| Talti | |
| Settlement Type: | Union council |
| Pushpin Map: | Pakistan Sindh#Pakistan |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Sindh |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Pakistan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Sindh |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Jamshoro |
| Subdivision Type3: | Taluka |
| Subdivision Name3: | Sehwan |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Total: | 6716 |
| Coordinates: | 26.5272°N 67.8117°W[1] |
| Timezone: | PST |
| Utc Offset: | +5 |
| Timezone Dst: | PDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +6 |
| Pushpin Relief: | o |
Talti is a town and union council[2] in Sehwan taluka of Jamshoro District, Sindh.[3] [4] It is located in the historical pargana of Baghban,[5] 8 miles north of Sehwan and 2 miles off the main road from Sehwan to Larkano.[3] It also has road connections with nearby Bhan and Bubak.[3] There is a dhandh near Talti that is used as a source of fishery.[3]
As of 2017, Talti has a population of 6,716, in 1,387 households,[6] while the total population of the Talti union council is 37,694.[2] It is the seat of a tappedar circle, which also includes the villages of Bilawalpur, Duridero Jatoi, and Jatoi.[6]
The Sufi saint Makhdoom Bilawal was born here in 1451.[5] Later, around 1520, Talti was the site of the battle where the Samma dynasty was decisively defeated by Shah Beg Arghun, who as a result of the battle became the uncontested ruler of Sindh.[3] In this battle, the Sammas were joined by Sehta and Sodha tribesmen in an alliance facilitated by Makhdoom Bilawal and other local religious leaders.[7] After the battle, Shah Beg encamped at Talti for three days.[7] He had Talti and its small fort razed, its crops destroyed, and its inhabitants massacred.[7]
Around 1874, Talti was described as a small town with an estimated population of about 900: about 250 were Muslims, mostly Khaskheli, and about 650 were Hindus, mostly Lohanos.[3] It had a small police station, a government vernacular school, and a dharamsala.[3] There was no significant industry in the town at the time apart from small-scale production of cloth and rugs.[3] Local trade consisted of ghee, grain, and oil, but there was no major long-distance trade.[3]
Less than 1km east of Talti, by the road to Bubak, is the 18th-century dargah of the Muslim holy man Shahab Uddin Shah Bukhari.[8] The tomb is well-maintained by the locals and was significantly renovated in the 2000s or 10s, and new āina-kāri decoration was also added at the same time.[8]
The 1951 census recorded the village of Talti as having an estimated population of about 690, in about 350 houses.[9] It had a Sanitary Committee at that point.[9]