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The Subah of Multan was one of twelve administrative divisions created by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1580.[4]Multan city acted as the capital of the Multan Subah according to the Ain-i-Akbari.
Under Mughal rule, Multan enjoyed 200 years of peace in a time when the city became known as Dar al-Aman ("Abode of Peace"). During the Mughal era, Multan was an important centre of agricultural production and manufacturing of cotton textiles.[5] Multan was a centre for currency minting,[5] as well as tile-making during the Mughal era.[6]
Multan's Shahi Eid Gah Mosque dates from 1735 and is decorated with elaborate and intricate Mughal era frescoes.
Multan would remain an important trading centre until the city was ravaged by repeated invasions in the 18th and 19th centuries in the post-Mughal era.[7] Many of Multan's merchants then migrated to Shikarpur in Sindh,[7] and were found throughout Central Asia up until the 19th century.[7]
Multan was also host to the offices of many commercial enterprises during the Mughal era,[5] even in times when the Mughals were in control of the even more coveted city of Kandahar, given the unstable political situation resulting from frequent contestation of Kandadar with the Persian Safavid Empire.[5]
^The area of the sarkars is based on the years 1595–6/1601. The revenue figures are the official estimates for jama or naqdī as per the Ain-i-Akbari. However, the revenue figures do not take into account the regional variations in price-levels. The jama' is stated in dams (a copper coin). At the time of the Ain-i-Akbari one rupee was worth 40 dams.
^Habib, Irfan (1986). "Table I: Area and ʽJama of the Mughal Empire, c. 1601". An Atlas of the Mughal Empire: Political and Economic Maps with Detained Notes, Bibliography and Index. Oxford University Press. pp. xii–xiii. ISBN978-0-19-560379-8.
^Wahi, Tripta (2013). Irrigation, State and Society in Pre-colonial India. Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. p. 3. ISBN9789383650002.
^ abcdOonk, Gijsbert (2007). Global Indian Diasporas: Exploring Trajectories of Migration and Theory. Amsterdam University Press. p. 294. ISBN9789053560358.
^ abHabib, Irfan (1986). An Atlas of the Mughal Empire: Political and Economic Maps with Detailed Notes, Bibliography and Index (reprint ed.). New Delhi: Oxford University Press. pp. sheets 0A and 4A, pages VII–VIII, 8–13.
