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wal rail route could take all the rail traffic.
Jhang History In Urdu
Jhang Geography In Urdu
Jhang District History In Urdu
Jhang History In English
The city of
Jhang was built in 1288 by Rai Sial with the advice of Hazrat Shah
Jalal Bukhari (his peer). The first ruler of Jhang was Mal Khan in
1462. Sial tribe ruled this city for 360 years and the last ruler of
the Sial Tribe was Ahmad Khan from 1812 to 1822 before the Sikhs took
over. And from the rule of the Sikh, Jhang was taken over by the
British.
Jhang
is more famous for its people than for its products. The Jhangvis are
hardy peasants, healthy, tall, strong and of whitish complexion. The
people live in the plains and therefore are plain and straight-forward,
broad minded, hospitable and progressive. Jhang is the centre of a
purely agricultural based society. Agriculture is the chief source of
income and employment in Jhang. About 85 percent of the Jhang’s
cultivable land is irrigated. Wheat and cotton are the principal crops.
Other crops grown include rice, sugarcane, corn (maize), oilseeds,
fruits, and vegetables. Livestock and poultry are also raised in large
numbers in district Jhang.
Jhang
is characterised by extreme climate – the temperature is generally
hot, with marked variations between summer and winter. The monsoon
reaches the area exhausted and therefore the rainfall is quite meager.
There is also occasional rain during the winters. The summer may be
somehow discomforting, but for the greater part of the year the climate
is ideal and invigorating. The best part of the year is from the
middle of February to the middle of April, which is the spring in the
Jhang. It is neither cold nor hot but simply pleasant and enjoyable. The
entire district-side becomes a vast stretch of greenery. The mustard
fields are covered with yellow flowers, trees put on new leaves, fruits
begin to blossom and there are flowers every where.
Jhang
is connected by road or railway to some main cities of the country.
Multan Sargodha road passes through the centre of the city. It is on
this road that I used to travel from Multan to come to Mandi Bahauddin
during my long stay in Multan. And, that is when I got acquainted with
the place.
Every
time I passed through the city, I was reminded of Heer Ranjha – the
story performed in the form of an opera as well as a ballet and sung by
youth and vocalists. This is a part of our literature heritage. Heer
was the daughter of a feudal landlord Chuchak Sial who lived in a
village in the suburbs of Jhang. Before Heer’s sacrifice for Ranjha, she
proved herself to be a very courageous and daring young girl. It is
said that Sardar Noora from the Sambal clan, had a really beautiful boat
made and appointed a boatman called Luddan. Noora was very ruthless
with his employees. Due to the ill treatment one day Luddan ran away
with the boat and begged Heer for refuge. Heer gave him moral support as
well as shelter. Sardar Noora was enraged at this incident. He
summoned his friends and set off to catch Luddan. Heer collected an
army of her friends and confronted Sardar Noora. When Heer’s brothers
learnt of this incident they told her, “If a mishap had befallen you
why did not you send for us?” To which Heer replied, “What was the need
to send for all of you? Emperor Akbar had not attacked us.” It is the
same Heer who, when she in love with Ranjha, sacrifices her life for
him and says, “Rangha Rangha kardi ni mein aape Rangha hoi, menu Heer
na aakhe koi (Ranjha, Ranjha all time I myself have become Ranjha. No
one should call me Heer, call me Dheedho Ranjha.)
Heer
Ranjha is the most famous true love story of the South Asian history.
Similar to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet it tells a story of two
lovers “Heer” and “Ranjah”; whose families were in conflict with one
another and became separated for many years. Heer is known to have been
an extremely beautiful woman with a wealthy father named “Chuchak.”
Ranjha was the youngest of four brothers, all of which were married
except him. In his late teens he set of to find work in a distant
village where he found Chuchak who offered him a job to take care of his
cattle. Having met Ranjha, Heer became mesmerised by the way he played
the flute and eventually fell in love with him. They would meet each
other secretly for many years until they were caught by her parents and
found who Dido really was. Heer was married against her will to another
man, while Ranjha was left broken hearted and left to walk the quiet
villages on his own until eventually met Gorak, a Jogi (devoted believer
in God). Having entering Gorak’s Tilla (Shrine), Dido could only see
his departed lover and being emotionally scared he voluntarily became a
Yogi. Reciting the name of the lord on his travels around the Punjab he
found the village of “Kher” where he was reunited with his devoted
lover. They both escaped and came back to Heer’s Village, where her
parents agreed to their marriage and end the conflict between the two
families. The marriage preparations went well but on the wedding day,
Heer’s jealous uncle, “Kedoh” (who was a limp having been beaten by
Ranjha’s brothers many years earlier) poisoned her so the wedding
wouldn’t take place. Having heard the news Dido rushed to aid Heer but
was too late as she died in his arms, but tragically becoming broken
hearted once again, Dido also died holding Heer to his chest. Now only
the poet’s poetry remains in everlasting remembrance for no one has
written such a beautiful Heer as Waris Shah.
But
there is no “romance” left in the sleepy and dusty district
headquarters Jhang. Those who take chance through the rustic city have
to muscle their way to the city through waves of Tongas, rickshaws,
donkey and bullock carts and lines of vendors selling gandeerian. And
that is the first taste (and smell) of the city. Jhang is so full of
animal transport that its avenues are like roads of respiratory illness
and fatal accidents. Over crowding, population increase, litter, power
outages and water shortages have all played a part in turning small
hamlet, founded by the Sials in early thirteenth century, into a teeming
sprawling slum. Rai Sial would not be able to recognize the city if he
comes back. A short walk in the city reveals the neglect of all
concerned. First thing a city needs is a By Pass.
Lalamusa-Sargodha-Khanewal
railway is a profitable rout that passes through Jhang. At present
only one Peshawar-Karachi train – Chenab Express – runs on this route.
It could be useful to introduce at least one more Peshawar-Karachi
express train for passengers, agricultural products produced in the
area. Moreover, this track is strategically important in case of any
threat to Peshawar-Lahore-Karachi main railway track. In that case,
Lalamusa-Sargodha-Khane wal rail route could take all the rail traffic.
Famous People of Jhang
- AL- Haaj Sheikh Muhammad Akram– Bussiness man and politition
- Shiekh Waqas Akram S/O Sheikh akram– Present M N A
- Abdus Salam – Nobel laureate in physics
- Syeda Abida Hussain – politician (former federal minister and Pakistani ambassador to the United States)
- Dr Abul Hasan Ansari – politician
- Nazeer Naji – journalist
- Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada – leading Islamic scholar and mufassir
- Tahir-ul-Qadri – Islamic scholar and politician
- Faisal Saleh Hayat – politician
- Gulshan Esther, a Christian writer and evangelist now residing in England
- AL-Haaj Ghulam Ahmad Khan– politician
- Dr. Muhammad Ajaz Hussain Sial Assistant Professor Sargodha University, Sargodha
Most Famous Darbar's in Jhang
- Darbar Hazrat Shah Sheikhan (RA) – Sheikhan Shehar, Tehsil Chiniot, Jhang LalianLalianLalian is a city in the Chiniot District of Punjab province, in Pakistan. It is located at 31°49'21N 72°47'50E with an altitude of 171 metres and is situated on the Faisalabad-to-Sargodha road. It is named after Mian Muhammad Siddiq Lali, a Muslim saint. According to the census of 1998, Lalian...Road
- Darbar Hazrat Sultan Bahoo (RA) – Tehsil Shorkot
- Darbar Hazrat Hafiz Faiz Sultan (RA) – Tehsil Shorkot
- Darbar Hazrat Manzoor Sultan (RA)– Tehsil Shorkot
- Darbar Hazrat Dr. Mujeeb Sultan (RA) – Tehsil Shorkot
- Darbar Hazrat Sultan Noor Muhammad, Sultan Muhammad Nawaz and Sultan ul Asr Hazrat Ghulam Dastgir Al-Qadiri near Darbar Hazrat Sultan Bahoo
- Darbar Hazarat Peer Maharaj Syed Shabbar Raza of Pubbarwalla Sharif
- Darbar Hazrat Sultan Noor Hassan and Sultan Abdul Majeed near Darbar Hazrat Sultan Bahoo
- Hazrat Peer Jabbo Shaheed (RA), Mouza Uch Noori Gul Imam
- Darbar Hazrat Sultan Muhammad Azeez near Darbar Hazrat Sultan Bahoo
- Darbar Hazrat Sultan Dost Muhmmad near Darbar Hazrat Sultan Bahoo
- Darbar Hazrat Sultan Ahmad Bakhsh near Darbar Hazrat Sultan Bahoo
- Darbar Hazrat Sultan Muhammad Hassan near Darbar Hazrat Sultan Bahoo
- Darbar Sultan Shah Sakhira At Mari Shah Sakhira
- Darbar Mahni Sharif – Kot Lakhnana, 6th Mile, Gojra Road, Jhang
- Darbar Mangani Sharif Hazrat Pir Karam Hussain
- Hazrat Shah Jewana (RA) – Shah Jewana, Tehsil
- Sial Sharif – Sial Sharif, Sargodha Road, Jhang
- Maai Heer – Faisalabad Road, Jhang Saddar
- Peer Hathy Wan – Jhang City
- Darbar Shah Kabir – Jhang City
- Shrine of Athara Hazari – Athara Hazari Jhang
- Peer Hazrat Syed Dargahi Shah
- Peer Uch Gul Imam
- Baloki Shareef – Mochi Wala, Faisalabad Road, Jhang
- Hazrat Shah Sadiq Nahang – Shorkot Multan road, Jhang
- Darber Rodoo Sultan – Garrh MahaRaja road, Jhang
- Darbar Peer Gohar Shah
- Darbar Peer Mohammad Shah Bukhari
- Darbar Peer Noor Ahmad Hashmi kot sai singh jhang
- Darbar Mian Murad
- Peer Mirak Sial
- Darbar Mae Bap – Shorkot, Jhang. (Bahoo Sultan)
- Peer Abdr Rehman
- Peer Hasu Balail
- Darbar Noori Nahra
- Dhaji Peer
- Peer Durki Shah
- Darbar Hazarat Farid-e-Millat Dr. Farid-ud-Din Qadri (RA) Basti Saleh Shah, Jhang
- Peer Hafiz Abdulkarim Yousaf Shah Road, Jhang
- Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Ji – This sacred shrine of Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Ji is on Toba road outside Jhang. Buses or mini buses going to this place from Jhang are easily available. Its bus stop is on the bridge after Bagha Wala. From the bus stop one has to walk upstream along the canal. A Gurdwara was built by the followers on the mound where Sat Gur Dev Ji had stayed. A primary school is housed in the Gurdwara now.
- Mazar Hazrat Shah Balail in Hassu Balail
- Mazar Hazrat Noor Ashab Near Hassu Balail
- Mazar Hafiz Abdur Razzaq in Imam Kot Hassu Balalil
- Darbar Peer Chiragh Shah Bokhari at Thana Mason Taseil Jhang
- Darbar Baba Ghareeb Ali in chak no. 211 J.B. Titraanwala
- Darbar Baba Haji Ahmad Darvesh Baghdadi – Shaheed road Jhang
- Darbar Noor Muhammad Awan Marhoom – Mai heer Jhang
- Derbar peer fatah Shah Chak Hundlan Bhowan Painsra Road Chiniot
- Darbar Peer Muhammad Shah Chak Ramana (Khushal Ka) Bhowana Painsra Road Chiniot
- Darbar Peer Hazrat Shah Sharief Chund Jhang City
- Darbar Lal Shah Wara Thatta Mohammad Shah, Chiniot Road, Jhang
- A Mandar (name unknown) at Wara Suleman, Chiniot Road, Jhang
- Darbar Mian Bakha Sharif Moza Balo Shahbal, Chiniot Road, Jhang
- Darbar Hazarat Peer Shahbal Shah Moza Balo Shahbal Jhang (by Malik Aman Ullah) Karodia Autos Jhang
- Derbar Tiban Piran Shrif, Hazrat Pir Muhammad Hussain Shah Hamdani, Purana Khushab Road, Via 18 Hazari, Near Kurhianwala
- Darbar Sultan Pakra(Syed Johdi Jamal ud Din) Chak No.259/JB Te.& District Jhang.
- Darbar Hazrat Hafiz Jamal (Mian Wadda) Barana tehsil Lalian, Distt. Chiniot
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