Dhamiak | |
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  Dhamiak | |
| Coordinates: 33°07′N 73°17′E / 33.12°N 73.28°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| Division | Rawalpindi |
| District | Jhelum |
| Tehsil | Sohawa |
| Elevation | 447 m (1,467 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Dhamiak is a village of Jhelum District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located around 80 kilometres from Islamabad at 33°12'0N 73°28'0E with an altitude of 447 metres (1,467 ft).[1] It is also the death place of Muhammad of Ghor, the 12th century conqueror.[2]
In 1994-1995, nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan had a mausoleum built for Ghori in Dhamiak.[3] A paternal ancestor of Khan was an Uzbek soldier who had come to India with Muhammad of Ghor.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Location of Dhamiak- Falling Rain Genomics
- ^ Smith, Vincent Arthur (1921). The Oxford student's history of India. Oxford; New York : Clarendon Press. p. 113.
- ^ Yasin, Aamir (8 October 2017). "The tomb of the man who conquered Delhi". Dawn News.
- ^ Ahmed, Khaled (27 November 2010). "Scientists, our kind". The Express Tribune.
He wrote in Jang that his ancestors came down from Tirah in Khyber Agency and settled in Bhopal in central India. His mother was from Tirah while his father was an Uzbek who came to India with Sultan Shahabuddin Ghauri and defeated the Hindu Rajput ruler, Prithvi Raj. Dr Khan cleverly named his missile Ghauri after India named its missile Prithvi!
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