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Umarkot
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
a town in Sind, India, 7 m. from a station on the North-Western railway; pop. (1901), 4924. It is the headquarters of the Thar and Parkar district. The Mogul emperor Akbar was born here in 1J42, when his father, Humayun, was fleeing to Afghanistan.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Umarkot'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/u/umarkot.html. 1910.