Rajanpur is a city and the headquarters of

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 ...

in the far southwestern part of

Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

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. The district lies entirely west of the

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History

Rajanpur was founded by Sheikh Rajan Shah, the

makhdum Makhdoom (, meaning ''one who is served'' and sometimes spelled Makhdum,) is an Arabic word meaning "Teacher of Sunnah." It is a title and group of Pirs, and landlords in South and Central Asia. People with the title Makhdoom * Makhdoom Yahya M ...

of Sitpur, in about 1732. He had captured his estates from the previously ruling Nahar tribesmen (see

Tahir Khan Nahar Tahir Khan Nahar () (or Tahar Khan Nahar) also known as ‘Sakhi’ (generous or liberal) was chief of his independent kingdom in Seet pur. In 1455 A.D. Bahlul Lodi gave a large treaty to his relative Islam Khan Lodhi. He adopted the title Naha ...

). The settlement remained a largely unimportant village until flooding in 1862 severely damaged the nearby district headquarters at

Mithankot Mithankot ( Punjabi / ) also known as Kot Mithan, is a city in Rajanpur District in Punjab, Pakistan. Mithankot is located on the west bank of the Indus River, a short distance downstream from its junction with Panjnad River. Most of its inhabita ...

leading to the transfer of government offices to Rajanpur. A small dispensary clinic was established in Rajanpur that same year. Rajanpur was then constituted as a municipality in 1873.

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