Matli


Matli is a town of Matli Taluka in Badin District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the capital of Matli Taluka, an administrative subdivision of the district. The town is located at 25°2'0N 68°39'0E with an altitude of 9 metres and is administratively subdivided into two Union councils.
Matli is famous for its agriculture contribution to the Country, the main crops of the city are Rice, Cotton, Sun-flower and Sugarcane. Matli is like backbone of District Badin, it has many Rice Mills, One large Scale Industry Ansari Sugar Mills Limited, besides, Matli is very economic city.
The present day Matli city was first established for habitation by the last Sassanian King Yazdegerd III in honour of his wife. Her name was either Mah Talat or Maha Talat, a daughter of vassal king of Sindh in the Sassanid Empire. Mirza Imam Ali Baig Afsar, Ph.D in Sindhi in his book “Sindh Jee Azadari” with its translation into Urdu language book “Sindh and Ahle Bayt” writes that Monarchs of Sindh maintained friendly relations with Sassanid Kings. During Rai dynasty Yazdegerd III visited the present day city Matli in District Badin, Sindh. There he married a Sindhi princess with whom Yazdegerd had two daughters, namely Shahrbanu and Ghayan Banu respectively.

Notable persons

is a Muslim missionary from Matli in Badin District and has converted over 110 Hindus to Islam.
Syed Safdar Hussain Anjui Shirazi is famous with Name Safdar Hussain migrated from Jhelum to Matli. he belongs to the Al-Hashimi tribe and his language is Punjabi. he is a descendant of Shah Fathullah Shirazi who migrated from Iran to Dhakkan India. he had given his service to Pakistan Telecommunication Limited Ptcl Matli exchange as Telephone Operator. he was retired in 2008 from PTCL, he died in 2019.