Ramin, Punjab

Ramin
Town and union council
Satellite view
Country	Pakistan
Region	Punjab
District	Dera Ghazi Khan District
Tehsil	Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

Ramin or Rāman is a town and union council of Dera Ghazi Khan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.^[1]

History

Long ago the Thingani Balouchs, a sub-tribe of the Marri Balouchs from Balochistan, migrated to the western valley of the Indus River. The Thingani tribe has ruled Rāman for many years. The well-known Sardars of Rāman were Sardar Jamak Khan Thingani (Jamak-I) and his grandsons Sardar Jamak Khan Thingani (Jamak-II) and Sardar Gulzar Khan Thingani.

Sardar Jamak Khan Thingani (Jamak-II) had four sons:

• Sardar Qurban Hussain Khan Thingani
• Sardar Qadir Bakhsh Khan Thingani
• Sardar Usman Khan Thingani
• Sardar Siddique Khan Thingani

The second Sardar, Sardar Gulzar Khan Thingani, also had four sons:

• Sardar Ghulam Hassan Khan Thingani (Surname: Namazi)
• Sardar Ghulam Hussain Khan Thingani (Numbardar)
• Sardar Atta Muhammad Khan Thingani
• Sardar Durr Muhammad Khan Thingani

These days the most stable Thingani family in Rāman is the Jamakani family which descended from Sardar Jamak Khan Thingani (Jamak-I), Sardar Jamak Khan Thingani (Jamak-I) was grandfather of Sardar Jamak Khan Thingani (Jamak-II) and Sardar Gulzar Khan Thingani. The Thingani family descended from Sardar Jamak Khan Thingani (Jamak-I) has ruled the town of Rāman for many years.

The main ruling tribe in Rāman is the Thingani tribe.

References

26°31′N 65°16′E / 26.517°N 65.267°E / 26.517; 65.267