Gumbat

Gumbat culture.

The dartapees were the very first residents of the village Gumbat. the construction of the houses started at on an elevated point the ruins of those old house can be find near the water supply scheme over head tank at dartapee. latter khaddar khel, hassan khel, awan and other tribes started shifting to this village. bazaar area was the rich area financially and skillfully and was considered the main center for social activities of the village. the area has always been facing drinking and agricultural water problems from centuries the British government had build an underground karez for the water supply to the newly build railway station in 1899 and armed forces that usually travel from Kohat city to khushal gharh military posts. the people of the area are Sunni in faith peaceful and honest famous Sufis and ulima were given great respect here famous durbars of akhund baba,chapari ziarat,bibi shaheeda, ghundi bazurg are visited by thousands of peoples every year. the great scholar of the Islam dhooda ustad has spread the teachings of Islam in the people of the area. hafiz gee sahib (star ustad) chach ustad and molvi abdul qayoum sahib and qazi Muhammad suliman were the great teachers of Islam and were among the most respected persons. the village Gumbat consists of several tribes which live in different areas khadarkhels live in Mohallah khadar khel dartappies who are considered to be the pioneers of village Gumbat live in Mohallah Dartapi awanas who are considdered to be migrated from different areas of punjab or hinko speaking areas live in Mohallah awan. Mohallah bazaar which is the center of socio economic activities consists of several costs people of Mohallah bazaar are moderate skillful cleaver in business and are financially strong among the village. the customs of the area are more or less same as the surrounding areas. a guest of one family is considered the guest of the whole community and dealt with the great respect. pathans are famous for their hospitality from centuries. in the case of a death of a person in the community is taken as morn of the whole community. the people of the area celebrate the birth of male child with arms firing and cutting and eating goats which is called suhbat. for resolution of the internal disputes local community has a jirga system which is mostly headed by the chief of the tribe and other mashraans the decision of the jirga is mostly accepted by both of the parties by not doing so in case of any one party they have to pay penalty. due to non availability of jobs and business in the area most of the youth works abroad to finance their families. the elders of the area are respected by younger at every level. the development in the area both in socio economic sectors is quite slow due to non availability of resources but all the people of Gumbat and leadership is working hard to bring the people of this land to the higher standards. one of the enthusiastic young gentle man Mr. Shahbaz Hanif who is great great son of late Mr. Aziz Ullah khan is working hard to bring the facts about Gumbat and its people before the world and invites other young people to support him with their proposals and suggestions that could lead this village towards batter future. we wish this young mans success in this matter.