Gullen khel گلن خیل is a small village in the

Mianwali District The Mianwali District ( ur, ), is a district located in Sargodha Division of Punjab province, Pakistan. It was separated from NWFP in 1901, and has a border with the Chakwal, Attock,Kohat, Karak, Lakki Marwat, Dera Ismail Khan, Bhakkar, an ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

Province in Pakistan.

Location

It is located some 45 km on the north of Mianwali city. Relatively larger towns of

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and

Kalabagh Kalabagh ( ur, ) is a town and union council of Mianwali District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is part of Isakhel Tehsil. It is located on the western bank of the Indus River. It was the seat of the ''nawab'' of Kalabagh, who lived in ...

in the vicinity are well-known than Gullen khel. Especially Kalabagh is famous because of disputed

Kalabagh Dam The Kalabagh Dam ( ur, , ) is a proposed hydroelectric dam on the Indus River at Kalabagh in the Mianwali District, Punjab, Pakistan, which has been intensely debated along ethnic and regional lines for over 40 years. If constructed, the dam ...

, which was to be built in this area. Indus River flows at almost 3–4 km north west of Gullen khel near the towns of

and Paki Shah Mardan.

History and Culture

Gullenkhel is a relatively new town, which started getting populated around 1940 by the migration of Awan people from the "Malkaan aali pati" ( Area of Nawab of Kalabagh) and other areas. Gullen Khel was named on the name of man Gull Muhammad who migrated from Khairabad to Gullen Khel in early 1900's. Gullen khel has one government middle school for boys and a primary school for girl students. Gullen khel is located adjacent to Pak American fertilizers industrial fertilizer manufacturing plant. It is populated on the both sides of road ( around 1 km). Since, Gullen khel is in proximity with the Pak American Fertilizers and Maple leaf cement industrial plants, trucks which transport these products to the different parts of Pakistan and to the port for export are usually parked around the road of Gullen khel. Due to this trucking activity, a number of restaurants have been developed in Gullen khel. While most of the residents do business in transport, contractorship, and shops, etc., the youth are well educated and mostly settled in cities, predominantly in

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. However, people of Gullen khel living in other cities like to be in their native town of Gullen khel at all important events such as Eid and

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Religious harmony

Most of the People of Gullen khel are relative to each other. Yet, nearly 50% of the population is

shia Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ...

and 50% is

sunni Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagr ...

because of the conversion of the population from

sect by the preachings of Ustad Gul Khan (a notable figure of Gullen khel who died in 1994). Originally, almost all of the people were sunni in the early 20th century. People from both sects live in peace and brotherhood. Intersect marriage is also exercised occasionally.

Etymology

The word "Khel" خیل is commonly used in

Mianwali Mianwali ( Punjabi/ ur, ) is the capital city of Mianwali District in Punjab, Pakistan. The 81st largest city of Pakistan, it is known for its diverse population of, Punjabi and Pashtun ethnicities. History Mianwali District was an agricu ...

for representing a place or a cast. Gullen گلن is derived from the name of someone with the same name who was among the first to live in the place which is called Gullen khel today. {{coord missing, Punjab, Pakistan Populated places in Mianwali District