Kakrala (Sindhi: ڪڪرالا) was a historical region in southern Sindh, in the coastal parts of the Indus Delta.
Descriptions of its precise extent vary,[1] but it lay in the middle part of the delta,[2] comprising the present-day taluqas of Shahbandar and Jati[3] in Sujawal and Thatta districts.
[4] Both the men and women took part in the tomb-building process; for example, one woman of the Kakrala ruling family commissioned the tombs at Abro Halani near Jati.
[2] The name "Kakrala" is variously transliterated; variant spellings include Kakrāla,[1][3] Kakrālā,[2] Kakrālah,[5] Kakrālo,[6] and Kukrāla.
[5] Later, during the final years of Jahangir's life, Jam Hala ended up helping Nawab Sharif al-Mulk in preventing Shah Jahan (then just a prince) from unlawfully seizing Thatta.
[3] As a result, when Shah Jahan appointed Mir Abu al-Baqa as governor of Thatta in 1629 (1039 AH), Jam Hala was targeted for chastisement.
[6] In 1760, Jam Desar of Kakrala, who had taken advantage of Ghulam Shah's absence from Shahgarh to lead an incursion into Kalhoro territory, was defeated by a group of generals, including one named Muhammad Siddik Wais, who had been dispatched to deal with him.