Alor or Aror (Urdu: الور) is medieval name of city of Sukkur, Sindh, Pakistan.

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Alor was the ancient capital of Sindh, now modern Rohri adjacent to Sukkur, Sindh, Pakistan. In 711 AD Alor was captured by the army of Muslim general Muhammad bin Qasim and in 962. Later it was hit by a massive earthquake that changed the course of the Indus River^[1].

Arab historians used the words Alor, Al-rur, Al-ruhr and Al Ror to describe Alor. The basic meaning being "The Ror" as its well known that 'Al' is simply the English word 'The' in Arabic. Both Alor and Aror are incorrect renditions derived from the Arabic translation of the original name which is more like Ror or Rori, i.e., the capital of Rors.

[edit] See also

• Ror
• Sukkur

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