Editing Multan (section)

====Abbasid ''Emirate''====
{{See|Anarchy at Samarra}}
By the mid-800s, the ''Banu Munabbih'' (855–959) also known as the ''Banu Sama'', who claimed descent from the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]]'s [[Quraysh]] tribe came to rule Multan, and established the Emirate of Banu Munabbih, which ruled for the next century.<ref name="UNESCO"/>

The 10th century Arab historian Al-Masudi noted Multan as the city where Central Asian caravans from Islamic [[Greater Khorasan|Kho]]<ref name="Habib" />takhri visited the area. At the time Mansura( the capital of Sindh) along with Multan were the only two major Arab principalities in South Asia. Arabic was spoken in both cities,<ref name="Flood" /> though the inhabitants of Multan were reported by Estakhri to also have been speakers of Persian, reflecting the importance of trade with Khorasan. Polyglossia rendered Multani merchants culturally well-suited for trade with the Islamic world.<ref name="Habib" />

The 10th century ''[[Hudud al-'Alam]]'' notes that Multan's rulers were also in control of [[Lahore]],<ref name="Habib" /> though that city was then lost to the Hindu Shahi.<ref name="Habib" /> During the 10th century, Multan's rulers resided at a camp outside of the city named ''Jandrawār'', and would enter Multan once a week on the back of an elephant for Friday prayers.<ref name="Wink" />