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Punjab.

Date:: 1908

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Credit: Punjab. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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2 I' N. and 73° 24' E., 29 miles south-east of Montgomery station on the North-'W'estern Railway. Population (1901), 6,192. I’akpattan is the ancient Ajodhan, which probably derived its name from the Yaudheya tribe (the modern Johiyas). From a very early date it was a place of importance, as the principal ferry across the Sutlej and the meeting-place of the great western roads from Dera Gliazi Khan and Dera Ismail Khan, d'he fort is said to have been captured by Sabuktagin in 977-8 and by Ibrahim Ghaznivid in 1079-80. The town owes its sanctity and modern name, ‘ the holy ferry,’ to the shrine of the great Muhammadan saipt Shaikh-ul-Islam, Farld-ul-Hakk- wa-ud-Dln, Shakar Ganj (1173-1265), which was visited by [bn Batiita (1334). The town was besieged by Shaikha, the Khokhar, in 1394, and in 1398 was visited by Tlmilr, who spared such of the inhabitants as had not fled, out of respect for the shrine of the saint. It was the scene of two of Khizr Khan’s victories over generals of the Delhi court (1401 and 1405). The shrine of Baba Farid attracts crowds of wor- shippers, its sanctity being acknowledged as far as Afghanistan and Central Asia. The principal festival is at the Muharram. 'Fhe municipality was created in 1867. During the ten years ending 1902-3 the income averaged Rs. 7,200, and the expendi- ture Rs. 7,000. The income in 1903-4 was Rs. 8,400, chiefly derived from octroi ; and the expenditure was Rs. 7,300. Pakpattan is a town of considerable commercial importance, importing wheat, cotton, oilseeds, and pulses from the sur- rounding villages, gur and refined sugar from Amritsar, Jul- lundur, and the United Provinces, piece-goods from Amritsar, I )elhi, and Karachi, and fruits from Afghanistan. The exports consist principally of cotton, wheat, and oilseeds. The town has a local manufacture of silk ln7igls and lacquer-work. It contains a vernacular middle school and a dispensary. From [849 to 1852 it was the head-quarters of the District. Lahore District (Idhaur).—District in the Lahore Division, Boun- Punjab, lying between 30° 38' and 31° 54' N. and 73° 38' and Varies,con- 74° 58' E., with ari area of 3,704 square miles. In shape it is nearly square, its south-east side resting on the Sutlej, beyond and river which lies Ferozepore. It is bounded by the Districts Sialkot and Amritsar on the north-east, by Gujranwala on the north-west, and by Montgomery on the south-west. The District falls naturally into four distinct parts. To the north- west the Ravi runs parallel with its border and cuts off about 900 square miles of the Rechna Doab, mostly included in the Sharakpur tahsll—a barren tract, three-fourths of which lies c PUN. II.

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