KabirWala
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Kabirwala is a town of Khanewal District
in the Punjab
province of Pakistan
. The town is the headquarters of Kabirwala Tehsil
, an administrative subdivision of the district. Kabirwala lies 10 km north of the district capital Khanewal
on the [Multan]-Jhang
road but it is a under Sahiwal Division now a Days.
Kabirwala was 118th biggest city, with a population of 60,782 residents, according to the 2004 Population Statistics of Pakistan.
The city is named Kabirwala after [Hazrat] Baba Pir
Kabir[3], who lived in the area. Kabirwala was part of Multan until restructuring made the largest sub division of Khanewal district.
Kabirwala is a city north of Khanewal at Multan-Jhang road 40 km from Multan to Jhang and is part of the district Khanewal.
Sarai Sidhu, a historic city, used to be the tehsil headquarter of the whole district Khanewal, before 1937.
civilization. Kabirwala was part of Multan province and fell under the rule of Sindhi ruler Raja Dahir in 711 AD. When Mohammad Bin Qasim, the Muslim General, attacked Sindh in 711 AD to take over Indus and punish Raja Dahir for holding hostage Muslim travelers and their belongings. Raja Dahir, the prince of the country, assembled his army but Qasim carried by storm a celebrated temple held in great sanctity by the Brahmins, where a large booty feel into the hands of Qasim. The Hindus were panic-stricken and fled, their prince having perished in the field of battle. Qasim then marched to Multan, which was carried by assault, and a few more victories completed the conquest of Sindh, and Multan, including Kabirwala. Qasim ruled for many years. His successors ruled the country for about fourty years, but the Rajput tribes of Sumera, having expelled them, became masters of the land. Since 1005, Kabirwala was an agricultural market, and became populated by the Muslim tribes of Kamboh, Mirza
Dhudhi, Sahu
, Malik, Bhutta, Sial, Bhatti Sukhera, Juta, Thaheem. Jats and Arain tribes. Some Hindu families, particularly Arun, also lived in the town. There are references of its being a sizable town during Ghazni
dynasty as the armies traveling from Rawalpindi
and Chakwal
to Multan used to rest at this point. Kabirawala, as part of Multan, was taken back by Hindus after the death of Mahmood Ghaznavi, but then in 1050, Sultan Abul Husein regained control of Kabirwala again, when he conquered Multan. Kabirwala fell into the hands of Ghori dynasty who overpowered Ghaznvid's in 1176.
The Central Asian Amir, Amir Temur, in 1396, despatched an army under his grandson to Punjab. They crossed the Indus on September 12th, 1398, and advanced to Lahore. Temur's army proceeded along the bank of Sindh to the junction of the Chinab with the Ravi. The army crossed by a bridge of boats and encamped at the town of Talamba, some 15 kilometers east of Kabirwala, which the soldiery plundered, with the inhabitants mercilessly massacred. He then crossed the Bias and marched to Bhitner, where he slew many thousands. He ravaged the provinces of Lahore and Multan, carrying fire and sword wherever they went.
In 1436, a serious insurrection broke out in Multan by Afghan Lodhis, who took over Multan and nearby areas. In 1451, the king Behlol Lodhi made a tour through the Punjab, visited Multan, where he re-organized an army. Lodhi's remained in power until Babar , the Moghal prince, a great-grandson of Temur, invaded and took over Punjab. Multan and Kabirwala were taken by Afghan rulers when Moghal rule became weak in India. in early 19th Century, Kabirwala was ruled by the Nawab of Multan, Nawab Muzaffar Khan.
In Early in 1817, Ranjit singh sent a body of troops to Multan under the command of Diwan Bhiwani Das to receive from Nawab Muzaffar Khan the tribute he owed to the Sikh Darbar. Bhiwani das laid siege to the city, but showed little vigour to pressing it. He made a secret pact with the Nawab which led Ranjit Singh to recall him and deprive him of his office. Ranjit Singh planned the afresh expedition and sent a strong force under his son Kharak Singh's charge. He arranged for supplies to be sent by boats down the river Ravi, the Chenab and the Jhelum. The system of passing letters was organised in such a manner that the Maharaja received the news from Multan by relays of messengers several times a day.
Multan finally fell to Ranjth Singh in 1818, when his army killed Nawab Muzaffar Khan and many of his sons. Two surviving sons of were giving jagirs by Ranjit singh. Their descendants are still in possession of those lands in and around Multan.
During the period of British rule it existed as a sub-division of the Multan district and had an annual revenue of over half a million Rupees.
The Kabirwala area is a land of diverse religions and culture. Along with the tombs of Muslim sufi saints, there are also Hindu places of worship. The Kabirwala city being the seat of Hazrat baba pir Kabir, the historic tomb of Hazrat Khaliq Wli, in Mauza Khati Chore (along Multan - Sarai Sidhu Road, 24 km to the west of Kabirwala city is located. The tomb of the saint Abdul Hakim is also located in this area in a sub tehsil city of Abdul Hakim. A more recent Khanqah of Hazrat Molana Muhammad Abdul Ghaffar Chishti Khalifa majaz Hazrat Sufi Muhammad Iqbal Cheshti is also located in the city along with many shrines of less well-known saints.
Kabirwala city is also the seat of the third biggest madrassa (Islamic school) of Deobandi
origin, called Darr-ul-aloom Eid Gah Kabirwala. This was established in the 1950s and since its establishment has produced thousands of Islamic scholars, graduates, Muftis and Imams. Religious schools of the Barelvi
and Shiiat sects also operate in the city.
Besides being a center for Islamic education, Kabirwala is also has two Hindu Shamshan Ghaats (places of burning the Hindu dead), Ram Chotra and Lachman Chotra, along the bank of Ravi
river. There is a Mandar (Hindu temple) in Sarai Sidhu, a sub-town of Kabirwala. Likewise, the Sikh Gurudwara called Pehli Patshahi is located in the Makhdoompur sub-town, 12 km away from Kabirwala.
The ruins of Chah Sipran Wala, Mari Sahu, Allahbad,Punjkassi(jawind singh wala), Tulamba, Makhdoompur, Hassan Pur and Chak 9/Venohi are situated in nearby villages.
Professor Allah Ditta Sajid is Principal of Govt. Degree College Kabirwala, Other's Professor's of the college like, Professor Bashir Ahmad Bhatti(Physics), Professor Mushtaq Hussain Magssi(Math.), Professor Naseem Abbas (Education). Professor Aamir Sajjad Sahoo(Biology)Ch. Muhammad Rashid Lecturer in Computer Sciences.
There also a commerce college and a vocational training institute.
There are one indoor Taekwondo martial arts school for kids ,boys,girls and olders near of canal road dhudhi market. Under supervision Mr Muhammad Asif Ali Nadir, WTF Korean black belt 4th Dan, 5th Dan W B U F. Pak & USA Victors Taekwondo Federation founder, World Budo Federation of Pakistan president and USA Taekwondo Committee member.
The city is the seat of sub-divisional courts and revenue departments, as well as having two police stations, one for city and one for the outlying areas.
Raipur, a small village some 15 kilometers away from Kabirwala on Jhang Road, is the birth place of Nobel Laureate Har Gobind Khorana, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology/ Medicine in 1968 together with Robert W. Holley and Marshall W. NirenbergH. Gobind Khorana died on 9 November 2011.
Almost all of the banks operating at the national scale are present in Kabirwala. The city and outlying areas have numerous flour mills, textile mills, fruit farms, poultry farms, cotton ginneries, oil extraction mills and paper mills. There are many brick kilns in Kabirwala, which use mineral coal for baking bricks.
Due to the richness of the natural resources, there have been a number of industrial developments. A large cotton seed oil processing factory, Grace Oil Industries, has been operating since the 1960s near to the village of Allahbad. This was nationalised in 1970's under Zia
's military dictatorship and then privatized again in 1980s under the name of EFFEF Industries. The first ever cooperative textile factory in the history of Pakistan, Colony Textile Mills, has existed on the edge of Kabirwala area since colonial times. It was located at the Khanewal Road just before entering Khanewal.
Nestle
has chosen Kabirwala as the site for its largest Asian milk processing plant, on the same road, having purchased the Kabirwala Dairy Limited in 1990's. Reportedly, the plant has a processing capacity of two million liters of milk a day, which is set to rise to three million in the near future. Nestle, through the network of its milk collection centers spread all over the Punjab province, collects milk from 140,000 farmers. The annual value of the purchased milk from farmers stands at more than CHF120m (50.9 m [pounds sterling] per year.
Since the discovery of low quality natural gas in the Choperhatta area, which lies near to Kabirawla, there have been attempts to use this resource for fertilizer and energy production. The Fauji industries established Kabirwala Power Plant in late 1990s near Choperhatta.
In the city of Kabirwala there are two major shopping malls (main bazaar and short bazaar) and a market at the juncture of Sardarpur-Kukarhatta road. These three markets are connected by a the old Ghalla Mandi (Grain Market) now converted into a food and oil market.
The telephone direct dialing code for Kabirwala is (0) 652. There is a telephone exchange in Kabirwala and all of the Pakistan based Mobile Companies are working in Kabirwala.
Khanewal District
Khanewal is District of Punjab province in Pakistan. It most widely known for being the host city to the second largest Train Station in Pakistan...
in the Punjab
Punjab (Pakistan)
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province of Pakistan
Pakistan
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. The town is the headquarters of Kabirwala Tehsil
Kabirwala Tehsil
Kabirwala Tehsil is a subdivision of Khanewal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is administratively subdivided into 34 Union Councils, two of which form the tehsil capital Kabirwala.-Major castes:...
, an administrative subdivision of the district. Kabirwala lies 10 km north of the district capital Khanewal
Khanewal
Khanewal is the capital city of Khanewal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is notable for being the host city to the second largest train station in Pakistan. Khanewal is located at 30°18'0N 71°56'0E with an altitude of 128 metres and is named after the earliest settlers here who...
on the [Multan]-Jhang
Jhang
- Demographics :According to 1981 census of Pakistan population of Jhang was 1,970,944 with the 434,495 housing units in Jhang. In 1998 census, population of Jhang was 2,834,545, whose annually growth rate was 2.16%. Male population was 1,474,099 and female population was 1,360,446...
road but it is a under Sahiwal Division now a Days.
Kabirwala was 118th biggest city, with a population of 60,782 residents, according to the 2004 Population Statistics of Pakistan.
Location
Kabirwala is in Punjab Province, Pakistan. Its geographical coordinates are 30°20'10" North, 70°43'30" East. It is one of four tehsils in Khanewal District.[2] There are 34 union councils in Kabirwala.[2]The city is named Kabirwala after [Hazrat] Baba Pir
Pir (Sufism)
Pir or Peer is a title for a Sufi master equally used in the nath tradition. They are also referred to as a Hazrat or Shaikh, which is Arabic for Old Man. The title is often translated into English as "saint" and could be interpreted as "Elder". In Sufism a Pir's role is to guide and instruct his...
Kabir[3], who lived in the area. Kabirwala was part of Multan until restructuring made the largest sub division of Khanewal district.
Kabirwala is a city north of Khanewal at Multan-Jhang road 40 km from Multan to Jhang and is part of the district Khanewal.
Sarai Sidhu, a historic city, used to be the tehsil headquarter of the whole district Khanewal, before 1937.
History
The history of Kabirwala can be traced back to the GandharaGandhara
Gandhāra , is the name of an ancient kingdom , located in northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. Gandhara was located mainly in the vale of Peshawar, the Potohar plateau and on the Kabul River...
civilization. Kabirwala was part of Multan province and fell under the rule of Sindhi ruler Raja Dahir in 711 AD. When Mohammad Bin Qasim, the Muslim General, attacked Sindh in 711 AD to take over Indus and punish Raja Dahir for holding hostage Muslim travelers and their belongings. Raja Dahir, the prince of the country, assembled his army but Qasim carried by storm a celebrated temple held in great sanctity by the Brahmins, where a large booty feel into the hands of Qasim. The Hindus were panic-stricken and fled, their prince having perished in the field of battle. Qasim then marched to Multan, which was carried by assault, and a few more victories completed the conquest of Sindh, and Multan, including Kabirwala. Qasim ruled for many years. His successors ruled the country for about fourty years, but the Rajput tribes of Sumera, having expelled them, became masters of the land. Since 1005, Kabirwala was an agricultural market, and became populated by the Muslim tribes of Kamboh, Mirza
Mirza
Mirza , is of Persian origin, denoting the rank of a high nobleman or Prince. It is usually translated into English as a royal or imperial Prince of the Blood...
Dhudhi, Sahu
Sahu
Sahu is an Indian and Pakistani surname belonging to the Vaishya varna or Jat varna respectively .They derive their name Sahu, or sometimes pronounced Sao and Sah, from their ancestral family business of bankers and money lending: from the Hindi word SAHUKAR, meaning, in a sense, persons dealing...
, Malik, Bhutta, Sial, Bhatti Sukhera, Juta, Thaheem. Jats and Arain tribes. Some Hindu families, particularly Arun, also lived in the town. There are references of its being a sizable town during Ghazni
Ghazni
For the Province of Ghazni see Ghazni ProvinceGhazni is a city in central-east Afghanistan with a population of about 141,000 people...
dynasty as the armies traveling from Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad...
and Chakwal
Chakwal
Chakwal is the capital of Chakwal District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is located 90 km south-east of the federal capital, Islamabad and is named after Chaudhry Chaku Khan, chief of the Mair Minhas tribe from Jammu, who founded it in 1525 CE during the era of the Mughal Emperor, Zaheerudun Babur...
to Multan used to rest at this point. Kabirawala, as part of Multan, was taken back by Hindus after the death of Mahmood Ghaznavi, but then in 1050, Sultan Abul Husein regained control of Kabirwala again, when he conquered Multan. Kabirwala fell into the hands of Ghori dynasty who overpowered Ghaznvid's in 1176.
The Central Asian Amir, Amir Temur, in 1396, despatched an army under his grandson to Punjab. They crossed the Indus on September 12th, 1398, and advanced to Lahore. Temur's army proceeded along the bank of Sindh to the junction of the Chinab with the Ravi. The army crossed by a bridge of boats and encamped at the town of Talamba, some 15 kilometers east of Kabirwala, which the soldiery plundered, with the inhabitants mercilessly massacred. He then crossed the Bias and marched to Bhitner, where he slew many thousands. He ravaged the provinces of Lahore and Multan, carrying fire and sword wherever they went.
In 1436, a serious insurrection broke out in Multan by Afghan Lodhis, who took over Multan and nearby areas. In 1451, the king Behlol Lodhi made a tour through the Punjab, visited Multan, where he re-organized an army. Lodhi's remained in power until Babar , the Moghal prince, a great-grandson of Temur, invaded and took over Punjab. Multan and Kabirwala were taken by Afghan rulers when Moghal rule became weak in India. in early 19th Century, Kabirwala was ruled by the Nawab of Multan, Nawab Muzaffar Khan.
In Early in 1817, Ranjit singh sent a body of troops to Multan under the command of Diwan Bhiwani Das to receive from Nawab Muzaffar Khan the tribute he owed to the Sikh Darbar. Bhiwani das laid siege to the city, but showed little vigour to pressing it. He made a secret pact with the Nawab which led Ranjit Singh to recall him and deprive him of his office. Ranjit Singh planned the afresh expedition and sent a strong force under his son Kharak Singh's charge. He arranged for supplies to be sent by boats down the river Ravi, the Chenab and the Jhelum. The system of passing letters was organised in such a manner that the Maharaja received the news from Multan by relays of messengers several times a day.
Multan finally fell to Ranjth Singh in 1818, when his army killed Nawab Muzaffar Khan and many of his sons. Two surviving sons of were giving jagirs by Ranjit singh. Their descendants are still in possession of those lands in and around Multan.
During the period of British rule it existed as a sub-division of the Multan district and had an annual revenue of over half a million Rupees.
The Kabirwala area is a land of diverse religions and culture. Along with the tombs of Muslim sufi saints, there are also Hindu places of worship. The Kabirwala city being the seat of Hazrat baba pir Kabir, the historic tomb of Hazrat Khaliq Wli, in Mauza Khati Chore (along Multan - Sarai Sidhu Road, 24 km to the west of Kabirwala city is located. The tomb of the saint Abdul Hakim is also located in this area in a sub tehsil city of Abdul Hakim. A more recent Khanqah of Hazrat Molana Muhammad Abdul Ghaffar Chishti Khalifa majaz Hazrat Sufi Muhammad Iqbal Cheshti is also located in the city along with many shrines of less well-known saints.
Kabirwala city is also the seat of the third biggest madrassa (Islamic school) of Deobandi
Deobandi
Deobandi is a movement of Sunni Islam. The movement began at Darul Uloom Deoband in Deoband, India, where its foundation was laid on 30 May 1866.-History:...
origin, called Darr-ul-aloom Eid Gah Kabirwala. This was established in the 1950s and since its establishment has produced thousands of Islamic scholars, graduates, Muftis and Imams. Religious schools of the Barelvi
Barelvi
Barelvi is a term used for the movement of Sufi , Sunni Islam originating in the Indian subcontinent.The Movement is known as Ahle Sunnat movement to its followers....
and Shiiat sects also operate in the city.
Besides being a center for Islamic education, Kabirwala is also has two Hindu Shamshan Ghaats (places of burning the Hindu dead), Ram Chotra and Lachman Chotra, along the bank of Ravi
Ravi
Ravi is a common Hindu male given name. It means Sun. Ravi may refer to:* Ravi , a Hindu solar deity* Ravi River , a Himalayan river flowing through India and Pakistan-People:...
river. There is a Mandar (Hindu temple) in Sarai Sidhu, a sub-town of Kabirwala. Likewise, the Sikh Gurudwara called Pehli Patshahi is located in the Makhdoompur sub-town, 12 km away from Kabirwala.
The ruins of Chah Sipran Wala, Mari Sahu, Allahbad,Punjkassi(jawind singh wala), Tulamba, Makhdoompur, Hassan Pur and Chak 9/Venohi are situated in nearby villages.
Education and Administration
There are two degree colleges in the city, one each each for boys and girls.Professor Allah Ditta Sajid is Principal of Govt. Degree College Kabirwala, Other's Professor's of the college like, Professor Bashir Ahmad Bhatti(Physics), Professor Mushtaq Hussain Magssi(Math.), Professor Naseem Abbas (Education). Professor Aamir Sajjad Sahoo(Biology)Ch. Muhammad Rashid Lecturer in Computer Sciences.
There also a commerce college and a vocational training institute.
There are one indoor Taekwondo martial arts school for kids ,boys,girls and olders near of canal road dhudhi market. Under supervision Mr Muhammad Asif Ali Nadir, WTF Korean black belt 4th Dan, 5th Dan W B U F. Pak & USA Victors Taekwondo Federation founder, World Budo Federation of Pakistan president and USA Taekwondo Committee member.
The city is the seat of sub-divisional courts and revenue departments, as well as having two police stations, one for city and one for the outlying areas.
Raipur, a small village some 15 kilometers away from Kabirwala on Jhang Road, is the birth place of Nobel Laureate Har Gobind Khorana, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology/ Medicine in 1968 together with Robert W. Holley and Marshall W. NirenbergH. Gobind Khorana died on 9 November 2011.
Production, processing and trade
Kabirwala is a fertile land when it comes to natural resources, which are irrigated by the extensive canal system emanating from the river Ravi and partly by the Chenab River. The irrigated area is part of Rechna Doaab (area between two rivers). Major crops include cotton, wheat, sugarcane, rice, Maize, oil seeds, fodder, vegetables. The Irrigated Area of Kabirwala is also known for its mango and citrus orchards. There is no single square mile of Kabirwala that is without one of these orchards.Almost all of the banks operating at the national scale are present in Kabirwala. The city and outlying areas have numerous flour mills, textile mills, fruit farms, poultry farms, cotton ginneries, oil extraction mills and paper mills. There are many brick kilns in Kabirwala, which use mineral coal for baking bricks.
Due to the richness of the natural resources, there have been a number of industrial developments. A large cotton seed oil processing factory, Grace Oil Industries, has been operating since the 1960s near to the village of Allahbad. This was nationalised in 1970's under Zia
Zia
The Zia are an indigenous tribe centered at Zia Pueblo, an Indian reservation in New Mexico, U.S. The Zia are known for their pottery and use of the Sun symbol...
's military dictatorship and then privatized again in 1980s under the name of EFFEF Industries. The first ever cooperative textile factory in the history of Pakistan, Colony Textile Mills, has existed on the edge of Kabirwala area since colonial times. It was located at the Khanewal Road just before entering Khanewal.
Nestle
Nestlé
Nestlé S.A. is the world's largest food and nutrition company. Founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, Nestlé originated in a 1905 merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company, established in 1867 by brothers George Page and Charles Page, and Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé, founded in 1866 by Henri...
has chosen Kabirwala as the site for its largest Asian milk processing plant, on the same road, having purchased the Kabirwala Dairy Limited in 1990's. Reportedly, the plant has a processing capacity of two million liters of milk a day, which is set to rise to three million in the near future. Nestle, through the network of its milk collection centers spread all over the Punjab province, collects milk from 140,000 farmers. The annual value of the purchased milk from farmers stands at more than CHF120m (50.9 m [pounds sterling] per year.
Since the discovery of low quality natural gas in the Choperhatta area, which lies near to Kabirawla, there have been attempts to use this resource for fertilizer and energy production. The Fauji industries established Kabirwala Power Plant in late 1990s near Choperhatta.
In the city of Kabirwala there are two major shopping malls (main bazaar and short bazaar) and a market at the juncture of Sardarpur-Kukarhatta road. These three markets are connected by a the old Ghalla Mandi (Grain Market) now converted into a food and oil market.
Communication and Transport
Kabirwala is located at the crossroads of several important routes. It links south with north of Pakistan. All the transport from the Sindh province, Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffar Garh, Rahim Yar Khan, Bahawalpur, Multan and Khanewal districts traveling to the capital of Pakistan, Islamabad, has to pass through Kabirwala to connect to Jhang and Sargodha. There are two bus stands, the old one is located at the western edge of the city along the Multan Road, and the new one is located on the southern edge of the city along the Khanewal Road. Apart from the offices of bus companies, these bus stands also house offices of trucking and cargo companies.The telephone direct dialing code for Kabirwala is (0) 652. There is a telephone exchange in Kabirwala and all of the Pakistan based Mobile Companies are working in Kabirwala.