Shams Pir

Shams Pir (Urdu: شمس پیر) is an island village near Thatta, Pakistan, along the western end of Thatta Harbour]], close to Sandspit Beach and Kakapir. It is administered as part of the Thtta West district. Approximately 5,000 people now live on the island.[1] The village is bordered by thick Mangrove forests which grow in the harbor.[2]

Shams Pir
شمس پیر
Village
DistrictThatta West
CityThatta
CountryPakistan
Population
 • Totalapproximately 5,000
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

Shams Pir is named for a Mazar (shrine) of a saint named Hazrat Sham Pir which located on the island. Shams Pir is an old village which, like Bhit Shah Island and Baba Island, predates the formal establishment of Karachi.[3] Residents from Baba and Bhit islands helped settle Shams Pir.[4] During the British era, some residents of Mithadar and Kharadar were settled in Shams Pir during construction of the Port of Karachi.[5] Some of those residents moved further west and established the fishing village of Kakapir.[6]

References
  1. "Shams Pir Island gets". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  2. "KARACHI: Mangroves disappearing off Shamspir Island". DAWN.COM. 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  3. Siddiqui, Ahmed Husain (1996). Karachi: The Pearl of Arabian Sea. Mohammad Husain Academy.
  4. Tribune.com.pk (2019-02-24). "Forgotten stories of Karachi's coastal islands uncovered". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  5. "􏰔􏰜􏰆􏰂􏰁 􏰗􏰏􏰐􏰘􏰋􏰓􏰏􏰋􏰐 􏰔􏰇􏰃 􏰝􏰔􏰇􏰌􏰓􏰆􏰞􏰋 􏰟􏰋􏰐􏰆􏰂􏰓􏰕􏰋􏰐Study on Knowledge, Attitudes, & Practices of Fisherfolk Communities" (PDF). World Wildlife Foundation. 2005.
  6. "􏰔􏰜􏰆􏰂􏰁 􏰗􏰏􏰐􏰘􏰋􏰓􏰏􏰋􏰐 􏰔􏰇􏰃 􏰝􏰔􏰇􏰌􏰓􏰆􏰞􏰋 􏰟􏰋􏰐􏰆􏰂􏰓􏰕􏰋􏰐Study on Knowledge, Attitudes, & Practices of Fisherfolk Communities" (PDF). World Wildlife Foundation. 2005.

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