Alipur, Pakistan

Muzaffargarh District is a district of the Punjab province of Pakistan. Its capital is Muzaffargarh city. It lies on the bank of the Chenab River.AdministrationThe district is administratively divided into the following four tehsils (subdivisions), which contain a total of 93 Union Councils:DemographicsMajor ethinc group is Saraiki speaking Jatt people forming the majority with Saraiki speaking baloch, Rajput and Pathans in minority.. According to the 1998 census, the major first language, defined as the language for communication between parents and children, of the district is Saraiki, spoken by 86.3% of its inhabitants. Punjabi is spoken by 7.4%, and Urdu – by 4.9%.HistoryIn 997 CE, Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi, took over the Ghaznavid dynasty empire established by his father, Sultan Sebuktegin, In 1005 he conquered the Shahis in Kabul in 1005, and followed it by the conquests of Punjab region. The Delhi Sultanate and later Mughal Empire ruled the region. The Punjab region became predominantly Muslim due to missionary Sufi saints whose dargahs dot the landscape of Punjab region.