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The
Port
of
Karachi
(Urdu:
کراچی
بندرگاہ,
Bandar
gāh
Karāchī)
is
one
of
South
Asia's
largest
and
busiest
deep-water
seaports,
handling
about
60%
of
the
nation's
cargo
(25
million
tons
per
annum)
located
in
Karachi,
Pakistan.
It
is
located
on
the
Karachi
Harbour,
between
Kiamari
azra
langri,
Manora,
and
Kakapir,
and
close
to
Karachi's
main
business
district
and
several
industrial
areas.
The
geographic
position
of
the
port
places
it
in
close
proximity
to
major
shipping
routes
such
as
the
Strait
of
Hormuz.
The
administration
of
the
port
is
carried
out
by
the
Karachi
Port
Trust,
which
was
established
in
1857.
The
history
of
the
port
is
intertwined
with
that
of
the
city
of
Karachi.
Several
ancient
ports
have
been
attributed
in
the
area
including
"Krokola",
"Morontobara"
(Woman's
Harbour)
(mentioned
by
Nearchus),Barbarikon
(the
Periplus
of
the
Erythraean
Sea,[4]
and
Debal
(a
city
captured
by
the
Arab
general
Muhammad
bin
Qasim
in
712
CE).
There
is
a
reference
to
the
early
existence
of
the
port
of
Karachi
in
the
"Umdah",
by
the
Arab
navigator
Sulaiman
al
Mahri
(AD
1511),
who
mentions
"Ras
al
Karazi"
and
"Ras
Karashi"
while
describing
a
route
along
the
coast
from
Pasni
to
Ras
Karashi.
Karachi
is
also
mentioned
in
the
sixteenth
century
Turkish
treatise
Mir'ât
ül
Memâlik
by
the
Ottoman
captain
Seydi
Ali
Reis,
who
warns
sailors
about
whirlpools
and
advises
them
to
seek
safety
in
"Kaurashi"
harbour
if
they
found
themselves
drifting
dangerously.
In
1728,
heavy
rains
silted
up
the
harbour
at
Kharak,
forcing
merchants
to
relocate
to
the
area
of
modern
Karachi.
In
1729,
they
built
a
new
fortified
town
called
Kolachi
(also
known
as
Kalachi-jo-Kun
and
Kolachi-jo-Goth)
on
high
ground
north
of
Karachi
bay,
surrounded
by
a
16-foot
(5
m)
high
mud
and
timber-reinforced
wall
with
gun-mounted
turrets
and
two
gates.
The
gate
facing
the
sea
was
called
"Kharadar"
(salt
gate),
and
the
gate
facing
the
Lyari
River
was
called
"Mithadar"
(sweet
gate).
From
1729
to
1783,
the
strategic
location
of
Kolachi
saw
the
town
change
hands
several
times
between
the
Khans
of
Kalat
and
the
rulers
of
Sind.
In
1783,
after
two
prolonged
sieges,
the
town
fell
to
the
Talpur
Mirs
of
Sind,
who
constructed
Manora
Fort
mounted
with
cannons
on
Manora
island
at
the
harbour
entrance.
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