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Union council and town in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Garhi Habibullah
Union council and town
Garhi Habibullah
A view of Garhi Habibillah Khan from Aznali HillsA view of Garhi Habibillah Khan from Aznali Hills
Garhi Habibullah is located in Khyber PakhtunkhwaGarhi HabibullahGarhi HabibullahLocation in PakistanShow map of Khyber PakhtunkhwaGarhi Habibullah is located in PakistanGarhi HabibullahGarhi HabibullahGarhi Habibullah (Pakistan)Show map of Pakistan
Coordinates: 34°24′05″N 73°22′49″E / 34.4014°N 73.3803°E / 34.4014; 73.3803
CountryPakistan
RegionKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictMansehra District
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Area code0997

Garhi Habibullah Khan is a historical town and union council (an administrative subdivision) of tehsil Balakot and Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan towards the Kashmir frontier of Capital Muzzafarbad. It was affected by the . It is named after ex nomial chief of Pakhli Habibullah Khan. According to Hazara Gazetteer in 1872 under the division of Mansehra District among the victorious group of Swatis and Syed Jalal Baba , the Garhi Habibullah was divided into 4 Swatis clans of Pakhal named Hundi Ameen Khan(Jehangiris) ,Hundi Habib Khan (Jehangiris) ,Hundi Hassan Ali Khan( Arghoshals) , Hundi Berham khan (Sarkhelis) and 1 adopted-swati clan named Hundi Sumandar Khan(Khankhails)It is area affected by 2005 Earthquake .Hindko is spoken in this town Overview - United Nations Joint Logistics Centre Archived September 13, 2012, at archive.today

Neighborhoods

  • Naral
  • Seri
  • Buttsing( Hassan Ali Khan Colony)
  • Babur Colony
  • Jabbi
  • Sughdar
  • Ponrh
  • Palyani
  • Dhamkacha

Division of Hundis - 1872

Total area of Garhi Habibullah was 29000 Kanal which was divided equally among 4 Hundis and 4000 Kanal was left Shamlat between these 5 Hundis which is still Shamlat in today era.This page is just for the historic knowledge of Garhi Habibullah and now many lands have been sold to other people by the descendants of these Hundis. These five people were actually from Pakhal and came here to defend borders of Pakhli Sarkar from the nearby Kashmiri Kingdom of Maharaja.

  • Hundi Behram Khan( Sarkheli ) - 5000 kanal Mainly Naral
  • Hundi Ameen Khan( Jehangeeri)- 5000 Kanal Mainly Seri
  • Hundi Hassan Ali Khan(Arghushal) 5000 Kanal Mainly Butsing
  • Hundi Habib Khan ( Jehangeeri) 5000 Kanal Mainly Jabbi
  • Hundi Samundar Khan(KhanKhail) 5000 Kanal Mainly Babar Colony

Sources

  • Imperial Gazetteer Of India (Topic: Pakhli Sarkar of Swatis)
  • Mountstuart Elphinstone (1843): An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul
  • Raverty H.G (1888): Notes on Baluchistan and Afghanistan
  • Hazara Gazetteer 1883 and 1907
  • Prof. Akhtar: Swati aur Mamlikat e Gabar
  • Roshan Khan: Tazkira
  • Rehmat Khan: Tareekh e Hafiz
  • Sher Bahadur Khan Panni.: Tareekh e Hazara
  • The Pathans
  • Tehkeeq E Afghan

References

  1. Revenue Department https://revenue.kp.gov.pk/sdcs/
Administrative divisions of Mansehra District
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