At a glance
- Era
- The Colonial Era
- Region
- South Asia
- Review
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In time
In space
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Overview
In 1845 the British began their campaign against the disintegrating Sikh state in the Panjab; after an assault in Multan on two British officers in 1848, the city was occupied and annexed with the rest of the province in 1849 1.
Under British rule
Under British rule Multan served at different times as a divisional or district centre; in Pakistan it became the capital of a division covering the districts of Multan, Jhang, Lyallpur and Montgomery 1.
The city's image
Since that era Multan has stood as a great provincial city of the southern Panjab; travellers had long quoted the couplet: "Four are the choice things of Multan: dust, beggars, heat and graveyards" 1.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Multan
People and things also explored
The Arghuns take Multan into the Mughal orbit, 1526· The Mughals cede Lahore and Multan to Ahmad Shah Durrani, 1752· Mu'izz al-Din wrests Multan from the Qarmatians· Iltutmish takes Multan from Qabacha, 625· The Langah sultanate rises at Multan, 1437· Mahmud of Ghazna's Multan campaigns, 396 and 401· The Mongol raids on the Multan marches· The Siege of Multan and the House of Gold
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 7 p. 603
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The British take Multan, 1848-1849”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/british-multan-1848/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.