Shahbandar (Pakistan)
Shahbandar (Urdu: شاہ بندر, romanized: Shāhbandar) is a historical port town in Sujawal District, Sindh, Pakistan.During its heyday in the late 1700s, Shahbandar reportedly was home to as many as 50,000 people,[3] but it soon lost its port access and went into a steep decline.According to the Tuhfat-ul-Kiram, Shahbandar was founded in 1759 Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro, who built a fort there and “collected all materials of war there”.[4] A “high beacon”, called the Munāra because of its resemblance to a minaret, was built at the Rechal mouth to aid navigation.[5] In any case, most of Shahbandar’s population and commercial activity ended up moving to Karachi,[5] and the town itself “dwindled into obscurity”.