Mastung District is a district

Districts of Pakistan

The Districts of Pakistan are the second order administrative divisions of Pakistan. Districts were the third order of administrative divisions, below provinces and "divisions", until the reforms of August 2000, when "divisions" were abolished...

 located in the north west of Balochistan

Balochistan (Pakistan)

Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of...

 province

Subdivisions of Pakistan

The administrative units of Pakistan consist of four provinces, one federal capital territory, and a group of federally-administered tribal areas...

, 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...

. Prior to 1991, Mastung was part of Kalat District

Kalat District

Kalat or Qalat is a district in Balochistan, Pakistan. It is one of 26 in that province, and encompasses an area of 6,621 km². The population of the district is estimated to be over 400,000 in 2005. The district is governed from the city of Kalat....

. For administrative purposes Mastung was separated from Kalat and made a new district in 1991.

Administration

The district consists of three tehsil

Tehsil

A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....

s:

• Dasht
• Kardigap
• Mastung
  Mastung
  Mastung may refer to:* Mastung District* Mastung Valley* Mastung, Pakistan...
  
  

And 12 union councils

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...

: Khadkocha, Ghulam Parenz, Karez Noth, Mastung-1, Mastung-2, Sorgaz

Sorgaz

Sorgaz is a town and Union Council of Mastung District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. The town is located at 27°43'60N 66°41'50E with an altitude of 1148 metres ....

, Dasht, Isplinji, Kanak, Shaikh Wasil, Kardigap and Soro, one more union council formed with the name of Alizai in 2006.

Demography

The population of Mastung district is estimated to be over 180,349 in 2005. Over 99% of the people of the area are Muslim and Baloch by casts. The major tribes of Mastung district are: [Barozai] [Syeds]], Alizai, Dehwar

Dehwar

Dehwar is a name of Baloch tribe in Balochistan. The tribe is settled primarily in Kalat, Khuzdar, Kharan, Noshkey, Sarlath, Dalbandin, and Mastung. The principal clans into which the tribe is divided are the Yusufzai dodaki Sanjarzai and Khwajakhail...

, Qalandrani, Kurd, Sarparah, Lashari

Lashari

Lashari is the name of a Baloch tribe in Pakistan and Iran. The Lasharis have migrated and settled in the United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, India, Indonesia, USA, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, England, and many other countries of the world...

, Rodeni, Muhammad Shahi

Muhammad Shahi

Muhammad Shahi is a Brahui tribe in Balochistan. They reside in the area of Mastung] and [Kalat.Tribe leader is Sardar Muhammad Zaman Muhammad shahi. Its main branches are Ahmed Khan Zai, Shadainzai, HajjiZai, Haibatzai, Samakzai, SoroZai, BambakaZai, Khidrani, Jiko, Dodai, Anjeerzai, Gowarani,...

, Bangulzai

Bangulzai

The Bangulzai are a Brahui tribe located in Balochistan province of Pakistan. Bangulzai is one of the largest tribe in Balochistan and one of the important Baloch tribe of Sarawan. The Sardar or chief of the tribe was Sardar Bahadur Khan Bangulzai who became a provincial minister of Balochistan...

, Satakzai, Shahwani

Shahwani

Shahwani is a Baloch tribe.*, Chief of Shahwani Tribe*Malik Zahur Shahwani, vice chairman of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan*Mohammed Abdullah al-Shahwani, former head of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service...

, Sumalani, Raisani

Raisani

Raisani is a Brahui-speaking Baloch tribe in Balochistan. The leader of each tribe is called Sardar. The Raisani tribal chief is called the Chief of `Sarawan`.The present Chief of Sarawan and Nawab of Raisani Tribe is Nawab Aslam Raisani.The leader of each tribe is called Sardar...

, Sarangzei, Lehri

Lehri

Lehri are a Brahui and Balochi speaking Baloch tribe in Balochistan, Pakistan. They are descended from the Rind Baloch and have emerged from the Domki tribe. The Lehris originally had their headquarters in Narmuk, Kalat District...

, Khurasani

Greater Khorasan

Greater Khorasan or Ancient Khorasan is a historical region of Greater Iran mentioned in sources from Sassanid and Islamic eras which "frequently" had a denotation wider than current three provinces of Khorasan in Iran...

, aday zai Rind] and some Hindus. The local languages spoken are Persian

Persian language

Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...

 and Brahvi.
Like a patron saint of this town, Hazrat Khwaja Ibrahim Yukpasi

Khwaja Ibrahim Yukpasi

Hazrat Syed Khwaja Shams-ud-Din Ibrahim Yukpasi , is a Sufi saint born in Pakistan in 760 AH. He was a member of the Chishti Order , a Sufi order within the mystic branches of Islam which was founded in Chisht, a small town near Herat, about 930 C.E. and continues to this day. The Chishti Order is...

 Chishti Maududi, popularly known as Pir Yakpasi, is a living legend. Respected by tribal people for his dedication towards the spread light of Islam 700 years ago when this area was inhabited by non-Muslim Zoroastrian and Hindu tribes. Keeping in line with traditions of his great ancestor Khawaja Maudud of Chisht

Chisht

Chisht, also written Chisht-e Sharif, Chesht-i Sharif or Chesht is a town near Herat in Afghanistan. It is important in Sufism because the Chishti Sufi Order originated there....

 Sharif and other glorious stars of Chishti order of sufi Muslim

Muslim

A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...

 reformers he spread the light of peace and the tomb of the great Saint Hazrat Peer Sheikh Taqi Alizai is in Mastung

Mastung

Mastung may refer to:* Mastung District* Mastung Valley* Mastung, Pakistan...

,and Peer Sheikh Taqi Alizai is belonged to the Alizai tribe.

History

See also

• Mastung Valley
  Mastung Valley
  Mastung Valley is located in Mastung District, Balochistan, Pakistan. It is popular tourist destination in Pakistan....
  
  
• Mastung, Pakistan
  Mastung, Pakistan
  Mustang the capital of Mastung District, is a town in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is located at 29°48'0N 66°50'60E and has an altitude of 1701 metres . The town is also the administrative centre of Mustang Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district - the town itself is...
  
   (town)
• Khwaja Ibrahim Yukpasi
  Khwaja Ibrahim Yukpasi
  Hazrat Syed Khwaja Shams-ud-Din Ibrahim Yukpasi , is a Sufi saint born in Pakistan in 760 AH. He was a member of the Chishti Order , a Sufi order within the mystic branches of Islam which was founded in Chisht, a small town near Herat, about 930 C.E. and continues to this day. The Chishti Order is...
  
  
• Peer Sheikh Taqi Alizai
• Alizai