Muqeem Shah
Muqeem Shah (( مقیم شاہ or Muqeem Shah, Punjab is a town a in the Bahawalnagar District of the Punjab province in Pakistan.[1]
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| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| District | Bahawalnagar District |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | +6 |
Geography
The town is situated in south of District Bahawalnagar, at a distance of 25 km across Chak Abdullah road, the town has a link road from Chak Abdullah at place named Muqeem Shah. The town comes in Union Council Punjab. The neighbourhood villages are Kot, Said Ali, Tobha. The town Muqeem Shah is located at centre of the cited Union Council. .[2]
Name
The town is named after Syed Peer Muqeem Shah, who is buried there. His descendant Gulsher Shah also lived there. They now have a Darbar there who's Sajadanasheen is Syed Fazal Mehmood Shah. They all belonged to the Sayyid Family.
History
There is no one having a complete history about the foundation of town, but some clues show that the town is very old. Some graves in the town's graveyard are at least two or three hundred years old. The data about Syed Peer Muqeem Shah is also not available in solid shape, there are just unreliable stories about him: That he was awarded by different miracles by Allah Almighty. There are also myths about him that he could revive himself but died because Allah Almighty ordered him.
Descendants
These are the Descendants of Syed Muqeem Shah.
Population
The population of the town is of about 15 houses. The population is now increasing because being a peace full place people are migrating here day by day.
Laguanges
The majority of the inhabitants are Punjabi speakers.
Professions
The villagers profession is agriculture i.e. they are cultivators and they work on daily wages in different fields (labour). A few people have government jobs in police, army and education departments.
Schools and education
The town has a primary school, a middle school for boys and a primary school for girls. The education rate is very low. Therefore, an educational environment needs to be developed in the town.
Clans
The clans who live hera are mostly Sayyids. Syed Family is an influential family of the area.
Notable Persons
The following personalities belong to the town:
- Syed Muqeem Shah, Sufi
- Syed Gulsher Shah, Sufi
Religion
The town's inhabitants are now mainly Muslim, followers of Sunni Sect. They respect all other sects. They never support any type sectarianism.
Crops
Wheat, rice, sugarcane, gram, barley, maze, great-millet, oat, millet, buck-wheat, paddy, mustard, field pea, sugar beat, tomatoes, mint, onion are the popular crops cultivated here.
Note
Most of the information in this article is given by Syed Mughees Rehman and also help is taken from the references shown below.