Cemetery Mir Kalan / Agha Badshah

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THE HISTORICAL NAME OF THIS CEMETRY IS MIR KALAN. MIR BANGASH WAS A FAMOUS POET AND LIVED IN TIME OF KHOSHAL BABA.HIS GRAVE IS ALSO HERE BUT NOW NOT KNOWN.THE RULERS OF THOSE DAYS AWADED HIM WITH THE NAME MIR KALAN(MEANS GREAT MIR).IT IS SAID THAT KHOSHAL KHATAK CAME TO SEE MIR.MIR WAS CLIMBING ON TREE SUDDENLY HE SAW KHOSHAL.HE WAS SURPRISED AND TO APPLOUSE HIM HE RECITED A POEM STARTING WITH; YA KHOSHAL KHATTAK RAGHALAI MA WAY YA MIR BANGHAKH PA TOOT KHATALAI MAWAI. THIS IS A SINA-BA-SINA RAWAYAT NOT WRITTEN IN BOOKS. AS THIS IS THE GRAVEYARD ALSO OF SO MANY FAMOUS SAYEDS AND RECENTLY S.AGHA HASSAN SO THE NAME MIRKALAN IS GRADUALLY REPLACING AGHA BADSHAH.
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Coordinates:   33°55'21"N   70°7'22"E
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