Landi Arbab


Landi Arbab Province, Peshawar, Pakistan. The village is a 15 minutes drive away from Peshawar International Airport and Peshawar Saddar. The village is largely populated by, Arbabs, Murad Khel,aina khel Malaks, Syeds, Ahmad zai, Fateh Khan Khel, Qazi, and Ghorghust clans of the village, It is the only village in the area that provides direct routes to Ring Road Peshawar, Peshawar City, Gulberg Peshawar, Peshawar Saddar, Peshawar cant, Peshawar International Airport, Kohat Road, Bara-gate, and University Road, Peshawar. The village's economy is primarily agriculture and small industries.
The village is known for its cuisine, Chapli-kabab چپلي کباب, and locally produced microlight planes. Its Chapli-kabab is exported across the Middle East. Landi arbab-made microlight planes.

History

Landi Arbab is home to few historical places like the Bachai Lara, said to have been traveled by a Mughal emperor. Another historical place in the village is Ghazi Baba, a Sufi saint tomb, situated beside Bachai Lara. Ghazi Baba was mortally wounded in a battle in ancient times and was carried away by his horse to Bachai Lara where he died. Formerly, an urs ceremony was held at his tomb, but the practice is defunct now. During the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War, the village was bombed by an Indian aircraft, and in response the brave villagers hit the war aircraft with small-arms fire, damaging the Mosque of arbaban in the area of "Bara Atto" near the houses of the arbab family and other villagers. The houses was also damaged, and thus violated the international rules of war. The Landi Arbab village is famous for hospitality and even accommodated the migrating Afghan Pashtuns during the Soviet-Afghan War in the 1980s.

Education

The literacy rate of the village is 89%. There are a number of primary and secondary schools in the village alongside various religious schools. The well-known institutions are:

The village also serves as a center for Pashto literary organizations like Adabi Malgari Pekhawar and Pukhto Adabi Jarga, both founded by the poet Dad Muhammad Dilsoze.

Health

The village consists of a number of medical and homeopathic clinics and dispensaries alongside a "Government Services Hospital." Additionally, the village has an easy access to all other hospitals in the Peshawar district.

Transport

The village is well connected through other parts of the district via Cabs, Rickshaws, and historical horse-carts.

Languages

The bonafide residents of the village are primarily Pakhtuns, speaking Pashto as their mother language, however, Urdu and English are also understood by the educated residents.

Agriculture

Wheat, barley, tomatoes, cauliflower, turnip, bottle and bitter gourd, butternut squash, and corns are the main crops cultivated in the village. The village gets its water for irrigation through a canal from the Kabul River.

Sports

Sports played by the local residents include Cricket, Badminton, Volleyball, Kite flying, toy plane flying, Microlight planes flying and Goli-danda. The village hosts several local cricket tournaments throughout the years