History of Mailsi (Tehsil Mailsi district Vehari)
According to Wikipedia:
It was a tehsil prior to Vehari. Vehari which is now district was sub-tehsil of Mailsi. Mailsi is famous for Jhandhir's Library and Siphon on Sutlej river and sindhnai link canal. Mailsi Siphon was constructed by Gamon construction company on 1964 is splendid piece of construction to contol water to manage between river and canal during flood.
Mailsi is a Tehsil Headquarters of the City and One of the Tehsil/administrative area of District Vehari. This city is nonindustrial and unurbanised. There is not any regular urban area or modern colony. The area all around the city is agricultural and is famous for cotton production. This area has many feudal lords. There is one boys degree college and one college for women as well. Mailsi has one of the best fertile land in the area and it is house of white gold (cotton). Mailsi is on Lahore-Pakpattan and Bahawalpure-Karachi railway line. Farid Express is running on this track connect the area. Mohallah islampura is opposite the railway station.
Nations Pride in Mailsi: Masood Ghandeer Library
Sardarpur Jhandeer Town continues to attract people for its admirable peculiarities, a private library with a vast collection of books and rare Quranic manuscripts, besides civic planning. Situated in Mailsi suburbs about 65 kilometres off Vehari, the town was established in 1961 by Sardar Muhammad Jhandeer and was named after him. The local railway station, too, bears the name of the founder. Of all the achievements the town has made over the years, the Jhandeer Library stands out as a source of knowledge and light which have produced many a scholar and man of letter. It is the biggest privately-run library in terms of the number of books, which exceeds 130,000, in Urdu, English Punjabi and Seraiki on all important subjects.
Over 1,000 copies of the Holy Quran in different calligraphic designs and as many hand-written books on religion and gold-written manuscripts are its prized possessions. Also part of the library is a 100-kilogram volume containing 10 paras of the Holy Quran. It is opened by at least two persons. Surrounded by lush green lawns, the library initially had a few rooms but with the passage of time the number of books increased and a 20-room double-storey stood up. Now even the guest rooms have become the part of the library having a pleasant juxtaposition of books. There also exists a reference library with a free hostel for research scholars. To preserve the books, there is book-binding department, equipped with mechanical cutter and Xerox machine. The library is being computerized in keeping with the modern-day demands thanks to the zest of Jhandeers, who are paying due attention to its upkeep. In 1995, the Sada-o-Cinema Iranian Broadcasting and Television Corporation telecast a documentary on the Jhandeer Library through satellite. The same year the BBC London also broadcast a documentary and appreciated the forty-year struggle of the family in preserving religious, national, historical literary and cultural heritage. Several research scholars, M.Phil and PhD students quench their thirst for knowledge.
District management officers visit the house of knowledge as part of their training. Vice-chancellors of universities, college principals, academics and doctors also derive immense benefit from it. The Jhandeer’s posterity also deserves credit for contributing to research in farm technology and introducing new cotton varieties at their research farm. The people of the town have been interested in development since its establishment owing to which it has made remarkable progress in all spheres of life. Middle schools for boys and girls, a rural health centre, a veterinary hospital, besides public utilities make the public life amenable. An organized network of roads and communication system differentiates it from other parts of the country.
Masood Jhandir Library is situated in Sardar Pur Jhandeer, a small town 12km from Mailsi in Punjab, Pakistan. It is claimed to be biggest Private Library in Pakistan. It is estimated that it has more than 2,00,000 books and Journals. It was established in 1889 by Malik Ghulam Mohammad Choghatta (1865-1936). Now it is runned by Mian Masood Jhandeer.It is totally supported by private funds.
Books -1,10,000. Journals and periodicals 82000 and about 3000 hand written books.
Languages Urdu 50,000, English 21000, Persian 165000, Arabic 13500, saraiki/Punjabi 6000, Sidhi, Pushto, Balouchi and other 1000, spranto 5000 ( Numbers as in 2003)
Holy Quran Libray has Holy Quran in 30 languages of world. Many handwritten and different unique types.
Topics. Reference 7000, Philosophy and other 6500, Religion 38500, Social sciences 5000, Linguist 4000, Science and technology 1500, Art 2500, Agriculture 3000, Urdu and English Literature 23000, Autobiography 8000, History 12000, journals 82000, and mixed 3200 (As in2003)
Many well known writers and poets and other philanthropists have donated books to library. It does not accept Govt. donations.
It is reference library and does not issue books. However they provide residence to out station scholars and researchers. It has recently shifted to new building which comprises 25 rooms. And Librarian appointed
It is open to Public in morning hours (except Govt. holidays)
Tel: 0092-67-3430786, 0092-67-3430430
Fax.: 0092-67-3430789
E-mail: jhnadir_library@hotmail.com
Jhandir_library@yahoo.com
Special Report
Not a far cry from Mailsi, just 15km apart, situated a clean, non polluted and ideal town named Sardarpur Jhandeer. This town was established in 1961 by Sardar Muhammad Jhandeer a reverend personality of this town and so the Railway Station here bears the name Sardarpur Jhandeer after its founder.
On the same design and pattern as the former mosque of Islamabad had, there is also a mosque at Sardarpur Jhandeer with an eighty feet high minaret which is harbinger of the town from a distance adjacent to this mosque there is Masood Jhandeer Library.
In Tehsil Mailsi Sardarpur Jhandeer is the only and lonely place free from politics. Its residents are interested in social and welfare activities and striving for the progress of the locality Mian Masood Jhandeer, Mian Mehmood Jhandeer and Mian Ghulam Ahmed Jhandeer, the sons of Mian Sardar Muhammad Jhandeer, are well to do and learned personalities.
The town which was established after the birth of Pakistan made quick progress. Now, the Government has provided it with, two Govt. Middle Schools each for girls and boys, a Rural Health Center a Veterinary Hospital, Electricity a Telephone Exchange, a Bank, a Post Office and a Telegraph Office.
From field to market a well organized network of roads makes it prominent. To communicate between eastern and south eastern areas two bridges are constructed over Sidhnai Mailsi Link canal with the cost of ten million rupees. There are straight paved streets and metalled roads in the town. The town is equipped with street light. Special attention is paid to sanitation.
There is also a modern well equipped cotton farm. It has cemented irrigation hoses, beautiful grassy plots, rows of trees which add to the beauty of the farm.
But this town is famous for its Jhandeer Library not only in Pakistan but also all over the world. With respect to standard and number of books it in the most onerous and the largest private library in Pakistan.
It contains one hundred and thirty thousand books. Books in Urdu, English, Punjabi and Saraiki on all important topics are there. It has more than one thousand copies of the Holy Quran written in different calligraphic designs.
It has also two thousand hand written books on religion. Of these rare books some are antique while other are gold written. There is also a volume of ten Paras of the Holy Quran which weighs 100 Kg and occupies 3 ½ x 2 ½ feet. Two men are needed to open it.
Amidst the green beautiful lawns, Jhandeer library building lies. Formerly it consisted of a few rooms but with the passage of time its number of books increased and Jhandeer Brother’s double story building of twenty rooms was to change into the library. Even now the guestroom has become the part of the library. Different portions of library are arranged harmoniously. It is exclusively a reference library. In this library there is a free hostel for the readers and research scholar.
To preserve the books there is book binding department equipped with mechanical cutter and Xerox machine. Now, the library is being computerized. Jhandeer Brothers are paying their utmost attention to this library.
Some years ago they went to Karachi to purchase a car. Passing by the road they saw books piled up the pavement. When they looked at those books they found them rare and precious ones. They remembered nothing except to purchase all those books. So, they did not return home with a car but a cargo of books.
Masood Jhandeer Library achieved universal fame as a private library. Now, Mailsi is famous for Mailsi Syphon, shrine of Hazrat Abu Bakar Waraq, Malik Wahon Mosque of Aurangzeb‘s period and the last but not least for Masood Jhandeer Library.
In 1995, Sada-o-Cinema Iranian Broadcasting and Television Corporation direct telecast a documentary film about Masood Jhandeer Library Via satellite. In the same year the B.B.C. London broadcast a documentary about Masood Jhandeer Library. In this context the B.B.C. appreciated the forty years struggle of Mian Masood Jhandeer, Mian Mehmood Jhandeer and Mian Ghulam Ahmed Jhandeer to preserve a variety of religious, national, historical, literary and cultural heritage. At the same time an interview of Mian Ghulam Ahmed Jhandeer, recorded by the BBC correspondent and a literary figure Raza Ali Aabdi, was telecast. Since Masood Jhandeer Library is a reference library, several research scholars, M.Phil and PhD students are quenching their thirst for knowledge. District Management officers under training paid visit as a part of their training. Vice Chancellors of universities, Principals of Colleges, Professors and Doctors come here.
Courtesy: Official Website of District Vehari
History of Mailsi in reference to Rajputs Dynasty:
Manj Rajputs
Nations Pride in Mailsi: Masood Ghandeer Library
Sardarpur Jhandeer Town continues to attract people for its admirable peculiarities, a private library with a vast collection of books and rare Quranic manuscripts, besides civic planning. Situated in Mailsi suburbs about 65 kilometres off Vehari, the town was established in 1961 by Sardar Muhammad Jhandeer and was named after him. The local railway station, too, bears the name of the founder. Of all the achievements the town has made over the years, the Jhandeer Library stands out as a source of knowledge and light which have produced many a scholar and man of letter. It is the biggest privately-run library in terms of the number of books, which exceeds 130,000, in Urdu, English Punjabi and Seraiki on all important subjects.Over 1,000 copies of the Holy Quran in different calligraphic designs and as many hand-written books on religion and gold-written manuscripts are its prized possessions. Also part of the library is a 100-kilogram volume containing 10 paras of the Holy Quran. It is opened by at least two persons. Surrounded by lush green lawns, the library initially had a few rooms but with the passage of time the number of books increased and a 20-room double-storey stood up. Now even the guest rooms have become the part of the library having a pleasant juxtaposition of books. There also exists a reference library with a free hostel for research scholars. To preserve the books, there is book-binding department, equipped with mechanical cutter and Xerox machine. The library is being computerized in keeping with the modern-day demands thanks to the zest of Jhandeers, who are paying due attention to its upkeep. In 1995, the Sada-o-Cinema Iranian Broadcasting and Television Corporation telecast a documentary on the Jhandeer Library through satellite. The same year the BBC London also broadcast a documentary and appreciated the forty-year struggle of the family in preserving religious, national, historical literary and cultural heritage. Several research scholars, M.Phil and PhD students quench their thirst for knowledge.
District management officers visit the house of knowledge as part of their training. Vice-chancellors of universities, college principals, academics and doctors also derive immense benefit from it. The Jhandeer’s posterity also deserves credit for contributing to research in farm technology and introducing new cotton varieties at their research farm. The people of the town have been interested in development since its establishment owing to which it has made remarkable progress in all spheres of life. Middle schools for boys and girls, a rural health centre, a veterinary hospital, besides public utilities make the public life amenable. An organized network of roads and communication system differentiates it from other parts of the country.
Gluzar Baig
(thanks to Dawn January 01,2006)
Masood Jhandir Library (According to its brochure)
Masood Jhandir Library is situated in Sardar Pur Jhandeer, a small town 12km from Mailsi in Punjab, Pakistan. It is claimed to be biggest Private Library in Pakistan. It is estimated that it has more than 2,00,000 books and Journals. It was established in 1889 by Malik Ghulam Mohammad Choghatta (1865-1936). Now it is runned by Mian Masood Jhandeer.It is totally supported by private funds.Books -1,10,000. Journals and periodicals 82000 and about 3000 hand written books.
Languages Urdu 50,000, English 21000, Persian 165000, Arabic 13500, saraiki/Punjabi 6000, Sidhi, Pushto, Balouchi and other 1000, spranto 5000 ( Numbers as in 2003)
Holy Quran Libray has Holy Quran in 30 languages of world. Many handwritten and different unique types.
Topics. Reference 7000, Philosophy and other 6500, Religion 38500, Social sciences 5000, Linguist 4000, Science and technology 1500, Art 2500, Agriculture 3000, Urdu and English Literature 23000, Autobiography 8000, History 12000, journals 82000, and mixed 3200 (As in2003)
Many well known writers and poets and other philanthropists have donated books to library. It does not accept Govt. donations.
It is reference library and does not issue books. However they provide residence to out station scholars and researchers. It has recently shifted to new building which comprises 25 rooms. And Librarian appointed
It is open to Public in morning hours (except Govt. holidays)
Tel: 0092-67-3430786, 0092-67-3430430
Fax.: 0092-67-3430789
E-mail: jhnadir_library@hotmail.com
Jhandir_library@yahoo.com
(Information from brochure provided by Library)
It has first edition of “Readers Digest” Published in 1921 and Britannica encyclopedia and book of year and antique English Literature books and many other rare books.
ONE MUST SEE IT.
It has first edition of “Readers Digest” Published in 1921 and Britannica encyclopedia and book of year and antique English Literature books and many other rare books.
ONE MUST SEE IT.
Special Report Not a far cry from Mailsi, just 15km apart, situated a clean, non polluted and ideal town named Sardarpur Jhandeer. This town was established in 1961 by Sardar Muhammad Jhandeer a reverend personality of this town and so the Railway Station here bears the name Sardarpur Jhandeer after its founder.
On the same design and pattern as the former mosque of Islamabad had, there is also a mosque at Sardarpur Jhandeer with an eighty feet high minaret which is harbinger of the town from a distance adjacent to this mosque there is Masood Jhandeer Library.
In Tehsil Mailsi Sardarpur Jhandeer is the only and lonely place free from politics. Its residents are interested in social and welfare activities and striving for the progress of the locality Mian Masood Jhandeer, Mian Mehmood Jhandeer and Mian Ghulam Ahmed Jhandeer, the sons of Mian Sardar Muhammad Jhandeer, are well to do and learned personalities.
The town which was established after the birth of Pakistan made quick progress. Now, the Government has provided it with, two Govt. Middle Schools each for girls and boys, a Rural Health Center a Veterinary Hospital, Electricity a Telephone Exchange, a Bank, a Post Office and a Telegraph Office.
From field to market a well organized network of roads makes it prominent. To communicate between eastern and south eastern areas two bridges are constructed over Sidhnai Mailsi Link canal with the cost of ten million rupees. There are straight paved streets and metalled roads in the town. The town is equipped with street light. Special attention is paid to sanitation.
There is also a modern well equipped cotton farm. It has cemented irrigation hoses, beautiful grassy plots, rows of trees which add to the beauty of the farm.
But this town is famous for its Jhandeer Library not only in Pakistan but also all over the world. With respect to standard and number of books it in the most onerous and the largest private library in Pakistan.
It contains one hundred and thirty thousand books. Books in Urdu, English, Punjabi and Saraiki on all important topics are there. It has more than one thousand copies of the Holy Quran written in different calligraphic designs.
It has also two thousand hand written books on religion. Of these rare books some are antique while other are gold written. There is also a volume of ten Paras of the Holy Quran which weighs 100 Kg and occupies 3 ½ x 2 ½ feet. Two men are needed to open it.
Amidst the green beautiful lawns, Jhandeer library building lies. Formerly it consisted of a few rooms but with the passage of time its number of books increased and Jhandeer Brother’s double story building of twenty rooms was to change into the library. Even now the guestroom has become the part of the library. Different portions of library are arranged harmoniously. It is exclusively a reference library. In this library there is a free hostel for the readers and research scholar.
To preserve the books there is book binding department equipped with mechanical cutter and Xerox machine. Now, the library is being computerized. Jhandeer Brothers are paying their utmost attention to this library.
Some years ago they went to Karachi to purchase a car. Passing by the road they saw books piled up the pavement. When they looked at those books they found them rare and precious ones. They remembered nothing except to purchase all those books. So, they did not return home with a car but a cargo of books.
Masood Jhandeer Library achieved universal fame as a private library. Now, Mailsi is famous for Mailsi Syphon, shrine of Hazrat Abu Bakar Waraq, Malik Wahon Mosque of Aurangzeb‘s period and the last but not least for Masood Jhandeer Library.
In 1995, Sada-o-Cinema Iranian Broadcasting and Television Corporation direct telecast a documentary film about Masood Jhandeer Library Via satellite. In the same year the B.B.C. London broadcast a documentary about Masood Jhandeer Library. In this context the B.B.C. appreciated the forty years struggle of Mian Masood Jhandeer, Mian Mehmood Jhandeer and Mian Ghulam Ahmed Jhandeer to preserve a variety of religious, national, historical, literary and cultural heritage. At the same time an interview of Mian Ghulam Ahmed Jhandeer, recorded by the BBC correspondent and a literary figure Raza Ali Aabdi, was telecast. Since Masood Jhandeer Library is a reference library, several research scholars, M.Phil and PhD students are quenching their thirst for knowledge. District Management officers under training paid visit as a part of their training. Vice Chancellors of universities, Principals of Colleges, Professors and Doctors come here.
Courtesy: Official Website of District Vehari
Manj Rajputs
Raja Salvihana, 3100 years from Krishna, from whom he was 26th in descent, had 84 sons, among whom were Tavesar, ancestor of the Tunwars, Ras Tavas, ancestor of the Taonis of Ambala, and Bisal, ancestor of the Bhattis. Rana Jundal, the 7th in descent from Bisal, ruled Bhatner. His son Achhal founded Jaiselmer. From him are decended the Manj and Bhatti tribes (see table below).
The Manj are the most widely distributed of all the sub-montane Rajputs. They hold the southwestern portion of Jullunder and the northwestern portion of Ludhiana, and are found in all the adjoining Districts and States. Some also appear in Rawalpindi, but whether or not they are of the same stock as the Manj of Ludhiana and Jullunder is more than doubtful. The Manj say that they are Bhatti Rajputs, descended from Raja Salvahan (Salivahana), father of Raja Rasalu of Sialkot. Some 600 years ago (13th Century) Shaikh Chachu and Shaikh Kilchi, two Manj Rajputs, are said to haved settled at Hatur in the southwest of Ludhiana, whence their descendents spread into the neighboring country; and the Jullunder traditions refer their conquest of the tract to the time of Ala-ud-din Khilji. As, however, they state that Tulsi Das (Tulsi Ram) was converted (to Islam) by Hazrat Makhdum Shah Jahaniya of Uchh, who died in 1383 A.D., it would appear that if the tradition has any foundation, Ala-ud-din Sayyid must be meant. Tulsi Ram assumed the name Shaikh Chachu (Reference: excerpts from the 1883 and 1892 Census Reports by Ibbetson and Maclagan)
After the dissolution of the Delhi empire the Manj Rais of Talwandi and Raikot ruled over an extensive territory south of the Sutlej, till dispossessed of it by the Ahluwalia Sikhs and Ranjit Singh; and even earlier than this the Manj Nawabs of Kot Isa Khan had attained considerable importance under the emporers. North of the Sutlej the Manj never succeeded in establishing a principality; but they had a large tract of country in the southwest of Jullunder District about Talwan, Nakodar, and Malsian, and held much of it in Jagir under the Mughals, but were dispossessed by Tara Singh Geba and the Sindhanwalia Sikhs.The Manj in Nabha claim to be descendents of Tulsi Ram (Tulsi Das or Shaikh Chachu), a descendent of Banni Pal, who flourished under Aurangzeb, and did much to allay the dissensions of the time. He earned many honors by military service and held charge of the Raikot State and a large part of the area now occupied by the Phulkian States (Nabha, Patiala, and Jind). See Sardar Wali Mohammed Khan's Page for the Manj Rajput Pedigree.The Manj are now all Musalman, though many were still Hindu after the time of Shaikh Chachu. In Ferozepur they still disallow karewa. Their genealogists live in Patiala, as do the Bhatti of Jullunder. In the Ain-i-Akbari the Manj are wrongly shown as Main, a title which is said to belong properly to the Ghorewaha of Ludhiana. See table below.(In the Kangri dialect the word Manj is said to mean 'in the middle')Manj of Jullunder.
Rana Jundal's son Achhal founded Jaisalmer. From him are descended the Manj and Bhatti Tribes. The following table appears in the Jullunder District Gazetteer of 1904.
Malsian Tradition
Malsian, about 8 miles west of Nakodar, is an old town, mentioned in Ain-i-Akbari under the name of Mailsi. It is said to have been founded by Mailsi, a Manj Rajput. The Mailsian tradition is that of the four uncles of Shaikh Chachu, Mailsi, Wairsi, Jairsi, and Udhasi, divided the country between them at Tihara on the Sutlej. Mailsi founded Malsian and most of the Rajputs there are descended from his son Dhir whose tomb is on the road to Shahkot, and those of Nabi Bakhsh's taraf are descended from a subsequest settler, Dargahi Khan, also of the Manj race. Talwan is stated to have fallen to Wairsi, and the share of Jairsi was allotted across the Sutlej.
Malsian is notorious as the headquarters of Mohammadan Sunars who were engaged in the manufacture of coins and coins of ancient mintage for many of the principal cities of India. Malsian is also said to have excelled in making wooden stamps for printing cotton. It also made buttons from shells from the river, and dyeing of wool is another of the trades carried out.
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