Qilla Saifullah District

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Qilla Saifullah District
Area	km²
Population ()  • Density	• /km²
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
Established  • District Nazim  • District Naib Nazim  • District Council  • Number of Tehsils	14th December 1988  • Mulvi Anwar-ud-Din  • Asmatullah  • {{{seats}}} seats   • {{{tehsils}}}
Main language(s)
Website	[1]

Qilla Saifullah, Killa Saifullah or Saifullah Qilla (fort of Saifullah Khan) is a district in the north west of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Qilla Saifullah became a district on 14th December 1988. This District is named after Saifullah Khan, who was from the Mirdadzai (Khodadzai) tribe of Kakar Sunzerkhail. He was the great grandson of Zarh Nikka, a renowned religious scholar and has built a fort at Rabat Karaiz, Town and Tehsil Qila Saifullah, which was demolished by the British in an assault. He grandson named Haji Abdul Haleem Akhunzada and great grandsons Haji Aziz Ahmed and Haji Mati ullah still lives on the place where Saifullah used to operate against the English forces. Saifullah Khan also went to Kalat Afghanistan to raise insurgency against the British which he got succeeded. Previously it was part of Zhob District and known as Upper Zhob sub-division. About two years ago Kashatoo sub-tehsil of Zhob District was transferred to Qilla Saifullah district with a new name, Badinai. After the inclusion of Badinai sub-tehsil, (whose area is not known) in Qilla Saifullah district, the district was re-organised as far as administrative division is concerned. At present the district is divided into two sub-divisions: Qilla Saifullah and Muslim Bagh. Qilla Saifullah sub-division comprises one tehsil (Qilla Saifullah) and one sub-tehsil (Badinai). Qilla Saifullah tehsil is further sub-divided into 2 Qanungo circles and then into 5 patwar circles. The entire Badinai sub-tehsil is a Qanungo circle as well as patwar circle. Muslim Bagh sub-division comprises Muslim Bagh tehsil and Loiband sub-tehsil. The entire Muslim Bagh tehsil is one Qanungo circle, further sub-divided into 4 patwar circles. The Loiband sub-tehsil consists of one qanungo circle and is sub-divided into 2 patwar circles Over 99% of the people of the area are Muslims. The population of Qilla Abdullah district is estimated to be over 350,000 in 2005. The vast majority of the population of Qilla Saifullah is Pakhtun.

[edit] Tehsils of Qilla Saifullah

• Baddini
• Qilla Saifullah
• Loiband
• Muslim Bagh

Administrative Divisions of Balochistan (Pakistan)
Capital	Quetta
Districts	Awaran | Barkhan | Bolan | Chagai | Dera Bugti | Gwadar | Jafarabad | Jhal Magsi | Kalat | Kech | Kharan | Khuzdar | Kohlu | Lasbela | Loralai | Mastung | Musakhel | Nasirabad | Nushki | Panjgur | Pishin | Qilla Abdullah | Qilla Saifullah | Quetta | Sibi | Zhob | Ziarat