SwabiHistory of Swabi
The name Swabi is believed by many to have been derived from "saabi" who were star worshippers centuries before the comming of Islam. The world "saabien" has been mentioned in the Quran .This region has played a very important role in the cultural ,social and political evolution in Indo-Pakistan .The first and most famous gramarian and historian of Sanskrit,Panini,belonged to Lahor,a tehsil of Swabi,then called Salatura . This area played a very important role in the devolopment of Gandhara Art. It is said that one of the important meeting of the prominent fiqures of the Bhuddist relegion was held in Lahor ,in which it was decided that statues of their Lord Bhudda should be made in order to preserve memory of the Lord.That meeting was attended by large number of deligates from around the Bhuddist world .Upto that time ,there was no tradition of statue making among the Buddists .Consequently ,the first statue of Lord Bhudda was made in Lahor, there-from the art of statue making spread to India ,China and South East Asia.Due to this art Gandhara became cultural center of the Bhuddist world .The World Conqurer ,Alexander the Great ,also came to Swabi and fought battles here .From Swabi he went to Taxilla by crossing Indus river near Hund,which was an important crossing point on Indus river at that time. The Noted Chineese historian and pilgrim , Huen Song, had also visited Swabi and has mentioned Slatura and Hund in his memoirs. to be updated soon.............. History by :Iftikhar Ahmad Yousafzai SOME INFORMATION ABOUT SWABI (NA 12 and 13) Area: 1,543 sq kms Sub-divisions: Swabi and Lahor Population: 1,026,804 Population density: 665.5 persons per sq km Annual growth rate: 2.96 per cent Urban ratio: 17.5 per cent Main clans: Yousafzai are in majority. Others include Razars/Rajars, Utman, Jadoon/Gadoon and Khattak. Religion: Muslims 99.6 per cent, Ahmadi 0.3 per cent and Christian 0.1 per cent Main Languages: Pushto 96.4 per cent; Others 3.6 per cent Literacy rate: 36 per cent Economically active population: 19.5 percent of the total population Main occupations: Professionals 4.3 per cent; Technicians 3.2 per cent; Clerks 2.6 per cent; Service and shop workers 8.6 per cent; Agriculture workers 52.6 per cent; Craft and related trade workers 3.2 per cent; Plant and machine operators 3.7 per cent; Elementary occupations 21 per cent, Armed forces 0.7 per cent. Villages: No .Name 1 ADAM ABAD 2 ADINA 3 AHAD KHAN 4 ALLAH DHER 5 AMAN KOT 6 AMBAR 7 AMRAI BALA 8 ASOTA SHARIF 9 AURANG ABAD 10 BACHAI 11 BADA 12 BAJA 13 BAJA BAM KHEL 14 BAKAR 15 BAM KHEL 16 BATAKARA 17 BATTI 18 BAZAR 19 BAZARGI 20 BEEKA 21 BEESAK 22 BOQA 23 BORI 24 CHOUTRAI 25 DAGAI 26 DALORI 27 DANDOQA 28 DEWAL 29 DEWAL GHARI 30 DOBIAN 31 DODHER 32 DULAT 33 GAAR MUNARA 34 GABASNI 35 GADOON 36 GAGAN NATH 37 GAJAI 38 GANDAF 39 GANI CHATRA 40 GAR AKA KHEL 41 GAR PANJPIR 42 GHAZI KOT 43 GHULAMAN 44 GOHAR ABAD 45 GOHATI 46 GULO DHERAI 47 GULSHAN ABAD 48 HARYAN 49 HUND 50 ISMAILA 51 JALBAI 52 JALSAI 53 JAMAL ABAD 58 KABGANI 59 KADDI 60 KADI DAGAI 61 KALA 62 KALABAT 63 KALU DHER 64 KALU KHAN 65 KARNAL SHER 66 KOLGAR 67 KOT GABAI 68 KOTHA 69 KSK 70 KUNDA 71 LAHOR 72 LALU DHERI 73 LYRAN 74 MAGHUL KOT 75 MAINI 76 MALAK ABAD 77 MANERI BALA 78 MANERI PAYAN 79 MANGAI 129 TARAKAI 80 MANGAL CHAI 130 TARBELA 81 MANKI 131 THAND KOI 82 MANSABDAR 132 TOPI 83 MARGHUZ 133 TORDHER 84 MATHRA DAGAI 134 TURLANDI 85 MAZGHUND 135 UCH KHUWAR 86 MIAN DHERI 136 URMAL DHERI 87 MIAN KALLI 137 UTLA 88 MUSA BANDA 138 WISAL ABAD 89 NABI 139 YAQUBI 90 NAIK NAAM 140 YAR HUSSAIN 91 NARANJI 141 YOUSUFI 92 NARO BANDA 142 ZADIA 93 NAZAR BANDA 143 ZAKARYA KHURD 94 PABAINI 144 ZAROBI 95 PAK KYA 96 PALO DAND 97 PANJMAN 98 PANJPIR 99 PARMOLI 100 PEHUR HIMLET 101 QADRA 102 QASIM 103 RAFIQ ABAD 104 ROSHAN PORA 105 SALEEM KHAN 106 SANDOWA 107 SAPROONA 108 SARD CHEENA 109 SARKOI BALA 110 SARWAR SHAH KOT 111 SEEN KHEL 112 SERAI 113 SERI CHARBAGH 114 SHAH MANSOOR 115 SHAHDAD KALLI 116 SHALMANI 117 SHEIKH DHERI 118 SHEIKH JANA 119 SHER DERA 120 SHERA GHUND 121 SHEWA 122 SHEWA ADDA 123 SIKANDAREY 124 SPEEN KANI 125 SUDHER 126 SWABI 127 TAKAIL 128 TANO 129 TARAKAI 130 TARBELA 131 THAND KOI 132 TOPI 133 TORDHER 134 TURLANDI 135 UCH KHUWAR 136 URMAL DHERI 137 UTLA 138 WISAL ABAD 139 YAQUBI 140 YAR HUSSAIN 141 YOUSUFI 142 ZADIA 143 ZAKARYA KHURD 144 ZAROBI |
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