Korey Koot
Korey Kot is a village of Pakistan in district Sargodha near Tehsil Kot Momin. Its population is about ten thousand. Korey and Koot were two ancient tribes who lived in this village centuries ago. Legend has it that the village was inundated by river Chenab as it used to flow by the village then. The ancestors of village came from village naseerpur, a nearby settlement known to be existing since 1150 AD.
Korey Kot
Korey Kotکوڑے کوٹ | |
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| Korey Kot | |
  Korey Kot Location in Pakistan | |
| Coordinates: 32°11′18″N 73°01′43″E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| District | Sargodha |
Ranjha رانجھا, Tarars, Dahar ڈار, Haral, and Gondal are the main tribes but Ranjha is the dominant and the most numerous landowning tribe in the village. Village has a number of educated people who are serving the nation as army officers, teachers, lawyers, bureaucrats and progressive farmers etc.The village has seen massive transformation in agriculture and infrastructural projects and is now considered one of the best developed villages served with five roads, a rural hospital, a boys high school and a girls middle school. Korey Kot has fertile land and is well known for its Kinno (orange) orchards. Majority of the population belongs to Sunni Muslim sect. Though this village has a large number of educated people yet they are still engaged in medieval-era-like turf wars but the situation is improving on fast rate due to heavy investment by people in education of their children . Demographically, the village comprises three major social classes, i.e. landowning class, landless peasants and Kamwalas ---- those who do minor jobs. In fact, this village is a microcosm of the wider class based Pakistani culture. Moreover, shrine of Baba Shah Manzoor, a famous mystic who is said to have gone under the earth alive along with a female follower, is also located in this village. Shah Muhammad Muslim Sheikh, a famous folk singer, was also born in this village. Allahyarkay, Numberdars, Shahukay, SukheKay, Rajaykay, Ghulamkay, SalihonKay and Amirkay are renowned families who own vast tracts of agricultural lands. Village's history based on local series of fights between Allayarka and Nambardar families was penned down by a local poet named Ahmed Wadhan. Until recently this Punjabi waar (epic poetry)used to be sung in local gatherings but due to busy pace of life nobody finds time to organise such events any longer. Jeweana family (all ranjha families in the village can be categorised under two main tribes, i.e Jeweana clan and Bhaikhanana clan) believes that their ancestor Dhaan Muhammad was the first settler in the village while Bhaikhanana family believes that the first settlers belonged to their clan. Nambardar family,on the other hand, claim that the village was registered through the efforts of their forefather named Hassan. Leaving these competing claims aside, the fact of the matter is that presently the entire power politics in the village revolves completely around a clash between Allayarka and Shahuka families. However, if truth is to be told all families in the village are equally dignified but these two families (Allayarka and Shahuka) are educationally strong and more aggressive when it comes to crushing their opponents. They are so cunning that they don't engage in direct confrontations rather they use the local ruffians and strongmen as their proxies against each other. People generally believe that if these two families reconcile their differences and combine their forces they may become invincible against other groups and unnecessary local feuds may come to an end. Unfortunately, these two families have a superiority complex and it appears as if each desires that the other goes into extinction. It won't be incorrect to say that the conflict between these two families is of the ilk of hostility between the Montagues and the Capulets families in Shakespeare's tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. Interestingly, despite their involvement into petty politics they are highly progressive (in fact the most progressive and educated families of the village) with regard to their own personal and intellectual development but their progresive vision and ethos is not reflected in their approach to the welfare of the village at large. It won't be wrong to say that their potential to transform the village into a modern and model village has been held hostage to their personal rivalry. Apart from these details, the village is just five Kilometers away from Takht Hazara, a village, where "Dheedhu Ranjha" the most famous character of "Heer Ranjha" story was born. Likewise, Bhehra, the first line of defence of Mughal and Sultanate dynasties of India against foreign invaders such as Greek and Persians, is also a few kilometres away from the village. So, "Alexander the Great" and Nadir Shah of Iran must have passed by the village when they invaded India but no claim to the resistance of locals to foreign invaders can be made due to unavailability of historical record.