JHANG  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, in the See also:

• MULTAN, or MOOLTAN

Multan See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the See also:

• PUNJAB

Punjab . The town, which forms one See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality with the newer and now more important See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter of Maghiana, is about 3 M. from the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• CHENAB (the Greek Acesines)

Chenab . Founded by Mal See also:

• KHAN (from the Turki, hence Persian and Arabic Khan)

Khan, a Sial chieftain, in 1462, it See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long formed the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of a See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . Pop . (Igor), 24,382 . Maghiana has manufactures of See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather, See also:

• SOAP

soap and See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal See also:

• WARE

ware . The DISTRICT OF JHANG extends along both sides of the Chenab, including its confluences with the See also:

• JHELUM, or JEHLAM
• JHELUM, or JEHLAM (Hydaspes of the Greeks)

Jhelum and the See also:

• RAVI

Ravi . See also:

• AREA

Area, 3726 sq. in . Pop . (Igor), 378,695, showing an apparent decrease of 13 % in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade, due to the creation of the district of See also:

• LYALLPUR

Lyallpur in 1904 . But actually the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population increased by 132 % on the old area, owing to the opening of the Chenab See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal and the colonization of the See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract irrigated by it . Within Jhang many thousands of acres of See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government wastehave been allotted to colonists, who are reported to be flourishing .

A See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-Western railway enters the district in this quarter, extending throughout its entire length . The See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern Jech See also:

• DOAB

Doab railway serves the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries are the ginning, pressing and See also:

• WEAVING

weaving of See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton . Jhang contains the ruins of Shorkot, identified with one of the towns taken by See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander . In See also:

• MODERN

modern times the See also:

• HISTORY

history of Jhang centres in the famous See also:

• CLAN (Gaelic clann, O. Ir. cland, connected with Lat. planta, shoot or scion, the ancient Gaelic or Goidelic substituting k for p)

clan of Sials, who exercised an extensive sway over a large tract between See also:

• SHAHPUR

Shahpur and Multan, with little dependence on the imperial See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court at See also:

• DELHI, DEHLI

Delhi, until they finally See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell before the See also:

• X11

X11-absorbing See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of Ranjit Singh . The Sials of Jhang are Mahommedans of See also:

• RAJPUT

Rajput descent, whose ancestor, Rai Shankar of Daranagar, emigrated See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century from the Gangetic Doab . In the beginning of the 19th century Maharaja Ranjit Singh invaded Jhang, and captured the Sial chieftain's territory . The latter recovered a small portion afterwards, which he was allowed to retain on See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of a yearly See also:

• TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

tribute . In 1847, after the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the British agency at See also:

• LAHORE

Lahore, the district came under the See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the British government; and in 1848 See also:

• ISMAIL (1830-1895)

Ismail Khan, the Sial See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, rendered important services against the See also:

• REBEL, JOHANN PETER (176o-1826)

rebel chiefs, for which he received a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension . During the See also:

• MUTINY
• MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

Mutiny of 1857 the Sial leader again proved his See also:

• LOYALTY

loyalty by serving in See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person on the British See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side . His pension was afterwards increased, and he obtained the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of khan bahadur, with a small jagir for See also:

• LIFE

life .