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Overview
Multan is a city in southern Punjab, Pakistan. Al-Mas'udi mentions that there, on the river Mihran in the land of Sind, is the temple in which stands the idol famous among its people. 1 Ibn al-Nadim relates that there is the house said to be one of the seven houses, in which an iron idol is held up in the middle of the dome by magnetic stones, and that India makes pilgrimage to it from the far reaches of its lands. 2
As for Muhammad ibn al-Qasim's conquest of it in the year 712 CE, and its being a centre of Sufism, these need an additional source.
Connections
- Birthplace of
- Inzamam-ul-Haq· Sikandar Hayat Khan· Yousaf Raza Gillani
- Home of
- Yousaf Raza Gillani
- Site of
- The Siege of Multan and the House of Gold
People and things also explored
Imran Khan· Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Thaqafi· Za'ida ibn Umayr al-Ta'i· Lahore· The Siege of Multan and the House of Gold· Inzamam-ul-Haq· Sikandar Hayat Khan· Yousaf Raza Gillani
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.557
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim , p.485
- GeoNames gazetteer
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islam.museum contributors. “Multan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/multan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.