Busal

Busal or Bosal (also written as Bosaal; Arabic: ﺑﻮﺳﺎﻞ‎) is a village in the Mandi Bahauddin District of Punjab, Pakistan.

Geography

Busal is located 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) off the Gujrat-Sargodha road, south of Gojra, and is nearly 29 kilometres (18 mi) from Mandi Bahauddin. Malikwal, the Tehsil headquarters, is 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Busal. Busal is located in Jech Doab (the plain between the Rivers Jhelum and Chenab). Busal consists of seven settlements: Sukkha, Masoor, Nuryana, Jand, Nakkaywala, Chhanni Hashim and Rutowala. Busal Sukha is the cultural, population, and financial centre of the Busal area.

History

The time period at which Busal was first settled is unknown, but local legend holds that the name of the founder was Busal, who settled in the area during the reign of Mughal Emperor Jalal ud-Din Muhammad Akbar (1542-1605) and had relations with the Emperor. The Emperor gave him a large estate called Sooba Busal. Busal had three sons named Sukkha, Masoor, and Noor, for which three of the settlements are named. An irrigation department rest house was built outside Busal in 1915, and a police station was established in 1935. A system of canals and irrigation channels was built between 1910 and 1944.