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| Keywords: Bird's eye view, Clifton Road -Karachi in 1890-.jpg Bird's eye view Clifton Road Karachi Photograph with a view looking along Clifton Road in Karachi taken by an unknown photographer c 1900 from an album of 46 prints titled 'Karachi Views' Views 21-32 from this album join together to form a 360 degree panorama of the city from the tower of Trinity Church Part of the Frere Hall can be seen at the extreme right Clifton is now one of the most exclusive residential areas of the city Karachi one of the world's largest metropolises was once the capital of Pakistan It is now the capital of the Sindh province in the lower Indus valley and is the financial and commercial centre of Pakistan This huge city was however developed only in the mid-19th century after the British conquest of Sindh Karachi is built around a bay which is a natural harbour protected from storms by a group of small islands Its history prior to the 18th century is sketchy but it is believed to be the ancient port of Krokala on the Arabian Sea visited by Alexander's admirals in 326 BCE The small fishing village was known as Kolachi-jo-Goth in the 18th century and then became a trading post under the Kalhoras and the Talpur rulers of Sindh but the port remained small With the British development of its harbour it grew into the large city of Karachi and an important centre of trade particularly of cotton and wheat http //www collectbritain co uk/ The British Library photo link http //www collectbritain co uk/personalisation/object cfm uid 019PHO000000425U00029000 largeimage 1 largeimage here 1900 Author PD-old PD-UK-unknown Karachi 1890s Pakistan in the 1890s | ||||
