Bhong is a small but important town of Rahim Yar Khan District in the Punjab

Punjab (Pakistan)

Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...

 province of Pakistan

Pakistan

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. It is a Union Council

Union Councils of Pakistan

A sherwan or village council in Pakistan is an elected local government body consisting of 21 councillors, and headed by a nazim and a naib nazim...

 of Sadiqabad

Sadiqabad

Sadiqabad or Sadiq Abad or Sadik Abad or Sadikabad is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. Sadiqabad is also the administrative centre of Sadiqabad Tehsil, which is a sub-division of Rahim Yar Khan District....

 tehsil

Tehsil

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 (Urdu

Urdu

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 for subdistrict) and is located 200 kilometres away from Bhawalpur at 28° 25' 0" North, 69° 55' 0" East. Bhong is the ancestral land of the Indhars Rajput of Bhati

Bhati

Bhati is one of the largest tribes of the Gujjars& Rajput. They claim descent from Krishna as an avatar of Vishnu, and thus identify themselves as a Chandravanshi Kshatriya clan. The Bhati trace their history to the desert principality of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, in the border villages of Bikaner...

 descent who migrated from Jaisalmer

Jaisalmer

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 (India

India

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) and settled down in this region.

Features

Bhong is notable for the Bhong Mosque

Bhong Mosque

Bhong Mosque is located in the village of Bhong, Sadiqabad Tehsil, Rahim Yar Khan District, Southern Punjab Pakistan. It was designed and constructed over a period of nearly 50 years and won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1986...

, the only mosque

Mosque

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 in Pakistan which received the "Agha Khan Architectural Award". It was built by Rais Ghazi Muhammad Indhar. This mosque is very beautiful and is a tourist attraction. It attracts visitors from all over Pakistan, and before the recent political turmoil, from around the world.

There is a charity trust hospital "AlGhazi Trust Hospital" in Bhong.

Notable residents include Rais Ghazi Muhammad Indhar's sons:

Rais Shabbir Ahmed Indhar, Rais Wazir Ahmed Indhar, Rais Habib Ahmed Ihhar, Rais Matloob Ahmed Indhar, Rais Mehboob Ahmed Indhar, and Rais Jawad Ahmed Indhar.

Notable residents

The Rais Family are the most notable residents of Bhong. Rais Ghazi Muhammad Indhar is the patron of the mosque.