Boi Union Council Explained

Official Name:Boi
Mapsize:100px
Pushpin Map:Pakistan
Coordinates:34.3028°N 73.4389°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Pakistan
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Abbottabad
Subdivision Type3:Tehsil
Subdivision Name3:Abbottabad
Leader Title:Member, National Assembly of Pakistan
Leader Name:Murtaza Javed Abbasi
Leader Title1:Member of the Provincial Assembly
Leader Name1:Nazeer Ahmed Abbasi
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:9,978
Population As Of:2017 Census of Pakistan
Timezone1:PST
Utc Offset1:+5
Area Code Type:Calling code

Boi (Urdu: بوئی) is a residential town and one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[2]

Boi is a Hindko word meaning "fragrance of roses", referring to rose flowerbeds found in the area.

Location

The Union Council of Boi is located in the north west part of Abbottabad District and forms part of the district's eastern border with Kashmir (Muzaffarabad District). It is located at 34°18'10N 73°26'20E and has an average elevation of 853 metres (2801 feet).[3]

History

According to Captain Wace's Report of the Land Revenue Settlement of the Hazara district 1868-1874, the Boi tract was a cluster of 25 small hill villages, situated for the most part in the hills above the Kunhar river and was originally a part of the territory of the Bamba Chief of Muzaffarabad, Sultan Hussain Khan. Ousted from his Muzaffarabad territory in 1847 he thereafter resided at the village of Boi. He died in 1860, leaving his heir, Sultan Barkat Khan as Chief. Sultan Barkat khan was then succeeded by his son Sultan Hassan Ali Khan Sani, a great leader and witty ruler. Sultan was known for his justice and his people used to call him "Baba Sahib" (means; respectable). Sultan of Boe had two sons, Sultan Mohemmed Qayyum Khan and Kashif Khan (Ex Secretary Food KPK). Sultan Hassan Ali khan had a learned friend, an intellectual fellow and beloved son-in-law named Hussain Khan of Lawasi. Hussain Khan proved to be the most upright and disciplined person of the family. Hussain Khan of Lawasi has two sons Tanveer Hussain Khan of Palhotar and Naveed Hussain Khan (Ex Director Information Azad Kashmir). Coming to the rights of the tract, they were settled on the basis of the arrangement then found to be in force.The Boi villages are owned by small communities of cultivating proprietors of Abbasi (Sararra Abbasi living in Battangi and Tori, Dhund Abbasi), maliks, Awans, Karrals, Quraishis, Sardars, Sadats, Dhunds and other classes, excepting a few estates and lands which the chief has all along kept in his own possession and management.[4]

Subdivisions

Boi Union Council is divided into the following areas:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA (ABBOTTABAD DISTRICT) (see page 8 of 36 for Boi). 2023-11-06. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website. https://web.archive.org/web/20180418031736/http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/kp/ABBOTTABAD_BLOCKWISE.pdf. 2018-04-18. dead.
  2. Web site: Administrative Units of District Abbottabad. https://web.archive.org/web/20070403104619/http://www.abbottabad.sdnpk.org/adminunit.htm . 3 April 2007. District Government Abbottabad website. 6 November 2023.
  3. https://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Boi.html Falling Rain Genomics - Location of Boi - Archived
  4. Capt Wace's Report, p. 229