Monday, 2 September 2013

Thall city

History of Thall City

Thall is a city of district hangu (miran zai valley).It is situated in the heart of Tribal agencies of Pakistan also known as FATA. It is situated on the bank of kurram river which is known for  its historic background.the invaders of the past has mostly use kurram pass for the attacks.Parachinar is 70+ kilometre away from thall city.Doaba,darsamand,karbogha sharif ,dalan are under thall tehsil.
Thall  is strategically important for Pakistan as it is on the boundry  hangu district and  FATA.This city has a very rich culture.The people of  Thall city is brave pakhtoon or pashtoon (pathan).It is the land of brave people like Malak sher zaman bangash a brother of Malak latif khan bangash.Sher zaman bangash was a president of  ANP of thall and kohat district  who was a fellow friend of BACHA khan in war of independence.The great poet "Muhammad din MuQayad" belong to thall city.The son of thall has always played important role in every field. The brave son of thall fought various battle . Few thalwal went to Germany in second world war from british army side. The people of thall are strictly bound to politics. Anp , Muslim league were the old parties of the city after partition then gradually other parties like PPP , Muslim league N, JUI took place.Recently PTI is leading the position in the city .The current MNA is from PTI. unfortunately the city is remained untoouched from decades due to poor attention of govt toward tehsil thall. The city does not have a proper health care system. The city has a population of more than 5 lakh according to unauthorised sources. 

The people of this city  belong to bangash tribe.The occupation of local people is farming.according to kohat magzine of 1970 thall was the the richest city of FR kohat. There was a centre of  wood market(Largee mandee).
people export wood of fine Quality from Afghanistan to thall then to the rest of Pakistan.Up to 1980 thall was considered a peace full land as compare to other areas of that region.This was due to the strong and ethic leader of thall.The British govt had made some gates in the city for the protection of the urban area people.
about people of Thall :
The population of thall are growing day by day and now it has large number of population but The real  people or inhabitants of thall are only 10 or 12 family.who are the actual people of thall city.They are called SAZI THALWAL.
Like tribal system Thall has also a malak system . The city has  12 Malak . they have their own cabinet beisdes some other respectable mashran of the city who took part in the grand jirga . serious Qomi issues are discussed in the jirga. if some one violate the rules and regulation set by the mashran of thall city they are accused collectively by the jirga . The jirga members have always kept piece and harmony between other villages of thall .

The city lack  education, The current status of education in city is worse.The local institution are not able to produce a cream  students . The teacher need to b trained in order to guide their student well. Some graduated students of the city are working on the education system they are trying to bring organization to the city to train and educate the students  with new technology. The student has  suffering from a curse of  Cheating in exam. few students were interview by the Thall village kpk Team , who claimed that we are working to  bring  organization that broaden the mind of students. Recently Thall village kpk pakistan has gathered some graduated students and givent the task of arranging awareness workshops and seminar in the city.the new Generation of city is misguided ,after matric they are not guided to  choose a field that should b studied in future .most students left their studies due to financial problems , because the cannot afford the education expenses out of the city. The local college is in such a conditon that it is not suitable for any educational activity. if the city college is well settled than the poor student will not suffer and they can also continue their education in their home town unless the authority take action against the mafia administration of the college. Thall city also has girls college in which  more than 5000+ are enrolled for FA ,FSC and BA,BSC. 

Construction of Thall Fort

The British govt constructed a historical fort at thall in 1909.This fort was important source for British army as they were sending army units and other help to kurram agency's forts and to the waziristan's area near to the thall fort.
They build a railway track from kohat to thall (762 mm or 2 ft 6 inches)
.This fort has surround  a large area.this fort is now under pak army.A fine Quality of CMH serves local people.
This fort protects people from many dangers such as terrorist attack etc

Theory about Thall city

It is Believed that thall was a forest full of dry woods and greenery  when it was firstly inhabited by bangash tribes men they called the place "taal" a local word which is  use  for collection of woods. it was formerly a part of kurram valley later it became a part of miranzai valley (HANGU)

Beautiful and Historical  places of Thall city

ALLAH Almighty has gifted thall city with amazing beauty.There is alot of beautiful places in Thall city.Dappa village is a very beautiful site in thall .Tor kot which is near to dappa village has a very charming forest with a tall trees.Shinakhti a very green site of thall one can say the heaven of thall city is shinakhti.In shinakhti there is too many natural springs(obo cheeni). yousaf khel toye ground  is a very beautiful and a vast ground where the youngster play.Near the ground a Kurram river flows and at the front a small peak BAKKAR Konra which add more beauty to this site.A fully green area add more beauty to thall city.

In yousaf khel area a historical and a very tall and big water tank.is constructed by British govt. In the area of cheeno a dar ul uloom which is constructed in 1930.this institution
Khad e Makh ghar(mountain) is the biggest mountain of the city.The mountain add more beauty to the city's view.

The pictures and videos about Thall city is on facebook: Thall village kpk paksitan page
The link of facebook page is : https://www.facebook.com/thallvillage.kpk.pakistan







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