Tamman

Tamman (Urdu, Punjabi: ٹمن) is located 30 km to the west of Talagang City in Pakistan

Mianwali city is just 70 km from Tamman. The main agricultural products of Tamman are wheat, canola, groundnut and chickpea. The language spoken here is the Dhanni dialect of Punjabi. It has a population of more than 50,000 people.

Prominent political figures

The hero of 1965 War, Air Marshal Noor Khan (Late), who served as Governor of West Pakistan. The most honorable and first professor of Tamman was Noor ul Hassan Khan. He is great Islamic scholar(Sheikh ul Tafseer) and a Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies in Oriental College Lahore (Punjab University). He is the son of Imam Ghazali (Great Islamic scholar). Allama Noor ul Hassan Khan is also famous because he is the first person to translate the world famous book Kitab al-Aghani in Urdu language. The book was published by Punjab University press years after Allama's death. The Urdu version of the book is named as ‘Taus aur Rabab’. The book was well received and welcomed by intellectuals and literary community in Pakistan. The prominent 14th-century historian Ibn Khaldun called The Book of Songs the register of the Arabs: It comprises all that they had achieved in past of excellence in every kind of poetry, history, music, etc.

Tamman is also famous for its Politicians like Sardar Mansoor Hayat Khan Tamman, Sardar Muhammad Hayat Khan Tamman, Sardar Mumtaz Khan Tamman and Sardar Faiz Tamman.

  • Leti passing through the rocks
  • Artificial Lake at Khuddar, Tamman
  • Leti Mountains

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