Ghazi Khan
Ghazi Khan Dodai (Balochi, Saraiki, Urdu غازی خان دودائي) was the son of Malik Sohrab Dodai, a Baloch mercenary from Dodai tribe who moved to Multan, Pakistan in the late 15th century at the behest of the Langah dynasty of Rajputs. He was accompanied by his sons, Ghazi Khan, Fatih Khan and Ismail Khan.
The Derajat had its existence as an historical area to the Baloch immigration in the fifteenth century. Sultan Husain, the Langah Dynasty's Sultans of Multan, being unable to hold his trans-Indus possessions, called in Baloch mercenaries, and assigned these territories to Malik Sohrab Dodai in jagir. Malik's sons, Ghazi Khan, Ismail khan and Fateh Khan, founded the three Deras or 'settlements' named after them.
There are many folk tales associated with Ghazi Khan and his minister Gaaman Sachar, which is a legendary character in Saraiki literature.
Tomb of Ghazi Khan
The tomb of Ghazi Khan, locally called as handeera in Saraiki, was built in the beginning of 15th century. This seems like the tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam in Multan. It is located in the Mulla Quaid Shah Graveyard. Its main gate is from eastern side and two small doors are in side of north and south. Every side of the tomb is 13 feet (4.0 m) and 3 inches (76 mm) from inside and there are conical minarets from the outside. Its circular distance from the earth is 17 feet (5.2 m) and half. The half diameter of the conical minarets remains 34 inches (860 mm) on the highest of 19 feet (5.8 m). There are 28 ladders from northern side in the internal side. The graveyard was built up around the tomb of Ghazi Khan. This is the oldest building in the city. The tomb condition is continuously deteriorating and many social activists are raising voice to preserve this heritage.
Dera Ghazi Khan District
Dera Ghazi Khan (Punjabi, Urdu: ضِلع ڈيره غازى خان), is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Its capital is Dera Ghazi Khan city. The district covers an area of 5,306 m² and it is a long narrow strip of country, 198 km. in length, sloping gradually from the hills which form its western boundary to the river Indus on the east. Below the hills the country is high and arid, generally level, but sometimes rolling in sandy undulations, and intersected by 201 hill torrents. With the exceptions of two, these streams dry up after the rains, and their influence is only felt for a few miles below the hills.China is financing a new coal project in the area.
The eastern portion of the district is at a level sufficiently low to benefit by the floods of the Indus. A barren tract intervenes between these zones and is beyond the reach of the hill streams on the one hand and of the Indus on the other. Although liable to great extremes of temperature and to a very scanty rainfall, the district is not unhealthy.
Dera Ghazi Khan
Dera Ghazi Khan (Urdu: ڈيره غازي خان), abbreviated as D. G. Khan or locally as دیرہ غازی خان in nastaʿlīq script, is a geographically central city of Pakistan at the junction of all four provinces of Pakistan. The city is the headquarters of Dera Ghazi Khan Division, which consists of the Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur, Muzaffargarh and Layyah districts.
Etymology
The word "Dera" is derived from the Balochi word ḍerā which means "encampment". This word is commonly used for residential towns in the Indus valley such as Dera Bugti, Dera Murad Jamali, Dera Allah Yar, Dera Ismail Khan. Dera Ghazi Khan thus means the residential town of Sardar Ghazi Khan Baloch. People of Dera Ismail Khan as well as Dera Ghazi Khan are also known as Derawal or sometimes as Dervi while the latter is used as Pen name or Takhallus. Historically the Derajat were established at the time when in the fifteenth century, Baloch tribal immigration took place from Makran, Qalat and Sibi Balochistan, to Indus Valley. Sultan Husain, the Langah Dynasty's Sultans of Multan, being unable to hold his trans-Indus possessions; called the Baloch tribal warriors, for help and assigned these territories to Sardar Malik Sohrab Khan Dodai Baloch as "Jagir". Sohrab's sons, Ghazi Khan, Ismail Khan and Fateh Khan, founded the three Deras or villages' named after them.
Dera
Dera or Dehra (Urdu: ڈیرہ ) is a Saraiki-language word meaning camp or settlement. In Punjabi, it is usually used as a place where men meet and socialize in the village.
Towns in Pakistan with Dera in their names.
Towns in India with Dera in their names.
Places in Iran named Dera or Dehra.
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DERA
Dera (Urdu: ڈیرہ ) is a Saraiki-language word meaning camp or settlement.
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