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Garhi Habibullah
Garhi Habibullah is a town and union council (an administrative subdivision) of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[1] It is located in Mansehra Tehsil and lies to the east of district capital Mansehra, towards the Kashmir frontier (near to Muzaffarabad the capital of Azad Kashmir).
Garhi Habibullah | |
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Union council and town | |
| Garhi Habibullah Khan | |
A view of Garhi Habibillah from Aznali Hills | |
Garhi Habibullah Location in Pakistan Garhi Habibullah Garhi Habibullah (Pakistan) | |
| Coordinates: 34°24′05″N 73°22′49″E / 34.4014°N 73.3803°ECoordinates: 34°24′05″N 73°22′49″E / 34.4014°N 73.3803°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Region | Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Mansehra District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Area code | 0997 |
It was affected by the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. It is named after (Ex-Chief Of Swati) Habibullah Khan. Its old name was Garhi Saadat Khan came from the town's founder who was ruler of Pakhli (1762-1780) and nominal Chief Of Swati Pashtun Tribe.[2]
Sources
- Imperial Gazzetter Of India (Topic: Pakhli Sarkar of Swatis)
- Mountstuart Elphinstone (1843): An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul
- Raverty H.G (1888): Notes on Baluchistan and Afghanistan
- Hazara Gazetteer 1883 and 1907
- Prof. Akhtar: Tajik Swati aur Mamlikat e Gabar
- Roshan Khan: Tazkira
- Rehmat Khan: Tareekh e Hafiz
- Sher Bahadur Khan Panni.: Tareekh e Hazara
- The Pathans
References
- ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Mansehra - Government of Pakistan July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Earthquake Affected Area Overview - United Nations Joint Logistics Centre Archived September 13, 2012, at archive.today