Bhakkar City

Bhakkar City Bhakkar was Founded Probably Towards the close of the Fifteenth Century by a body of colonists from Dera Ismail Khan.

Bhakkar city is also the administrative centre of Bhakkar tehsil one of the four tehsils of the district. Bhakkar tehsil is sudivided into 17 Union Councils, three of which form the city of Bhakkar. It stands on the edge of the Thal or sandy plain overlooking the low-lying alluvial lands along; the river, a channel of which is navigable as far as Bhakkar during the floods. To the west of the town

the land is low, well cultivated, and subject to inundation, while to the east the country is high and dry, treeless, and sandy. A rich extent of land irrigated from wells lies below the town, protected by embankments from inundations of the Indus, and produces two or three crops in the year. The neighbouring riverain is full of date groves and fruit gardens; and in it stands a famous mango-tree, the fruit of which used to be sent to Kabul in the old days of Afghan rule
''Languages''
Seraiki is the main languages of people. Urdu and Punjabi are also spoken by majority of people. There used to be a few Pashtuns in the area who spoke Pushto. Although there are many tribes in Bhakkar, only few are influential. Nivani, Chaddu, Dhandla, Utra and Musti Khel are considered to be highly influential. Notable personalities are Saeed Akbar Nivani, Zafar Khan Dhandla, Sanaullal Mustikhel and Ikram ul Haq Chaddu & Munawar Abbas Chaddu.
''Historical Places''
The town has some historical places like the Dilkusha Bagh which is believed by some to be a Mughal garden built by Humayun. The old town was walled and had the Tavela, Imamanwala and King Gates, of the three the King Gate, which was built during the British period and was named after Mr King the then Deputy Commissioner of the Mianwali District, survives - since the end of colonial rule it has been renamed as the Jinnah Gate

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