Shadan Lund

Shadan Lund
Town
Nickname: 
شادن لنڈ
CountryPakistan
ProvincePunjab
DistrictDera Ghazi Khan District
Elevation
410 ft (125 m)
Population
 • Total70,000
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)+6
Area code32150

Shadan Lund (Urdu: شادن لُنڈ) is a small city in between Dera Ghazi Khan and Taunsa Shareef.Lund (Balochi; Lond.) Is a Baloch tribe of Pakistan. Lund is Balochi word meaning "warrior".The Chief families are Haidrani Baloch.

Shadan Lund is a town and union council of Dera Ghazi Khan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

This city is famous because of the residence of the Sufi saint Hazrat Khawaja Sufi Muhammad Aslam Naqshbandi Mujaddadi Dba. His preaching is about Zikar e Qalbi. Moreover this area is dominated of Sori Lund tribe. Tuman Sori is named after Sardar Sori Khan Lund, grandson of Sardar Haider Khan Lund and son of Sardar Shadan Khan Lund.

This town is situated near the Taunsa Barrage 15 km from the Koh-e-Sulaiman mountain range. The town of Dera Ghazi Khan has two canals on the western side. The village of Basti Azeem is located 7 km south of this city and The village of Ghuman is located 2 km south of the city.

People of this area mostly speak the Saraiki language. The fort of Sardar Haider Khan Lund could be seen in Zindah Peer at the mountain of Koh-e-Sulaiman.Traditional dish of Saraiki people of this area is Sohbat (Painda).

The Family Children of Tuman Sori have their own agricultural lands from where they earn money. They have inherited all the lands from their ancestors.

References

30°28′13″N 70°43′45″E / 30.47028°N 70.72917°E / 30.47028; 70.72917

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