Naal, Balochistan Explained

Naal
Settlement Type:Town / tehsil
Pushpin Map:Pakistan
Coordinates:27.686°N 66.188°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Pakistan
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Balochistan
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Khuzdar District
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Naal Town
Timezone1:PST
Utc Offset1:+5
Area Code:+92848
Blank1 Name Sec1:Main language
Blank1 Info Sec1:Balochi, Brahui
Population As Of:2017
Population Total:130,897[1]

Naal (Nal) (Urdu ںال) is the largest tehsil of Khuzdar District of Balochistan, Pakistan with an estimated area of 4,413 km2[2] Naal is located in the Khuzdar District of Balochistan, Kalat Division. An ancient archaeological site is located at Naal town in Naal Tehsil.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Archaeology

An important archaeological site Sohr Damb is located nearby. It is pre-historic site dating back 3800 to 2000 BC.[7] There have been multiple rounds of excavations in the region.[8] The excavations has taken place in different periods, for instance, Harold Hargreaves led an excavation party in 1924[9]

Political

Prominent personalities of Naal include Mir Ghous Buksh Bizenjo,[10] [11] Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo,[12] [13] [14] and Sardar Muhammad Aslam Bizenjo.

Livelihoods

The main source of income in the valley is through livestock, agriculture, and mining[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Naal (Sub Tehsil, Pakistan) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . www.citypopulation.de.
  2. Web site: Nal (Sub Tehsil, Pakistan) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . www.citypopulation.de.
  3. Web site: High Commission for Pakistan, London. www.phclondon.org. 2019-07-26.
  4. Web site: History Pakistan Embassy Tunis. pakistanembassytunis. fr. 2019-07-26.
  5. Web site: Proto-Historic Objects from Balochistan. www.harappa.com. 2019-07-26.
  6. Web site: BALUCHISTAN i. Geography, History Ethnography – Encyclopaedia Iranica. www.iranicaonline.org. 2019-07-26.
  7. Görsdorf . Jochen . Franke-Vogt . Ute . Implication of Radiocarbon Dates from Sohr Damb/Nal, Balochistan . Radiocarbon . January 2007 . 49 . 2 . 703–712 . 10.1017/S0033822200042594 . en . 0033-8222. free . 2007Radcb..49..703G .
  8. Herzfeld . Ernst . A new inscription of Darius from Hamadan . Excavations in Baluchistan 1925, Sampur Mound, Mastung and Sohr Damb, Nāl . The dolmens of the Pulney Hills . (No Title) . en.
  9. Frankfort . H. . EXCAVATIONS IN BALUCHISTAN 1925, SAMPUR MOUND, MASTUNGAND SOHR DAMB, NĀL. By H. Hargreaves. Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India, no. 35. Calcutta, 1929. pp. IV, 89, with 24 plates. 16s. 3d. . Antiquity . September 1930 . 4 . 15 . 396–398 . 10.1017/S0003598X00005172 . en . 0003-598X.
  10. Bizanjo . Mīr G̲h̲aus̲ Bak̲h̲sh . In search of solutions : an autobiography of Mir Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo . (No Title) . en.
  11. Khan . Mahrukh . Balochistan: the forgotten frontier . Strategic Studies . 2012 . 32/33 . 200–223 . 48527633 . 1029-0990.
  12. Web site: Senator Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo laid to rest in home town of Balochistan . www.geo.tv . en.
  13. Mujahid . Abdul Basit . Balochistan and Eighteenth Amendment .
  14. Book: R. Chinoy . Sujan . CHINA-PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR (CPEC) - THE PROJECT AND ITS PROSPECTS . 28 January 2021 .
  15. Web site: Sarfaraz . Hamid . Khuzdar: A District Profile .

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