The Sandal bar falls within the grey area on this map

The Sandal Bar (Punjabi: ساندل بار) is a region between the rivers Chenab and Ravi in Punjab, Pakistan.[1][2][3]

It is located in the southern part of Rechna Doab.[4] It spreads over almost 40 miles (64 km) in width (west to east) and 80 miles (130 km) in length (north to south). "Bar", in the local language, means a region of natural jungle or wild forest where there are no resources for cultivation like water and an area of human settlement.[1]

Sandal Bar is named after Saandal, thought to be the grandfather of the legendary Punjabi hero, Dulla Bhatti. Almost all the area of this bar used to be part Jhang District, but nowadays it is divided between the districts of Faisalabad, Jhang and Toba Tek Singh.[1]

Sandal Bar was actually a vast area with a number of Punjabi tribes sharing the same culture and language. Nowadays Sandal Bar falls within Jhang, Tandlianwala, Jaranwala and Pir Mahal. Some parts of Pindi Bhattian, Chiniot District.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Mushtaq Soofi (13 June 2014). "Punjab Notes: Bar: forgotten glory of Punjab". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  2. ↑ Haroon Shuaib (19 March 2021). "Hafizabad: Romance of Rice". Youlin Magazine. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  3. ↑ Report on Land and Water Development in the Indus Plain. White House: Department of Interior Panel on Waterlogging and Salinity in West Pakistan. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1964. p. 26.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ↑ 1998 District Census report of Bahawalnagar. Census publication. Vol. 110. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000. p. 6.

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