Kalabagh Estate
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Kalabagh Estate
Estate in the District and tahsil of Mianwali, Punjab, with an area of 107 square miles. It is held by Muhammad Khan Malik Yar, the Awan Malik of Kalabagh. Over 300 years ago the Awan Maliks settled at Dhankot, a natural fastness on the Indus above Kalabagh. They forced the Bhangi Khel Khattaks of the hills on the north to pay tribute, and at the close of the eighteenth century were recognized as chiefs of the Kalabagh territory by Timur Shah Durrani. The Sikhs annexed the estate in 1822, but Malik Allah Yar Khan retained it as their feudatory. He assisted Lieutenant (after- awards Sir Herbert) Edwardes to construct the Dalipnagar fort at Bannu, and his son Muzaffar Khan was taken prisoner there by the Sikhs in the second Sikh War. During the Mutiny he raised 100 men and was entrusted with the charge of one of the gates of Peshawar city, receiv- ing the title of Khan Bahadur as a reward. The present Malik, Yar Muhammad Khan, succeeded in 1885. He holds a jagir worth Rs. 6,000, and his income is about Rs. 22,000 a year, of which Rs. 1,000 is derived from the manufacture of alum.
