Bilot Sharif

Bilot Sharif
Town and union council
Mountains near Bilot Sharif
Country	Pakistan
Region	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Dera Ismail Khan District
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)

Bilot Sharif or Bilot is a town and union council of Dera Ismail Khan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.^[1] It is located at 32°15'20N 71°9'41E and has an altitude of 180 metres (593 feet).^[2]

Bilot is a popular tourist destination of a pre-Islamic era, about 55 km. from the Dera Ismail Khan city on Chashma road. The ruins are situated on a hill and are easily viewable from main road. Bilot is also famous for a Sufi shrine that's why it is also called as "Bilot Sharif"

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v t e Administrative divisions of Dera Ismail Khan District Capital Dera Ismail Khan Tehsils D.I. Khan Kulachi Paharpur PAROA Union councils Abba Khel Band Kurai Bigwani Shumali Bilot Sharif Cheh Kan Choudhwan Daraban Dewala Dhap Shumali Gara Isa Khan Giloti Hathala Kathgarh Kech Kiri Shamozai Kirri Khaisore Kot Jai Kotla Syedan Kurai Lachra Lar Looni Lunda Sharif Maddi Mahra Malana Mandhra Miran Muryali Mussa Zai Sharif Naivela Paharpur Paniala PAROA Ratta Kulachi Shore Kot Wanda Khan Muhammad Yarik Zandani

Coordinates: 32°15′20″N 71°9′41″E / 32.25556°N 71.16139°E / 32.25556; 71.16139

   Bilot Sharif, 56 km in north from dera ismaeel khan (kpk Pakistan) located on chashma road, near chashma right bank canal and associated with kohisan mountains. its a small and most interesting village of area according to its populerity.

   Bilot sharif had its own reputetion in its area by having great religious and historic characteristics. its religious level go upward by the saints (aula Allah) who are egraved here, which are: Hazrat peer Shah abdul wahab bukhari and mainly Hazrat peer Shah eisa bukhari; who preach the Islam in indo pak subcontinent and specially in this area to enlight them by Islam. not only, besides this they had many miricles and other karamaat who astonish the human minds especially the minds of recent science followers.

   AS bilot sharif is an old historic village; in spite these saints, there is also an old Hindu fort on the hills of bilot sharif which know as "kafar kot" in local saraiki language. nowadays, this fort has been totally converted to a recreational and a picnic placce where tourists and local plebians visit. but in history if we go backword than we will know that this fort was "raja Til's" palace; The king or emperor of old bilot city. believing on books and many other local sources; a baby born in the palace of raja til named by "raja bil". the emperor set the name of his village at the name of his infant son which was "Bil-Kot". after some years Muslims attacked on his little kigdom and won the bil-kot. by the influence of Muslim society the name of bil-kot stealthely changed into "bilot". when hazrat peer shah eisa and his ancestors came to bilot, then the name changed from bilot to "bilot Sharif"

        i've claimed above that Hindu cultured palace (kafar kot) is still in bilot sharif, and with this; there is also a Hindu temple on the other side of bilot sharif village near peer shah eisa govt: Degree collage for boys. this temple is on the name of Hindu bhagwan "raam" which called the "thalla satti keval raam" in local traditional language. a great mob of Hindu tourists gathered here every year (13-14-15 April) on their religious occasion of "besakhi" to offer their sacred praxis.