institutions in the region. The first of these appears to have been founded in the late 10th century, contemporaneous with the initial Ghaznavid incursions from Persia, by Safi-ud-din Haqqani Gazruni, whose tomb lies in Uch. During the 13th century, the founding of the Suhrawardy silsilah in Multan had great repercussions on Uch. Organized and mobilised by Shaikh Baha-ud-din Zakarya, the Suhrawardy order spread to Uch in the person of his disciple Syed Jalal-ud-din Surkh Bukhari (1197-1291), originally from Bukhara. His present tomb and dedicated mosque complex, constructed in 1845, abut the Bibi Jawindi Monument complex to the southeast.
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