multan was named by arab as city of gold.
multan was named by arab as city of?
gold
ancient name of multan was kashep puri. the town was built by raja kashep. after hurnakas his son parhilaad succeeded the throne and the town was then named after him as parhilaad puri. the current name multan was given due to mali people who were defeated by alexander the great. "once keshap puri (multan) was capital of the raja hurnakas where persian kings had built temple of sun in which idol of sun was laid. after the conquest of multan one brahman had poined out muhammad bin qasim about treasure hidden beneath the fountain which was buried by raja jesubin. muhammad bin qasim found 330 chests of treasure containing 13300 maunds gold. entire treasure was shifted from debal to basra on ships. after islamic conquest, arab rulers got handsome income from temple of the sun. whenever any hindu raja intended to conquer multan the arab rulers would threaten to destroy the temple. buzrag bin shahryar wrote the name of temple as aadith (sun). al beruni also wrote same name".
history of multan
after the transfer of all operations to new terminal, airblue announced it would start a twice a week flight service for islamabad from 3 april 2015. airblue also announced it would start start twice a week service for jeddah from 4 april 2015 and twice weekly service for sharjah from 10 april 2015. qatar airways announced it would start start 3 times a week service by a320 with 2 class seating for doha - multan sector from 1 august 2015 to get the facility for connections to usa & europe. air arabia announced 4 weekly flights for sharjah - multan sector from 1 may 2015. flydubai announced it would increase its 3 times weekly service to daily flights for multan from 26 may 2015 as they got a good load for the sector. air arabia also got a successful response so they announced they would increase its service to daily flights for multan from 31 may 2015. emirates announced they were going to start 4 times a week flight operation by boeing 777-300 with 2 class seating to provide service for dubai - multan sector from 1 august 2015 which will facilitate the travelers to get connections for mena region, far east, usa & europe, this service will also provide the international cargo facility as every flight can carry up to 23 tonnes of cargo. flydubai announced they would increase its frequency to 9 flights a week from 10 july 2015, 2 additional flights will provide the service on wednesdays & fridays to facilitate the travelers to/from multan. after getting a successful business on jeddah & sharjah routes airblue announced it would start twice a week flight service for medina as well from 18 august 2015. pakistan international airlines opened more new routes from multan, announcing the introduction of one weekly flight to abu dhabi by a320 from 26 october 2015 and one weekly flight for muscat from 14 november 2015, also using the a320. gulf air expanded their operation in pakistan, opening more routes so they announced four weekly flights by a320 for bahrain - multan sector from 14 december 2015 which will also provide connections to the usa. shaheen air international added riyadh in its schedule as a new destination from multan with twice a week service by using a320 from 6 april 2016. airblue is increasing its operation for multan and they announced it would start 4 weekly flights in between karachi & multan from 19 april 2016 by using a320. pakistan international airlines also started a new route in between multan & riyadh by providing 1 weekly flight from 21 april 2016. taban air of iran started their seasonal service in between mashhad & multan from 17 may 2016. air indus operation has ceased and no longer service from multan to karachi anymore june 2016. airblue adding dubai to multan sector with 2 weekly flights from 23 november 2016. pakistan international airlines also resuming their 2 weekly flights in between multan & quetta from 1 december 2016. saudia started his operation for multan from 1 april 2017 by adding 4 weekly flights in between jeddah & multan to get his share from market. shaheen air international adding one more destination for multan by starting 1 weekly flight in between multan & muscat from 24 april 2017. oman's salam air is adding pakistan in their network so they announced it would start 3 weekly flights in between muscat & multan from 23 may 2017.shaheen air international operation has been suspended till further notice by pakistan civil aviation authority. emirates airline has ended operations to multan on 26 october 2018 but it will carry on codeshare connection with flydubai to rest of the world.
multan international airport