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Kasan Wala
Kasan Wala Dera is a small village situated in the Soon Valley, Khushab District, Punjab, Pakistan. This village, or Dera, is part of Union Council Kund. The village has few houses, and is located near Dada Golra Mosque on the way to Naushehra from Khushab. It is located in the Soon valley, and Naushehra is just 20 kilometers away. Dera Kasan is about 35 kilometres from Khushab City. The Rehan clan of Awan Awan may refer to: Places * Awan (ancient city), a city-state in Elam in the 3rd millennium BCE * Awan (region), a town in Guna district, Madhya Pradesh, India * Awan, Bhulath, a village in Kapurthala district, Punjab, India, Punjab, Pakistan ... Tribe resides here. References Populated places in Khushab District {{Khushab-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soon Valley
Soon Valley ( Punjabi, ur, ) is in the north west of Khushab District, Punjab, Pakistan. Its largest settlement is the town of Naushera. The valley extends from the village of Padhrar to Sakesar, the highest peak in the Salt Range. The valley is long and has an average width of . It covers a area. Soon Valley has an abundance of scenic beauty, with lakes, waterfalls, jungle, natural pools and ponds. The valley has been settled since ancient times, most recently by the Awan tribe, which still resides in the valley. The peak of Mount Sakesar is at above sea level. It was once the summer headquarters of the Deputy Commissioners of three districts – Campbellpur (now Attock), Mianwali and Shahpur (now Sargodha). It is the only mountain in this part of the Punjab which receives snowfall in winter. In the late 1950s the Pakistan Air Force placed a radar station on Sarkesar to monitor airspace over north-eastern Pakistan. Also on the mountain is a television transmission cente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punjab (Pakistan)
Punjab (; , ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in central-eastern region of the country, Punjab is the second-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the largest province by population. It shares land borders with the Pakistani provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the north-west, Balochistan to the south-west and Sindh to the south, as well as Islamabad Capital Territory to the north-west and Autonomous Territory of AJK to the north. It shares an International border with the Indian states of Rajasthan and Punjab to the east and Indian-administered Kashmir to the north-east. Punjab is the most fertile province of the country as River Indus and its four major tributaries Ravi, Jhelum, Chenab and Sutlej flow through it. The province forms the bulk of the transnational Punjab region, now divided among Pakistan and India. The provincial capital is Lahore — a cultural, modern, historical, economic, and cosmopolitan centre of Pakistan. Other major cities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's Islam by country#Countries, second-largest Muslim population just behind Indonesia. Pakistan is the List of countries and dependencies by area, 33rd-largest country in the world by area and 2nd largest in South Asia, spanning . It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by India to India–Pakistan border, the east, Afghanistan to Durand Line, the west, Iran to Iran–Pakistan border, the southwest, and China to China–Pakistan border, the northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in the north, and also shares a maritime border with Oman. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kund
Kund is a village and one of the 51 Union Councils (administrative subdivisions) of Khushab District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 .... It is located at 32°24'40N 72°12'17E. References Union councils of Khushab District Populated places in Khushab District {{Khushab-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naushera, Punjab
Nowshera, (in Punjabi and ur, ), is a city and Tehsil (administrative subdivisions) of Khushab District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is the main town (Heart) of Soon Valley. The town is situated from Khushab city, 62 kilometers from Talagang and from Kallar Kahar town in the heart of valley, surrounded by high hills, lakes, jungles, natural pools and ponds. It is also an area of ancient civilization, natural resources, and fertile farms. The general height of surrounding hills is around 2,500 feet above sea level, with several peaks reaching over 3,000 feet. People Awan are the major people inhabiting Naushera. H.A. Rose writes, "But in the best available account of the tribe, the Awans are indeed said to be of Arabian origin and descendants of Qutb Shah." Sir Lepel H. Griffin writes in his book ''The Panjab Chiefs'' (1865 Edition) that: The head of the tribe or village in the Soon valley was known as Raees-Azam. The last Raees-Azam of Naushera was Qazi Maz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khushab
Khushab ( punjabi: خُوشاب) is a town as well as a district of Sargodha Division, located in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The word ''Khushab'' means "sweet water." Khushab city also serves as the headquarters of Khushab Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district Khushab. It is the 77th largest city of Pakistan by population. The city of Khushab is the location of the Khushab Nuclear Complex, a critical part of the Pakistan's Special Weapons Programme. Demographics The population according to the 1901 census was 11,403. Now it is 50,000. in ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', v. 15, p. 298. Etymology "Khushab" is a combination of two |
Reyhan (other)
Reyhan may refer to: Places * Al Rihan, a small village in Lebanon, also called Rihan, on a mountain called Al Rehan * Um ar-Rehan, a Palestinian village * Reihan, an Israeli settlement * Reyhan-e Olya, a village in Khomeyn County, Markazi Province, Iran * Reyhan-e Sofla, a village in Khomeyn County, Markazi Province, Iran * Reyhan, East Azerbaijan, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Reyhan, Fars, a village in Fars Province, Iran * Reyhan, Kerman, a village in Kerman Province, Iran * Reyhan, Khuzestan, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran * Reyhan, Markazi, a village in Delijan County, Markazi Province, Iran * Reyhan, Razavi Khorasan, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran * Reyhan, Zanjan, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran Other * Reyhan (name), list of people with the name * Reyhan (script), one of the six canonical scripts of Perso-Arabic calligraphy * Daughter of the mountains – Reyhan (song), Azerbaijani folk song See also *Rehan (disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awan (Pakistan)
Awan ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a tribe living predominantly in the northern, central, and western parts of Pakistani Punjab, with significant numbers also present in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Kashmir, and to a lesser extent in Sindh and Balochistan. History Jamal J. Elias notes that the Awans believe themselves to be of Arab origin, descended from Ali ibn Abu Talib and that the claim of Arab descent gives them "high status in the Indian Muslim environment". Christophe Jaffrelot says: People of the Awan community have a strong presence in the Pakistani Army The Pakistan Army (, ) is the land service branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The roots of its modern existence trace back to the British Indian Army that ceased to exist following the Partition of British India, which occurred as a result ... and a notable martial tradition. They were listed as an "agricultural tribe" by the British Raj in 1925, a term that was then synonymous with classification as a "martial race" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
