Sindh Sagar Doab

Sindh Sagar Doab (Punjabi: سندھ ساگر دوآب, romanized: Sindh Sāgar Do'āb), sometimes shortened as Sagar Doab, is a tract of land in the Punjab region, lying between the Indus and Jhelum rivers, in present-day Pakistan. It, administratively, covers a huge portion of the western areas of the Punjab province and eastern Hazara Division.^[1] It is one of the five major doabs of the Punjab and forms the north western portion of the region, covering the Hazara Hills, Galyat, Pothohar Plateau and Thal Desert.

Sindh Sagar Doab سندھ ساگر دوآب
Natural region
View of different Doabs of Punjab
Country	Pakistan
Region	Punjab
Administrative units	Punjab Province Hazara Division
Sub-regions	Hazara Hills Galyat Pothohar Plateau Thal Desert
Area
• Total	50,000 km2 (20,000 sq mi)

Districts

It covers Attock District, Rawalpindi District, Jhelum District, Chakwal District, Mianwali District, Khushab District, Bhakkar District, Layyah District, Muzaffargarh District and Athara Hazari Tehsil and Ahmadpur Sial Tehsil of Jhang District..

Major areas in this doab include the Kala Chitta Range, Margalla and Murti Hills, Pothohar Plateau, Salt Range and Thal Desert.

Some major cities of this doab are Rawalpindi, Taxila, Attock, Chakwal, Jhelum, Pind Dadan Khan, Talagang, Mianwali, Bhakkar, Layyah, Muzaffargarh, Khushab and Quaidabad.

Of the Punjab doabs, the Sindh Sagar Doab is the largest in land area, but the poorest for agriculture,^[2] due to the presence of the Salt Range and Thal Desert.

Doab

The word doab is of Persian origin, signifying the region between two rivers.^[2] According to Shaikh Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, the grand vizier of the Mughal emperor Akbar, and author of the Akbarnama, the names of the doabs were decided by Akbar.^[3]

See also

• Rachna Doab
• Chaj Doab
• Bari Doab

References

1. Penn, James R (2001). Rivers of the World. ABC-CLIO. p. 122. ISBN 1-57607-042-5. jech doab.
2. Zubair Shafi Ghauri; Noah Tesch (2010). "Sindh Sagar Doab". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
3. (Abul Fazl, Aaeen-i-Akbari, Fida Ali (tr.), Lahore, Sang-e-Meel Publications, PP: 1019)