Ramin or Rāman is a town and union council of Dera Ghazi Khan District in the

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 of

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.Tehsils & Unions in the District of D.G. Khan - Government of Pakistan

History

Long ago the Thingani Balouchs, a sub-tribe of the Marri Balouchs from

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, migrated to the western valley of the

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. The Thingani tribe has ruled Rāman for many years. The well-known Sardars of Rāman were Sardar Jamak Khan Thingani (Jamak-I) and his grandsons Sardar Jamak Khan Thingani (Jamak-II) and Sardar Gulzar Khan Thingani. Sardar Jamak Khan Thingani (Jamak-II) had four sons: * Sardar Qurban Hussain Khan Thingani * Sardar Qadir Bakhsh Khan Thingani * Sardar Usman Khan Thingani * Sardar Siddique Khan Thingani The second Sardar, Sardar Gulzar Khan Thingani, also had four sons: * Sardar Ghulam Hassan Khan Thingani (Surname: Namazi) * Sardar Ghulam Hussain Khan Thingani (Numbardar) * Sardar Atta Muhammad Khan Thingani * Sardar Durr Muhammad Khan Thingani These days the most stable Thingani family in Rāman is the Jamakani family which descended from Sardar Jamak Khan Thingani (Jamak-I), Sardar Jamak Khan Thingani (Jamak-I) was grandfather of Sardar Jamak Khan Thingani (Jamak-II) and Sardar Gulzar Khan Thingani. The Thingani family descended from Sardar Jamak Khan Thingani (Jamak-I) has ruled the town of Rāman for many years. The main ruling tribe in Rāman is the Thingani tribe.

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Dera Ghazi Khan District Union councils of Dera Ghazi Khan District Cities and towns in Punjab, Pakistan