Landi Arbab
| Landi Arbab Landi Yarghajo | |
|---|---|
| Village not city | |
  Landi Arbab Location in Pakistan | |
| Coordinates: 33°58′46″N 71°32′41″E / 33.97944°N 71.54472°ECoordinates: 33°58′46″N 71°32′41″E / 33.97944°N 71.54472°E | |
| Country |
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| District | Peshawar District |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Elevation | 346 m (1,115 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 10,000 |
| Time zone | GMT+5 |
''Landi Arbab (Pashto: (لنډي ارباب) is a village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Peshawar, Pakistan. As per government documents, its name is (Landi Yarghajo)'' (Pashto: لنډي یرغجو ) (old name Sultan Pura: سلطان پورہ). The village is a 15 minutes drive away from Peshawar International Airport and Peshawar Saddar. The village is largely populated by Qazi, Murad Khel, Arbab, Malaks, Syeds, Ahmad zai, Fateh Khan Khel and Ghorghust clans, of whom Arbab is the most noble and powerful family in Peshawar KPK. It is the only village in the area that provides direct routes to Ring Road Peshawar, Peshawar City, Gulberg Peshawar, Peshawar Saddar, Peshawar cant, Peshawar International Airport, Kohat Road, Bara-gate, and University Road, Peshawar. The village's economy is primarily agriculture and small industries.
The village is known for its cuisine, Chapli-kabab چپلي کباب, and locally produced microlight planes. Its Chapli-kabab is exported across the Middle East. Landi Yarghajo-made microlight planes are used to train pilots in Pakistan and are exported worldwide.
History
Landi Arbab is home to few historical places like the Bachai Lara ("Royal Path"), said to have been traveled by a Mughal emperor. Another historical place in the village is Ghazi Baba, a Sufi saint tomb, situated beside Bachai Lara. Ghazi Baba ("Victorious Father") was mortally wounded in a battle in ancient times and was carried away by his horse to Bachai Lara where he died. Formerly, an urs (Sufi saint death anniversary) ceremony was held at his tomb, but the practice is defunct now. During the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War, the village was bombed by an Indian aircraft, and in response the brave villagers hit the war aircraft with small-arms fire, damaging the Mosque in the area of "Bara Atto" near the house of the late Fazal Rahim Jan. The house was also damaged, and thus violated the international rules of war. The Landi Arbab village is famous for hospitality and even accommodated the migrating Afghan Pashtuns during the Soviet-Afghan War in the 1980s.
Education
The literacy rate of the village is 89%. There are a number of primary and secondary schools in the village alongside various religious schools. The well-known institutions are:
- Govt. College of Technology
- Sarhad Model School
- Sarhad Model College
- Govt. Boys Primary School
- Govt. Girls Primary School
- Govt. Boys High School
- Govt. Girls High School
- Danish Model School
- Frontier Cadet School
- EEF Model School
- The Educators
The village also serves as a center for Pashto literary organizations like Adabi Malgari Pekhawar and Pukhto Adabi Jarga, both founded by the poet Dad Muhammad Dilsoze.
Health
The village consists of a number of medical and homeopathic clinics and dispensaries alongside a "Government Services Hospital." Additionally, the village has an easy access to all other hospitals in the Peshawar district.
Transport
The village is well connected through other parts of the district via Cabs, Rickshaws, ChinChi Rickshaw (motorcycle rickshaw), vans and historical horse-carts.
Languages
The bonafide residents of the village are primarily Pakhtuns, speaking Pashto as their mother language, however, Urdu and English are also understood by the educated residents.
Agriculture
Wheat, barley, tomatoes, cauliflower, turnip, bottle and bitter gourd, butternut squash, and corns are the main crops cultivated in the village. The village gets its water for irrigation through a canal from the Kabul River.
Sports
Sports played by the local residents include Cricket, Badminton, Volleyball, Kite flying, toy plane flying, Microlight planes flying and Goli-danda. The village hosts several local cricket tournaments throughout the year.
There is a microlight flying club in the village known as "Qazi brothers micro-trike club."
Notable People
Dad Muhammad Dilsoze is the famous poet of Landi Arbab. He was the Assistant Director in Education Department and was the President of Pukhto Adabi Tolana پښتو اَدبي ټولنه . Recently, his books Dilsoziat and Shawa Khoon شواخون" were published. He was the famous disciple (mureed) and Shagird of Hamza Shinwari Baba, a poet famous in the Pashto Ghazal پشتو غزل and called him Baba-e-Ghazal بابائے غزل . He died on 11th June 2018 of heart attack and alveolar rupture.
Syed Yaqoob Shah Bacha is also from Landi Arbab.