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Sialkot

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Sialkot (syäl`kōt), city (1998 pop. 417,597), near the Indian border, Pakistan. It is a rail junction and a major trade and processing center. Manufactures include sporting goods, processed foods, and ceramics. Textile weaving is also important. A fortress built in 1181 by Muhammad of Ghor Muhammad of Ghor, d. 1206, Afghan conqueror of N India. A brother of the sultan of Ghor, he was made governor of Ghazni in 1173 and from there launched a series of invasions of India. By 1186 he had conquered the Muslim principalities in the Punjab.
..... Click the link for more information.  and the mausoleum of Guru Nanak, founder of the Sikh religion (see Sikhism Sikhism (sĭk`ĭzəm), religion centered in the Indian state of Punjab, numbering worldwide some 19 million.
..... Click the link for more information. ), are in Sialkot. The city is also the birthplace of the philosopher-poet Muhammad Iqbal Iqbal, Muhammad (məhăm`ĭd ĭkhbäl`), 1877–1938, Indian Muslim poet, philosopher, and political leader.
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