Lakki Marwat لکی مروت | |
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District Headquarter /City | |
| District Lakki Marwat | |
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  Lakki Marwat  Lakki Marwat | |
| Coordinates:32°36′19″N70°54′52″E / 32.60528°N 70.91444°E /32.60528; 70.91444 | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Lakki Marwat District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Tehsil-council |
| • Chairman | Maulana Anwar Badshah[1] (JUI-F) |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Mr. Iqbal Hussain Bacha[2] |
| • Assistant Commissioner HQ | Mr. Omer Riyaz[3] |
| • Assistant Commissioner | Mr. Awais Khan[4] |
| Elevation | 255 m (837 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 59,465 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Calling code | 0969 |
| Number ofUnion councils | 2[7] |
| Website | lakkimarwat |
Lakki Marwat orLakki (Urdu andPashto:لکی مروت) is the headquarters ofLakki Marwat District inKhyber Pakhtunkhwa province ofPakistan.[7] Lakki Marwat has becomeone of the fastest growing cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Lakki Marwat is also the20th most populous city in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Lakki was first called by the name of "Thal Daman", which means an open sandy plain.[8] The first evidence of civilization in the plains of Thal Daman and the spread ofIslam inBannu is indicated by the graves of Ashaab on the left bank of theKurram River. In addition, contemporary historians write about Bannu in their works.Al-Baladuri wrote that "In the year 44 H. [664 AD], and in the days of theKhalif Muawiya, Muhallib son of Abu Safra made war upon the same frontier, and advanced as far asBanna andAlahwar which lie betweenMultan andKabul.”[9][10]
The tribes of Lakki Marwat, such as the [Bannuchi] are mentioned in the memoirs ofMughal EmperorBabur. He considered the whole of the valley which is now theTahsil of Bannu and Marwat, as 'Bannu territory'. Babur also stated that when he came to Bannu in 1505, the Niazis were settlers in what now is Marwat.[11][12] In 1602, theNiazis were driven out byMarwat towardsIsakhel.
In 1756,Ahmad Shah Durrani incorporated the whole of the Bannu territory into theDurrani Empire centred atKandahar (laterKabul).[11]
In 1818, theNawab of the area, Hafiz Ahmed Khan Sado Zai, annexedIsakhel. The following year, he was invited by the White Gund of Marwats to aid him against the Black Gund of Marwats. After doing this, the Nawab, took possession of the whole Marwat area.[12]
In 1836,Maharaja Ranjit Singh formally annexed Marwat and leased it for an annual sum of Rs. 40,000 to a tax collector called Dewan Lakki Mull.[11] Dewan Lakki Mull then settled some of theHindu inhabitants across theGambila River towards the north. Eventually, these settlements turned into a small town known as Lakki. It was through Dewan Lakki Mull that the area derived its name 'Lakki'.[8]
After Dewan Lakhi Mull, Malik Fateh Khan Tiwana became the area's tax collector.[11] He belonged to theTiwana family and was an ancestor ofMalik Khizar Hayat Tiwana. In 1844, he built and garrisoned a fort in the heart of Marwat which he called Ihsanpur. A town grew up under its walls and became the capital of Marwat.[13] He induced many of the leading classes to settle near it, so a number of families that had moved to Isakhel returned to the region.[11]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 8,634 | — |
| 1961 | 9,451 | +0.91% |
| 1972 | 14,359 | +3.88% |
| 1981 | 18,755 | +3.01% |
| 1998 | 30,467 | +2.90% |
| 2017 | 59,465 | +3.58% |
| Source:[14][6] | ||
On 20 March 1849, thePunjab region was annexed by theEast India Company. The province was divided into the districts of Leiah and Dera Ismail khan. The Isakhel and Marwat, was put into theDera Ismail Khan District.[15] On 1 January 1861, the Leiah District was broken up and the Dera Jat District was formed with Bannu as its most northern area.
In 1862, Bannu district was expanded to include parts ofMianwali District, such as PakharKalabagh, a tract lying along the eastern base of the salt range, and the villages of Harnoli andWan Bhachran.[11] Therefore, the whole of theNorth-West Frontier Province, including Bannu, Peshawar, Hazara and Kashmir remained part of thePunjab Province until 1901. Malik Fateh Khan Tiwana's old fort town of Ihsanpur continued to be the capital of Marwat until 1864. That year, it had to be abandoned when theGambila River flooded the area making it into a marsh. The District Officer, Major Urmston, allowed the inhabitants to move across to the right bank of the Gambila and settle amongst a cluster of villages consisting of Mina Khel, Khoedad Khel and Sayed Khel.
The municipality was constituted in 1874.[16] On 9 November 1901, theMianwali District was formed out of the tehsils of Isa Khel and Mianwali from the Bannu District and Bhakkar and Leyyah from Dera Ismail Khan District.[15] The population in 1901 was 5,218.
A Narrow gauge (762 mm or 2 ft 6 in) railway line was linked it withMari Indus,Bannu andTank, Pakistan, was closed in 1991.
On 1 January 2010, at least 99 people werekilled in the nearby villageShah Hassan Khel when anIslamistsuicide bomber blew himself up at avolleyball game.[17]
