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been celebrated for their religious establish- 

 ments of Seyucls and holy men, with whose 

 tombs both banks of the river are studded, and 

 whose memories are still held in reverence. 

 The title '' Bukliur," which signifies in Arabic 

 " the dawn," is supposed to have been given by 

 a holy Seyud to the island so called, some 

 years after the erection of the fortress, for which 

 materials were furnislied from the ruins of the 

 old city of All ore. Roree is the head-quarters 

 of a Deputy Collectorate, but the European 

 functionaries reside over tlie river at Sukkur. 

 The town is remarkably clean, and was formerly 

 a place of some commercial importance, but its 

 palmy days have passed away, though an 

 attempt has been lately made to revive some of 

 its manufactures. The Jooma 3fus(/id, or Chief 

 Mosque of Roree, is the only public edifice 

 worthy of remark. This building, as appears 

 by an inscription therein, was erected by Futteh 

 Khan in the reign of the emperor Acbar, who 

 conquered Sindh in 1572. The author of Dry 

 Leaves from Young Egypt " is of opinion that 

 the change in the course of the Indus from 

 Allore to Roree actually took place in the year 

 341 A.H, corresponding with 925 A.D., and that 



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