Garhi Matani
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Ghari Matani is village in Attock District
, Punjab
, Pakistan
. It is situated to the south of the river Indus and has fertile lands which are very well cultivated. The population are Pashtun
and speak Pashto. The religion is Sunni Islam
. A notable inscription is located in the area.
It is situated to the south of the river Indus and has good fertile lands which are very well cultivated. The population is all Pashtun and speak Pushto belongs to Qais Abdur Rashid(Qays Abdul Al-Rashid Pashtun)(father of all pashtuns). Mostly descendants of the tribes of muradkhel syedkhel inamkhel and khankhel known as Lodi Pashtun tribe,and follow pashtunwali
code of conduct. The religion is Sunni Islam
. The origins of the village are unknown but it could be a 100–200 years old.
As of recent study in to the history of the area, there has been some evidence which suggests the village may have been a pashtun army camp under Ahmad Shah Abdali. Invading armies from Afghanistan were usually camped next to the river Indus. And from there they would carry further military expeditions into Hindustan. Further research into the area is being carried out now to confirm these findings.
Attock District
Attock District is a district in the north-west Punjab Province of Pakistan.The district was created in April 1904 by the merger of Talagang Tehsil in the Jhelum District with the Pindigheb, Fatehjang and Attock tehsils from Rawalpindi District of the Punjab province of British India.Attock...
, 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...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. It is situated to the south of the river Indus and has fertile lands which are very well cultivated. The population are Pashtun
Pashtun people
Pashtuns or Pathans , also known as ethnic Afghans , are an Eastern Iranic ethnic group with populations primarily between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan...
and speak Pashto. The religion is Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam. Sunni Muslims are referred to in Arabic as ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah wa āl-Ǧamāʿah or ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah for short; in English, they are known as Sunni Muslims, Sunnis or Sunnites....
. A notable inscription is located in the area.
It is situated to the south of the river Indus and has good fertile lands which are very well cultivated. The population is all Pashtun and speak Pushto belongs to Qais Abdur Rashid(Qays Abdul Al-Rashid Pashtun)(father of all pashtuns). Mostly descendants of the tribes of muradkhel syedkhel inamkhel and khankhel known as Lodi Pashtun tribe,and follow pashtunwali
Pashtunwali
Pashtunwali or Pakhtunwali is a non-written ethical code and traditional lifestyle which the indigenous Pashtun people from Afghanistan and Pakistan follow. Some in the Indian subcontinent refer to it as "Pathanwali". Its meaning may also be interpreted as "the way of the Pashtuns" or "the code of...
code of conduct. The religion is Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam. Sunni Muslims are referred to in Arabic as ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah wa āl-Ǧamāʿah or ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah for short; in English, they are known as Sunni Muslims, Sunnis or Sunnites....
. The origins of the village are unknown but it could be a 100–200 years old.
As of recent study in to the history of the area, there has been some evidence which suggests the village may have been a pashtun army camp under Ahmad Shah Abdali. Invading armies from Afghanistan were usually camped next to the river Indus. And from there they would carry further military expeditions into Hindustan. Further research into the area is being carried out now to confirm these findings.