Jhok (Sindh)

Coordinates: 24°48′27″N 68°19′12″E / 24.80750°N 68.32000°E / 24.80750; 68.32000

Jhok

جهوڪ(Sindhi)
Jhok

Location in Pakistan

Coordinates: 24°48′27″N 68°19′12″E / 24.80750°N 68.32000°E / 24.80750; 68.32000
Country Pakistan
Province Sindh
District Thatta
Tehsil Mirpur Bathoro

Jhok or Jhok Sareef(Sindhi: جهوڪ ) is a small town in district Thatta, Sindh, Pakistan.

Battle of Jhok

Jhok is also the home of Sufi Shah Inayat Shaheed, who battled against the Mughal empire over the distribution of land and taxation among poor peasants (Harees) and thus was executed at the hands of Farrukhsiyar, then ruler of India.

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