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Kulachi is a city and Tehsil (administrative region) of Dera Ismail Khan District in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. It is situated 50 km from Dera Ismail Khan in the Damaan valley of the Sulaiman Range, and lies on the banks of the Gomal River (local name "Luni" or "Khuarha"), a tributary of the Indus. The equivalent terms tehsil, tahsil, tahasil, taluka, taluk, and taluq refer to a unit of government in some countries of the Indian subcontinent. ...
Location of Dera Ismail Khan District (highlighted in red) within the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. ...
North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) is geographically the smallest of the four provinces of Pakistan. ...
Dera Ismail Khan (Urdu: ÚˆÛŒØ±Û Ø§Ø³Ù…Ø§ عیل خان) is a city in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. ...
Damaan is located in Punjab, Pakistan. ...
Satellite image of a part of the Sulaiman Range. ...
Gomal River (Urdu: دریائے گومل ) is a river in Afghanistan and Pakistan, with its headwaters in the south-east of Ghazni. ...
The Indus River (Urdu: Sindh; Sindhi: Sindhu; Sanskrit and Hindi: सिनà¥à¤§à¥ ; Persian: Øندو ; Pashto: ّآباسنFather of Rivers; Tibetan: Lion River; Chinese: Yìndù; Greek: Ινδός Indos) is the longest and most important river in Pakistan and one of the most important rivers on the Indian subcontinent and has given the country India its...
The city is surrounded by a wall, and has a planned design that includes four bazaars in the shape of a cross. The centre of the bazaars is known as Chowgalla (Square).
The city's population of about 20,000 is composed mainly of Gandapur (Pashtun) and Seraiki people. Two languages are spoken: Pashto and Seraiki (locally called Hindko, though it is not Hindko as spoken in Peshawar and elsewhere). The Gandapurs are a Pashtun tribe inhabiting the environs of Dera Ismail Khan, a major commercial center the west bank of the Indus River, in the southern region of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, near the frontier with South Waziristan. ...
Seraiki is a language of great antiquity in Pakistan. ...
Hindko is an ancient language spoken in the Indian subcontinent. ...
(Urdu: پشاور; Pashto: پښور) literally means City on the Frontier in Persian and is known as Pekhawar in Pashto. ...
History The city was developed by the Kulachi Balochs (also written Kolachi), a branch of the Baloch people. Later on, as the Gandapur tribe settled in the area, they fought with the Kulachi Balochs and expelled them from the city and surrounding area. The Kulachi Balochs were forced to migrate closer to Dera Ismail Khan, and now only a few Baloch families reside in the city. Kolachi is a Baloch tribe and it originated from Kulanch, Makran, Balochistan. ...
The Baloch (Persian: بلوچ alternative transliterations Baluch, Balouch, Balooch, Balush, Balosh, Baloosh, Baloush et al. ...
The Gandapurs are a Pashtun tribe inhabiting the environs of Dera Ismail Khan, a major commercial center the west bank of the Indus River, in the southern region of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, near the frontier with South Waziristan. ...
Dera Ismail Khan (Urdu: ÚˆÛŒØ±Û Ø§Ø³Ù…Ø§ عیل خان) is a city in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. ...
City Sectors Various Mohallahs (sectors) of the city were named after sub-tribes of the Gandapur tribe. Thus Kulachi is now divided into the following Mohallahs: The Gandapurs are a Pashtun tribe inhabiting the environs of Dera Ismail Khan, a major commercial center the west bank of the Indus River, in the southern region of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, near the frontier with South Waziristan. ...
Inside the walled city
- Mohallah Shakhi
- Mohallah Ibrahim Zai
- Mohallah Hussain Zai
- Mohallah Yaqub Zai
- Mohallah Musa Zai [Shumali]
- Mohallah Musa Zai [Janoobi]
- Mohallah Bara Khel
- Mohallah Kamal Khel
- Mohallah Khader Khel
- Mohallah Jattan Walla
- Mohallah Usman Khel
- Mohallah Nathoo Zai
Outside the walled city The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...
Hussain Zai (Gandapur) Hussain Zais are the descendants of Hussain, the third son of Gandapur. ...
Yaqoob Zai (Gandapur) Yaqub Zais are the descendents of Yaqub, the eldest son of Gandapaur. ...
- Mohallah Rana Zai
- Mohallah Zarni Khel
- Mohallah Behlol Khel
- Mohallah Khud Basti (Lowland town)
- Mohallah Chhoti (Small) Luni or Qasim Abad (established by Qasim Khan, who had migrated with his families from Luni village after a bloody feud with other people in Luni; hence his new abode was called "small Luni")
- Mohallah Haroon Abad (established in the 1980s by Maulana Haroon Behlol Khel, grandson of great Sufi Mian Baraan)
Walls and gates The city wall was constructed to safeguard the city from invading tribes such as the Mahsud Pirates. The city wall is known as "Kot" (a common word for forts or walls of forts in the Indus valley). It has six gates, most in good condition. The gates are named after the Mohallahs where they are located (such as Shakhi Gate), or given the name of a nearby village if they are built on the road leading to that village (such as Maddi Gate). The gates are fine examples of 19th century Mughal and Indian Architecture. Mahsud (Urdu: Ù…Øسود) is a famous Pashtun tribe in Waziristan, Pakistan. ...
Starting clockwise from Shakhi Gate , the names of the six gates are as follows:
- Shakhi Gate
- Maddi Gate
- Usman khel Gate
- Jattan Wala Gate
- Mithu GATE
- Maday Khan Gate
Economy Kulachi is an agricultural city. The area lies at the foot of the Sulaiman Range and hence is irrigated by flood water from Sulaiman Mountains. The system of irrigation is called Rod Kohi (Rod means channel and Koh means Mountain in Persian) and hence it is the system of Mountain Channels or hill-torrents inundating the whole valley of Damaan. The Rod Kohi system was very well developed by the British Colonialists and Kulachi had the highest share in Agricultural Revenue of the District Dera Ismail Khan before 1947. The system of Rod Kohi is now in shambles due to lawlessness in the area and apathy of the NWFP Government. "Kharbooza" [melon] of Kulachi is famous all over Pakistan. It is very sweat and delicious. Satellite image of a part of the Sulaiman Range. ...
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Damaan is located in Punjab, Pakistan. ...
Dera Ismail Khan (Urdu: ÚˆÛŒØ±Û Ø§Ø³Ù…Ø§ عیل خان) is a city in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. ...
North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) is geographically the smallest of the four provinces of Pakistan. ...
Crafts Kulachi is famous for various artefacts and handicrafts. - Kulachiwal Chaakku (Knife). Small knives with ornamental design are manufactured on a small scale by artisans in the Porta Bazaar (West Bazaar). This beautiful art is on the verge of extinction due to lack of patronage.
- Handicrafts. Various forms of beautiful handicrafts, similar in style to Multani handicraft, are made in the area.
- Ornamental Shoes. Popularly known as "tillay waali Jûtti", the ornamental shoes made by the local cobblers are very popular in the area. They are best suited for long walks in the fields of Damaan.
The pre-partition cloth hawking & Usury Business Captain J.A.Robinson in his book "Notes on Nomad Tribes of Eastern Afghanistan" published in 1934. writes, | “ | There is another type of business of comparatively recent growth which had had begun to occupy the attention of increasing numbers of Powindahs until about the year 1929, when it received a severe set-back owing to economic depression in India. This cloth-hawking and usury. It is said to have been started by the Gandapurs of Kulachi, which was the chief mart in the Derajat for Powindah import and export trade before the improvement in communications caused its eclipse by Dera Ismail Khan; and the Powindahs followed the Gandapurs and extended their activities all over northern India as far south as Bombay and as far east as Lower Burma. This business was mostly financed by the Hindu bankers of Kulachi and Dera Ismail Khan, and to a smaller extent by the Powindahs themselves. In 1882, one Mansa Ram, Gera Arora, of Kulachi saw that it would be a great advantage both to him and to the Powindahs if the latter were financed by a branch of his business established for the winter at Calcutta. Accordingly, in the autumn of 1883 he accompanied the Powindahs to Calcutta, to be imitated in the following years by other sahukars, until in the winter of 1912-13 there were no fewer than twenty three money-lending agencies in Calcutta. Business flourished to such an extent that most of the leading bankers in Dera Ismail Khan used to spend the winter in Calcutta; and many came to depend entirely on the Powindah trade for a livelihood. About 1905-06, the bankers found that by acting as agents for the purchase of cloth and articles of clothing from the merchants of Calcutta, or as cloth-merchants themselves, they could make still greater profits. This money-lending and cloth trade reached its zenith about the winter of 1911-12 when Rs. 46 lakhs are said to have been invested in it annually. | ” | The First World War, poor crops in Bengal, low prices of agricultural products, misbehaviour of the Powindahs, higher rates of interest (75-225 % per annum), general trade depression and activities of the All Indian National Congress led to the downfall of cloth hawking and usury business of Gandapurs and Powindahs.
The City of Saints Kulachi is famous for the presence of tombs of various Sufi saints. The most notable among them are tomb of Hazrat Noor Muhammad Kamal Khel (Noori Darbaar), tomb of Hazrat Mian Baraan, tomb of Hazrat Maddey Khan, tomb of Hazrat Khair Shah, tomb of Hazrat Bukhari, tomb of Hazrat Bahadur (Baz daada), tomb of Hazrat Syed Karam Shah (recited The Holy Quran more than 100,000 times), tomb of Hazrat Raza (Razau dadaa). All these tombs have surrounded the walled city of Kulachi. Sufism (Arabic تصوف taṣawwuf) is a system of esoteric philosophy commonly associated with Islam. ...
Coordinates: 30°44′N, 71°17′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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