Namal

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Nammal is a town and Union Council, an administrative subdivision, of Mianwali District in the Punjab province of Pakistan[1]. It is part of Mianwali tehsil and is located at 32°40'10N 71°48'45E[2].

[edit] History

The 1915 Gazetteer of Mianwali, in a section entitled "Architectural Objects and Remain-Ruins of Sirkapp Fort", described the Nammal area as follows:

Overlooking the village site of Nammal in the Khudri is a ridge of great natural strength, cut off on three sides by hill torrents. On the top of this ridge there are extensive ruins of what is said to have been the stronghold of Sirkapp, Raja of the country , who was a contemporary of Raja Risalu of Sialkot, by whom he was vanquished. The outer wall of the fort still exists in part in a dilapidated condition, but the enclosure, which must once have contained accommodation for a fairly large garrison , is now one mass of fallen houses and piles of hewn or chiselled stones . The series of lifts, made for carrying water from the bed of the stream to the top of the hill, have left their marks.[3]

[edit] References

Administrative subdivisions of Mianwali District Flag of Pakistan
Capital Mianwali
Union Councils Abbakhel | Alluwali | Ban Hafiz Jee | Chak No 7 ML AT Hafiz | Chakrala | Chapri | Chhidru | Dabb Balouchan | Daud Khel (Rural) | Daud Khel Urban (Town) | Dher Umid Ali Shah | Doaba | Gujrat | Gulmiri | Hernoli (Rural) | Hernoli Urban | Isakhel | Kalabagh | Kallur | Kamar Mushani | Kamar Mushani Pakka | Khaglan Wala | Khola At Khanqah Sirajia | Kot Chandna | Kundian -I | Kundian -Ii | Kundian Rural | Mari | Mianali City -I | Mianwali City -Ii | Mianwali City -Iii | Mianwali City -Iv | Mochh | Musakhel | Muzafarpur Janubi | Muzafarpur Shumali | Namal | Paikhel | Piplan | Qureshian | Rokhri | Shadia | Shahbaz Khel | Sultan Khel | Swans | Tabisar | Tanikhel | Thamewali | Tibba Mehrban Shah | Tola Bhangi Khel | Trag | Vanjari | Vichvin Bala | Wan Bhachran | Watta Khel | Yaru Khel 

Coordinates: 32°40′10″N, 71°48′45″E