Basti-Abdullah Shaheed ( ) is a

Village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

situated a short distance from

Rojhan Rojhan () is a city and headquarters of Rojhan Tehsil in Rajanpur District, Punjab Rajanpur () is a district of Dera Ghazi Khan Division in the Pakistani province of Punjab, with its administrative headquarters the city of Rajanpur. Distric ...

Rajanpur District Rajanpur () is a District (Pakistan), district of Dera Ghazi Khan Division in the Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, with its administrative headquarters the city of Rajanpur. District of Rajanpur was formerly part of Dera Ghazi K ...

, the border district of

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province in

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. The town is named after Maulana Muhammad Abdullah and is also noted for being the resting place of

Abdul Rashid Ghazi Abdul Rashid Ghazi ( – 10 July 2007) was a Pakistanis, Pakistani Islamic scholar and diplomat-turned Islamism, Islamist dissident who served as khatib of Lal Masjid, Islamabad, Lal Masjid and the Vice-chancellor, Chief Executive (President) of ...

, It is about halfway between

Rajanpur Rajanpur is a city and the headquarters of Rajanpur District in the far southwestern part of Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab, Pakistan. The district lies entirely west of the Indus River. History Rajanpur was founded by Sheikh Rajan Shah, the Makhdoom ...

to the northeast, and Kashmore to the southwest just off of the

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Etymology

The town, in flat, cotton-growing area and the nearby train station, are both named after Maulana Muhammad Abdullah.

Education

In 2002, a

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, was established by

, which was named "''Madraseh Abdullah Bin Ghazi"''. It is a branch of Jamia Faridia University,

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where students are taught

Hifz In Islam, a Hafiz (; , pl. ''ḥuffāẓ'' , f. ''ḥāfiẓa'' ) is a person who has memorized the Quran. Hafiza is the female equivalent. A hafiz is highly respected by the community. A hafiz or hafiza are given titles such as "Hafiz Sahb" ...

(memorizing the Noble

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) and

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(Quranic Phonetics), as of 2021 the seminary has 130 students.

Abdul Rashid Ghazi Grave

The town and the

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came into the limelight on July 11, 2007 when hundreds of people gathered in the town for the funeral and burial of

who was killed when security forces stormed his

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complex after a week-long standoff.

Railway Station

The Basti Abdullah Railway Station was first established during the

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as part of the

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, however it was later incorporated into Main Line 2 (Kotri–Attock Line), and heavy remodeling of the station was completed around 1972 by the

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Demographics

Languages

Balochi Language Balochi (, romanized: ) is a Northwestern Iranian language, spoken primarily in the Balochistan region of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. In addition, there are speakers in Oman, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Turkmenistan, East Afr ...

and

Urdu Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...

are the most widely spoken languages in Basti Abdullah.

Notable residents

* Mawlānā Abdul Aziz

Gallery

Body Rashid Ghazi.jpg, Pakistanis surround an ambulance carrying the body of rebel cleric

during his funeral in Basti Abdullah, Pakistan. File:Basti Abdullah Board.jpg, Road branching off the

towards the town. File:Basti Abdullah Masjid.jpg, Ghazi Chowk Masjid, located at the entrance of the town just off the

References

Populated places in Rajanpur District {{Rajanpur-geo-stub