Muslim Bagh

Muslim Bagh (Urdu: مسلم باغ‎) is a town of Qilla Saifullah District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. According to Census of 1998, the population of Muslim Bagh is 70,361 (Male 37,303 and Female 33,058) and 10,188 households.

Muslim Bagh was formerly called Hindu Bagh (garden of watermelons) believed to be named after a garden of watermelons (hindwana in pashto) and Later it was named as "Muslim Bagh" by former minister of that time "MOULVI SALEH MUHAMMAD MARDANZAI". In some winters, Kan Mehtarzai and Muslim Bagh experience several feet of snow, though normal temperature is about -7 °C to 10 °C (19 °F to 50 °F).

Various tribes of Kakar and Durrani Pashtun inhabit the valley. In Kakar tribes the most famous tribes are Mardanzai,Metherzai, Sargarah, Rahatzai, Sultanzai, Khuidadzai, Panezai, Bazai, Naskhail, Taran and Samkhail. Though in touch with the outside world for a long time they have retained their age-old traditions and are proud of them. Their hospitality is well known and the coming of a guest is always considered a blessing, and the famous personalities of Muslim Bagh are Peer Muhammad Kakar (Late), Moulvi Saleh Muhammad Mardanzai (Late),Haji Muhammad Shah Mardanzai (Late), Sardar Abdul Rashid Sargarah (late),Khan Abdul Samad Khan Panezai (Late), Haji Jan Muhammad Bazai(late). while in present era the alive personalities are Sardar Asif Khan Sargarah, And famous in political side are Usman khan kakar, Muhammad Rafay Kakar, Molana Abdul Wasae, Malak Aman Ullah Khan Metherzai, and Molvi Noorullah.

The section of railways, when laid during the British Raj, was called the Zhob Valley Railway (ZVR). It has been out of service since 1986 but these days all the left over track is being uprooted and sold as scrap. This was once longest Narrow-Gauge Railways of the British Raj.

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