Gumbat

Gumbat, also known as Seni Gumbat, (Urdu: گمبٹ ‎) is one of the largest towns in Kohat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is situated in a valley on both side of the Kohat-Rawalpindi Road and is 25 km the district capital - Kohat. The population of the town is about 30,000 most of whom are Pashtuns. They often refer to themselves as Afghan.

History

Years ago, there was shrine of a pious saint here in this village which had a dome (Goombaad, Goombaat or Gunbat) on it. Due to this reason,the place was called Gumbat (Gumbaat, in the Khattak dialect). Khushal Khan Khattak has mentioned Gumbat in his prose. Under the Teri Chiefs, Gumbat was the main village of the Sini Tappa; which changed to Seni, the name of the clan of Khattaks who live here. The British first called it Gambat. It is now called Seni Gumbat. Till 1956, in Teri State, the Naib used to be from Gumbat. In this way, Gumbat held immense importance in Teri State. The Naib of Gumbat used to be the second most important person, the first being the Nawab of Teri himself.