Bhakkar

Bhakkar stands on the eastern bank of the Indus, at the edge of the sandy Thal. Low alluvial land beside the river contrasts with the dry plain to the east. The town was probably founded in the late fifteenth century by settlers from Dera Ismail Khan and named for Bakhar Khan. After Humayun restored Mughal rule in 1555, Bhakkar came under his authority with Multan. The Portuguese traveler Sebastian Manrique visited in 1641 and described it as the capital of the kingdom of Bhakkar.