Dhabeji (Urdu: دھابیجی; Sindhi: ڌاٻيجي) is a town and union council of Mirpur Sakro tehsil, Thatta District, Pakistan. It was previously in Thatta District, Sindh.^[1]

It is near the suburbs of Karachi. As well as being declared an industrial zone by the Government of Sindh there is also a water treatment plant providing water for Karachi City from the Indus River. There are some schools in the area.

Coordinations

Dhabeji is located at 24'47" N 67'31" E.

History

When, in late 711 AD, Imad-ud-din Muhammad bin Qasim, following two failed expeditions, led an army of 12000 to the kingdom of Sind, which was then ruled by a Brahman, Dahir, son of Chach, he crossed the frontier form Gedrosia, the modern Makran, then part of Caliphate, into the dominion of Dahir near Dhabeji, then called Armail, to besiege Debul, a town twenty-four mile south-west of the modern city of Thatta. Historically, the town was also called Darbeji.^[2]

References

24°47′N 67°31′E / 24.783°N 67.517°E / 24.783; 67.5172.Cambridge History of India, Volume ||, Turks and Afghans, Ch. # 1, The Arab Conquest of Sindh.