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Kirana Bar or Gondal Bar(also spelt Karana; Punjabi: کرانہ بار) is the section of the Bar region in western Punjab located between the rivers Jhelum and Chenab.[1] It comprises the central and southern parts of Jech Doab, and corresponds to the present-day Mandi Bahauddin, Sargodha and Gujrat districts.
Kirana Bar is named after Kirana Hills, a mountain range present in the region. It is also known as Gondal Bar, after the Punjabi clan of Gondals who held the tract in the 18th century.[2]
The founding father of the bar was Sahibzada Gondal who was a first generation direct descendant of the House of Gondal. Since the Gondal families were Zaildar (at the time of British rule), the first born son of the Zaildar was given the title Sahibzada.
The lands of the Kirana Bár to the east and south of the hills are of superb quality for agriculture.[3] After slight showers of rain, the whole land is carpeted with grass. Better rain crops are grown here than in the Sandal Bar. To the west of Kirana and westwards until the villages near the Jhelum river are reached, the bar soil deteriorates, and more and more kallar (water logging) is found. The Kirana bár is demarcated from the 'Utar' (North) by the same fall or slope as the Sandal Bar. Generally, this ledge forms the boundary between the villages and the Government waste grounds. But few villages possess lands beyond the high bank, or 'Nakka' as it is called. The flora of this Bár is much the same as that of the Sándal.[3]
- ^ Soofi, Mushtaq (13 June 2014). "Punjab Notes: Bar: forgotten glory of Punjab". Dawn. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ^ Ahsan, Aitzaz (2005). The Indus Saga. Roli Books. pp. 149–150. ISBN 978-93-5194-073-9.
- ^ a b Haroon Shuaib (19 March 2021). "Hafizabad: Romance of Rice". Youlin Magazine. Retrieved 26 May 2023.