Pindigheb (or Pindi Gheb) is a town in Punjab province Pakistan and seat of Pindigheb Tehsil (an administrative subdivision) of Attock District.[1] The Nawab of Pindigheb belonged to the Jodhra clan of Rajputs. The big Nawab of Pindigheb had large holdings, and an army of serfs, harking back to the times of the eunach harem guards of the Sultans of Central Asia. Custom ruled all dealings. The people were close cousins of the stuborn and unruly Pathans of the frontier, so blood feuds were quite common among them, and thus a strict hand was needed to solve them.
There was absolutely no amusement or relaxation at Pindigheb itself, other than the occasional visits to the Attock oil company now known as Attock Group of Companies eleven miles away.
According to Attock district gazetteer 1930(Punjab District Gazetteers Volume XXIX-A, Attock District), In Tehsil Pindigheb the tribal distribution is simple as compared to other tehsils. The whole of the south east and centre is held by the Johdra tribe. Along the hills above the Indus river are Sagri Pathans of Makhad. A solid Awan tract intervenes between the Johdras and the Pathans and runs from the south to the north of the tehsil. Last the Khattar tribe holds the north east of the tehsil along the Attock border. These four tribes own practically the whole of the Pindigheb Tehsil, and their present boundries are the result violent fighting during the break-up of the Mughal and Sikh rules.
There was absolutely no amusement or relaxation at Pindigheb itself, other than the occasional visits to the Attock oil company now known as Attock Group of Companies eleven miles away.
According to Attock district gazetteer 1930(Punjab District Gazetteers Volume XXIX-A, Attock District), In Tehsil Pindigheb the tribal distribution is simple as compared to other tehsils. The whole of the south east and centre is held by the Johdra tribe. Along the hills above the Indus river are Sagri Pathans of Makhad. A solid Awan tract intervenes between the Johdras and the Pathans and runs from the south to the north of the tehsil. Last the Khattar tribe holds the north east of the tehsil along the Attock border. These four tribes own practically the whole of the Pindigheb Tehsil, and their present boundries are the result violent fighting during the break-up of the Mughal and Sikh rules.
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