Basti-Abdullah
Basti-Abdullah Shaheed (Urdu: بستی عبداللہ, romanized: Basti-Abdullah lit. 'Settlement of Abdullah') is a town situated a short distance from Rojhan in Rajanpur District, the border district of Punjab province in Pakistan.[1]
Basti Abdullah
بستی عبداللہ | |
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Town | |
Top: Mosque at the entrance of the Town Bottom left: The Grand Mosque of the Town Bottom right: Entrance to Madrasa Abdullah Bin Ghazi Bottom Left : Grave of Abdul Rashid Ghazi Bottom Right : Basti Abdullah Railway Station | |
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| Coordinates: 28°37′55″N 69°53′18″E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| District | Rajanpur |
| Named for | Maulana Muhammad Abdullah |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
The town is named after Maulana Muhammad Abdullah and is also noted for being the resting place of Abdul Rashid Ghazi, It is about halfway between Rajanpur to the northeast, and Kashmore to the southwest just off of the Indus Highway.[2]
Etymology
The town, in flat, cotton-growing area and the nearby train station, are both named after Maulana Muhammad Abdullah.[2]
Education
In 2002, a religious school, was established by Abdul Rashid Ghazi, which was named "Madraseh Abdullah Bin Ghazi".[1]
It is a branch of Jamia Faridia University, Islamabad where students are taught Hifz (memorizing the Noble Qur'an) and Tajwid (Quranic Phonetics), as of 2021 the seminary has 130 students.[3]
Abdul Rashid Ghazi Grave
The town and the Madrasa came into the limelight on July 11, 2007 when hundreds of people gathered in the town for the funeral and burial of Abdul Rashid Ghazi who was killed when security forces stormed his mosque complex after a week-long standoff.[2]
Railway Station
The Basti Abdullah Railway Station was first established during the British Raj as part of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway,[4] however it was later incorporated into Main Line 2 (Kotri–Attock Line), and heavy remodeling of the station was completed around 1972 by The Ministry of Railways.[5][6]
Demographics
Languages
Balochi Language and Urdu are the most widely spoken languages in Basti Abdullah.[2]
References
- "Pakistan militant cleric killed". 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- "Pakistan villagers remember rebel cleric as pious". www.reuters.com. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
- "Religious outfits mount massive relief operations". The Express Tribune. 2010-08-08. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- Company registration − 1845. London: Grace's Guide. 1846. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- "Abdul Rasheed Ghazi's burial: Supreme Court asks government to ensure relatives participation – Business Recorder". Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- Westrip, Joyce (2014). Fire and Spice. London: Serif Books. p. 20. ISBN 978-1909150287.