Nagri Totial
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Nagri Tutial is one of the 51 union councils
of Abbottabad District
in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan
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chief Toota Khan (a son of Doomat Khan).
tribe.
). Nagri Tutial shares a border with the following Union Councils within Abbottabad District - to the North and east by Seer Gharbi
, to the west by Nara, and to the south by Lora. Nagri Tutial has an average elevation of 1243 metres (4081 feet).
Nagri Tutial is one of the famous and more beautiful village in the Pakistan.Khan Bahadur Khan Abdul Rehman Khan Sahib, a Minister in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa from 1932 to 1942, was born in Nagri Totial. Khan's brother, Raja Sardar Khan Sahib, was a member of parliament from 1947 to 1952. His nephew, Sardar Anyat-u-Rehman Khan Abbasi was also a member of parliament. His nephew started many primary, middle and high schools in the area. He helped with getting an electricity supply to the village. He also had a part in getting the Upper Dewal—Kohala Road and the Ghora Gali—Lora Road begun in 1964, and finished in 1968.
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 Abbottabad District
Abbottabad District
Abbottabad is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The district covers an area of 1,969 km with the city of Abbottabad being the principal town...
in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of 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...
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Origins of Name
Nagri Tutial or the town of the Tutials is named after AbassiAbassi
Abassi was the creator god in the pantheon of the Nigerian Efik people. After a suggestion by his wife Atai Abassi created the first humans and introduced them to the world. However, to prevent them from exceeding his wisdom, he ordered the first humans to neither procreate nor labor...
chief Toota Khan (a son of Doomat Khan).
Tribes
Most of the people of Nagri totial are from the Totialian branch of the Dhond AbbasiDhond Abbasi
The Dhund Abbasi are a tribe of northern Pakistan. The tribe claims descent from Dhond Khan and ‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib and hence are known as Dhund Abbasi. The tribe speak the Dhundi-Kairali dialect...
tribe.
Location
Nagri Tutial is situated in the south east of the district and forms part of Abbottabad district's frontier with the Punjab (Nagri Tutial's eastern border is with Punjab's Rawalpindi TehsilTehsil
A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....
). Nagri Tutial shares a border with the following Union Councils within Abbottabad District - to the North and east by Seer Gharbi
Seer Gharbi
Seer Gharbi,, is one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located in the southeastern part of the province, bordering the Rawalpindi District of Punjab province ....
, to the west by Nara, and to the south by Lora. Nagri Tutial has an average elevation of 1243 metres (4081 feet).
Nagri Tutial is one of the famous and more beautiful village in the Pakistan.Khan Bahadur Khan Abdul Rehman Khan Sahib, a Minister in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa from 1932 to 1942, was born in Nagri Totial. Khan's brother, Raja Sardar Khan Sahib, was a member of parliament from 1947 to 1952. His nephew, Sardar Anyat-u-Rehman Khan Abbasi was also a member of parliament. His nephew started many primary, middle and high schools in the area. He helped with getting an electricity supply to the village. He also had a part in getting the Upper Dewal—Kohala Road and the Ghora Gali—Lora Road begun in 1964, and finished in 1968.