THATTA, Jan 1: Hundreds of devotees and visitors from within the country and abroad participated in the 304th Urs of Sufi Shah Inayat Shaheed, a saint and warrior of Meeranpur War (1127 AH) in Jhoke Sharif on Tuesday, which was the third and last day of the congregation. Shah Inayat fought for the peasants and the downtrodden during the Mughal era and preferred to be executed over coming to the terms of Nawab Azam Khan, the than governor of Thatta for the rights of the poor.

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