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Batkhela
Summary
Batkhela (بټ خيله, بٹ خیلہ) is the main tehsil, city and district headquarter of the Malakand District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. According to the 6th Population & Housing Census - the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the population of Batkhela was recorded at 68,200. Batkhela is considered as one of the most popular business cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. A water canal that pours into a small dam in Jabban area is the main source of electricity production here.
Batkhela General Civil Headquarters Hospital is the main hospital of the district Malakand.
Batkhela's main bazaar is more than 2 Kilometres long; there are no intersections (junctions) so there are no traffic lights. Therefore, it is the longest bazaar in Pakistan and also in Asia that has no traffic lights or junctions (intersections) on it.
During the Ashoka and Kanishka Empires, Batkhela was ruled by a leader named Butt. The name "Batkhela" is, hence, associated with his name.
At the time when Mahmud of Ghazni (997-1030) was attacking India, one of his army leaders Pir Khushal assailed Batkhela. During the course of this assault, most of his soldiers were sunk in a big marsh at a place called Gheli in Batkhela. However, the soldiers of his army that survived had preferred to stay in this region. Over time, they put strong influence on the local inhabitants. They not only changed the culture and customs of the them but also exerted a strong influence to convert them to Islam.
Early in the 17th century, an Afghan tribe called Yusufzai (Yusufzai Pathan) invaded the Swat region under the leadership of Malik Ahmad Khan. During this period, Batkhela was part of the Swat valley. At that time, Swat was ruled by a ruler named Raees and the Swati tribe was a permanent inhabitant there. After the invasion, most of the Swati tribe's people left this area and escaped. It gave the Yusufzai tribe an opportunity to settle there permanently. Subsequently, they declared the Thana region (currently part of Batkhela tehsil) as their administrative headquarters.
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