Abazai edit
History edit
During British rule, it was a fort and village of Charsadda tehsil - then part of Peshawar District.
The Imperial Gazetteer of India, compiled over a century ago describes the village and fort as follows:[1]
| “ | The river, here 150 yards wide, is crossed by a ferry, and is the highest point in British territory where a ferry is stationed. The fort, which lies between Abazai village and the hills, was constructed in 1852, and has been very effective in preventing raids by the Utman Khel and Mohmands on British territory. It was made over to the border military police in 1894, and is held by 30 men of this force. Its chief interest now consists in the fact that it is close to the headworks of the SWĀT RIVER CANAL.A very beautiful and clean chalkland river, much loved by fishermen. | ” |
| “ | Abazai s an ancient settlement, going back to the past 50 years, and beyond. It's a small village, with a current population of just over 600 adults. And it's beautiful, with many ancient houses. You could say it's a typical English country village but a real pukhtoon triditional culture. I my self living in England for last couple of years now and my travelling experience to many of the EU countries like Greece,Germany,france,Holland,Scottland, swizz and many other countries I still believe my village is the real landscape for tourism culture and weather. I feel sorry for the rulers of this country that they never tried to explore these place which need a little bit of development and preservation as this is our real heritage. | ” |
| “ | This information has been provided by a villager of Abazai, for the villagers, and aims to provide visitors and locals alike with information about the village Abazai. Any comments on how we can improve our village more are always welcome send me your e-mails on this address spygallian@hotmail.com. | ” |
| “ | If you have any pictures of the village abazai, please sent to me via email. If you'd like a credit, please give us the exact words for the pictures. And by sending them to us, you are giving us your permission to use them for the coming new website for abazai. Pictures must be .jpg format, with no spaces in the title. And the title should reflect the content. If you can send two of each picture, one 150 pixels wide, and one 500, that would be great. If you don't know how to do that, just leave it to me and I will get it done. | ” |
| “ | I dedicate this article to the great grand fathers of us GOD rest their soul in peace 'Mian Yahya gul and Mian Aftab gul'. | ” |
| “ | By Mian Salman Gul Abazai
Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne & Wear |
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