Mansar (
Urdu: مانسر ) is a
town in the
Chach Valley of
Attock District
Attock District (Urdu and pnb, ) is a district in Pothohar Plateau of the Punjab Province of Pakistan. Its capital is Attock city.
The district was created in April 1904 by the merging of tehsils of nearby districts. Its former name was C ...
in
Punjab Province,
Pakistan.
It is located close to bank of the
Indus River
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, and the
Azad Kashmir Regiment
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is located close to this village.
Demographics
Mansar's population is exclusively
Muslim
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, and mostly belong to
Awan,
Malyaar,
Mughal
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Related to the Mughal Empire
* Mughal Empire of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries
* Mughal dynasty
* Mughal emperors
* Mughal people, a social group of Central and South Asia
* Mughal architecture
* Mug ...
, Shaikh and
Pathans.
Shrines
The shrines of the
Sufi
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saint Sin Kalo Baba (سائیں کلو بابا), revered for his piety, and his disciple Sayyad Anwar Shah (سید انور شاہ) are also present in Mansar. There is also a tomb of a disciple of Sayyad Anwar Shah, Bhai Mohammad Alam (بھائی محمد عالم).
References
{{Attock District
Villages in Attock District