Bhakkar








City in Punjab, Pakistan












































Bhakkar



بهكّر

City

Thal Canal in Bhakkar

Thal Canal in Bhakkar




Bhakkar is located in Punjab, Pakistan

Bhakkar

Bhakkar



Location in Pakistan

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Bhakkar is located in Pakistan

Bhakkar

Bhakkar



Bhakkar (Pakistan)

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Coordinates: 31°37′40″N 71°3′45″E / 31.62778°N 71.06250°E / 31.62778; 71.06250Coordinates: 31°37′40″N 71°3′45″E / 31.62778°N 71.06250°E / 31.62778; 71.06250
Country Pakistan
Province Punjab
District Bhakkar
Tehsil Bhakkar
Elevation

522 ft (159 m)
Time zone
UTC+5 (PKT)
 • Summer (DST) +6
Calling code 0453
Union councils 42

Bhakkar (Urdu: بهكّر‎), is the principal city of Bhakkar District, Punjab, Pakistan. It lies on the left bank of the Indus river.




Contents






  • 1 Administration


  • 2 History


    • 2.1 British rule




  • 3 Places to Visit


    • 3.1 Dilkusha Bagh




  • 4 Notable people


  • 5 References


  • 6 Bibliography


  • 7 External links





Administration


Bhakkar city is also the administrative centre of Bhakkar Tehsil one of the four tehsils of the district. Bhakkar Tehsil is subdivided into 17 union councils, three of which form the city of Bhakkar.[1]



History


Bhakkar was founded probably towards the close of the fifteenth century by a group of colonists from Dera Ismail Khan.[2] During the 15th century, Bhakkar saw a struggle for power between Sher Shah Suri and Humayun. It came under Humayun's rule after he restored back the Mughal empire and he appointed Khan Khanan as the governor of the city alongside Multan,[3] as Multan was a province during Mughal empire which included the city of Bhakkar in it.[4]


Fray Sebastian Manrique, a 17th-century traveller, travelled to this city in 1641 and described it as the capital of a Kingdom of Bhakkar.[5]



British rule



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During British rule Bhakkar Town was part of Bhakkar tehsil of Mianwali District. It was located on the left bank of Indus River and was on the North-Western Railway line.[2]


The Imperial Gazetteer of India described the town as follows:








Places to Visit



Dilkusha Bagh



There is an Old Date Orchard, locally known as 'Dilkusha Bagh' which is believed by some to be a Mughal garden built by Humayun, however Humayun never visited the area, on his retreat to Iran, he went to another Bakhar in Sindh to seek help from Mahmood Khan, which was however denied by historian Henry Raverty.[6]



Notable people



  • Rasheed Akbar Khan Nawani (political person)


References





  1. ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Bhakkar – Government of Pakistan Archived 9 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine.


  2. ^ abc Bhakkar Town – Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 8, p. 44.


  3. ^ S.R. Sharma 1999.


  4. ^ Ashiq Muhammad Khān Durrani 1991.


  5. ^ Zulfiqar Ahmad 1988.


  6. ^ Bhakkar District Official Website"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




Bibliography


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  • S.R. Sharma (1 January 1999), Mughal Empire in India: A Systematic Study Including Source Material, Volume 1, Atlantic Publishers & Dist, p. 124-235, ISBN 978-8-17-156817-8


  • Zulfiqar Ahmad (1988), Notes on Punjab and Mughal India: Selections from Journal of the Punjab Historical Society, The University of Michigan, p. 333-338


  • Ashiq Muhammad Khān Durrani (1991), History of Multan: from the early period to 1849 A.D., Vanguard, p. 51, ISBN 978-8-17-156817-8




External links


  • Official website



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