Sheikhan (Punjabi Shahmukhi: ) (Punjabi Gurmukhi: ) (Hindi: ) City is situated in District Chiniot in Punjab province of Pakistan. Geography Southern side The village Sheikhan is situated some distance from the right bank of the river Chenab (Chanhan) in the Utar region which flows in the southeast of the village. A rain pond is also located a half-mile from the village on the southern side, called Sangar. Northern side On the north side, a canal flowing from the river Jehlum (Vehat) provides water to village lands for cultivation. Most of the population lives in old villages, while a colony was also settled by prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in the 1970s for non-landowners. A number of the population also lives on the north side crossing the canal after the development of a link road between Jhang and Lalian, which is called Adda Sheikhan. Adjoining villages Bhawana is just from Sheikhan. Adjoining villages to the west are Ratta Matta, Sahdipur, Tibbi Lalera, TindianWala, Kot Sultan, Inayatpur and Thatta Shah Jamal whole across the river Thatta Muhammad Shah. Several other hamlets (wells) are part of the village and are also populated places like Chah Rustlliwala, Mundi ber, and Jhalar Nathu Shah. As before the canal irrigation system, each of land was cultivated with the help of wells, so there are several wells on village lands like Gulabewala, Rariwala, Ameerwala, Hari Singh Wala, Kohluwala, etc. On the eastern side Muhammad Wala is located near thana Muhammad Wala. Vegetation Being an agricultural area, most of the land is ploughed but wasteland can still be found here, especially near the riverbanks. Different kinds of trees, grasses and shrubs are found here. Trees Kikar, talhi, jand, pippal, bohar, vann. Shrubs Karil, akk, etc. Grasses Lunak, dhaman, etc. Herbs Hermal People Most of the people here belong to the Bukhari Sadat tribe, descendants of Shah Sheikhan, who was a descendant of Imam Ali Naqi, the ninth Imam of Shi'a Muslims and also eighth in the pedigree tree of Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib. The other leading tribe is Chadhar whose four families from the Wejhwa sub-tribe of Chadhar live here: Ramzan Ke, Zamme Ke, Ghamme Ke and Dargahi Ke. Small numbers of Sial, Khokhar, Bhutta, Dhudhi, and Bilal Hussain Jani also live here. History Sheikhan's name first appears in the history for a skirmish between the Chadhars and Mahni Sials around the 18th century. Noora Chadhar,