Tank Pakistan
Tank is a City and district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Location
Tank was formerly part (Tahsil) of district Dera Ismail Khan District. Tank is bounded by the districts of Lakki Marwat to the northeast, Dera Ismail Khan to the east and southeast, and FR-Tank and South Waziristan to the southwest, west, and northwest.
Origin of name
The name of the place seems to have some relation with Tank/Tak Jat gotra, who might have resided/settled there sometime in past.
Tahsils
History
At the Battle of the Hydaspes (now the Beas River), fought between Alexander the Great's army and the Indian king Purushotthama (better known as Porus), the Macedonian army refused to go any further. It is said that Alexander's army's was at risk of being trapped, or was faced by an enemy army too big to defeat, and had to retreat southwards through the Makran Desert.
The Islam came in the Tank region in eighth century A.D. when Umayyad general Muhammad Bin Qasim had attacked on the Multan and nearby areas. The tribe known as Arain in Tank District is the generation of those Arab soldiers who came towards Multan with Muhammad Bin Qasim.
Finally, the Sikhs from the south overran the local tribes. They annexed the land in 1838. Somewhere in the midst of this turmoil, the British were assembling against the Pashtuns and the First British-Afghan War commenced. The British took over in 1848. The British regiments weren't able to occupy the entire territory and remained in camps at the foothills of the mountains, while the harsh and dangerous upland terrain remained unexplored.
The People
Saraiki People are supposed to be the permanent residents of this city but during last two decades the city become the second home for the tribes of South Waziristan Agency (Mehsud tribe) and Frontier Region Tank (Bhittani Tribe). Most of the tribes built their houses in these city. Bhittani tribes living in the outskirts of the city which is named Umar Adda and its adjacent villages and FR Tank. While most of the Mehsud tribes also built their houses in the city.
A number of Marwat also residing in Union Council Kundi area of the city. In Jatta Thar area, mostly saraiki people are residing but now they can speak Pashto and Saraiki. Due to presence of number Pashtu Speaking people, the Saraiki people also started speaking Pashto with them. Sami Ullah khan Burki is a social worker and the chairman of Burki Foundation and X coordinator Punjab complaint cell national peace committee for interfaith harmony government of pakistan. He belongs to South Waziristan (kanigurum)and is settled in Gomal Bazar Tank. He also runs a charitable organization called the Burki Foundation which provides free education, runs an orphanage, gives free medical care etc.
Tank have a considerable population of influential Arain tribe. The Arains of Tank District found both as Pashto speaking and Saraiki speaking. The Arain tribe found predominantly in Tank as Islam arrived in Tank in the 8th century A.D. during Muhammad Bin Qasim's expeditions towards Multan. The Arains of Tank are the descendants of those Arab tribes who came in the region with Muhammad Bin Qasim and later headed toward Sulaiman mountain range towards west of Multan. Arain tribe have really good reputation in the Tank city area and surrounding areas since centuries. Current nazim of the Tank city Advocate Zahid Khan Arain is also elected from the Arain community.
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