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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 52 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SUKKUR, or SA

SUKKUR, or SA ,See also:

KHAR

KHAR, a See also:

TOWN

town and See also:

DISTRICT

district of See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

India, in See also:

SIND

Sind, Bombay. The town is situated on the right See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

INDUS

Indus, 24 M. N.W. of Skikarpur. Pop. (1901), 31,316. Sukkur has always commanded the See also:

trade of Sind, and the See also:

RIVER

river is now crossed by a See also:

CANTILEVER (a word of doubtful origin, probably derived from " lever," in its ordinary meaning, and " cant," an angle or edge, or else from modern Lat. quanta libra, of what weight)

cantilever See also:

BRIDGE

bridge carrying the See also:

North-Western railway to See also:

KOTRI

Kotri. The town was ceded to the See also:

Khairpur mirs between 1809 and 1824. In 1833 Shah Shuja defeated the Talpurs here with See also:

GREAT

great loss. In 1842 it came under British See also:

RULE

rule. The DISTRICT OF SUI IcUR was created in 1901 out of See also:

PART

part of See also:

SHIKARPUR

Shikarpur district, the See also:

REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of which was formed into the district of Larkana. See also:

AREA

Area, 5403 sq. m. It is chiefly alluvial See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, but there are slight hills at Sukkur and Rohri.

In the higher-lying parts are See also:

salt lands (Kalar), or even See also:

DESERT

desert in the area known as the Registan. The See also:

CLIMATE

climate is hot, dry and enervating. The See also:

ANNUAL

annual rainfall at Sukkur town averages only 41 in. The See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population in 1901 was 523,345, showing an increase of Io% in the See also:

DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade. A considerable part of the district is irrigated, the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal crops being See also:

wheat, millets, See also:

rice, pulses and oil seeds. Earthen, leathern and See also:

metal See also:

WARE

ware, See also:

cotton See also:

CLOTH

cloth and tussore See also:

SILK

silk are manufactured, also See also:

PIPE

pipe-See also:

BOWLS

bowls, See also:

SNUFF (from " to snuff, " i.e. to inhale, to draw in through the nose; cf. Dutch snuf, scent, Ger. Schnupfen, a cold, catarrh, and Eng. " snuffle, " " sniff, " &c.)

snuff-boxes and See also:

SCISSORS

scissors. Lines of the North-Western railway serve the district, and there is a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch from Sukkur towards See also:

QUETTA

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