Bodla

Bodla is a surname of a Muslim family which is mostly living in various parts of Pakistan.

Sheikh Shahabulmulik Quraishi Sadiqui was the first one to whom this surname was given. The word Bodla is derived from the Persian word "Bou-E-Dil" which literally means "Fragrance of heart" but in general word it means "the person who knows feeling of heart".

The Bodla are a clan of the Shaikh Siddiqui, found in Punjab, Pakistan.

History and origin

The Bodla are found in the lower and middle Sutlej valley in Pakistan. They were at one time an entirely pastoral tribe, and are said to have come from Multan through Bahawalpur to Sahiwal. They claim to have originally settled in Multan, at the time of Bahuaudin Zakariya, also a Qureshi by tribe) the famous Sufi saint. From Sahiwal, the Bodla spread to Sirsa, where they occupied the Bahak parganna, as a jagir. Historically, they were found in Firozpur and Sirsa districts in modern day Indian Punjab and Haryana. In what became Pakistani territory, they were found in Sahiwal, Pakpattan and Vehari Shuja Abad, MultanBahawalpur Bahawalnagar districts and Jaranwala Road in Mandi Faiz Abad. The Bodlas of the Punjab in India and Haryana moved to Pakistan, at the time of the partition of India.

According to some traditions, they had the power of curing disease by exorcism, dog bite and especially snake bites and hydrophobia. Their power of curing snake bites is associated with a historic fact. When the Prophet, and his companion Abu Bakar left Makkah, for Madinah, they concealed themselves in a cave. Abu Bakar(RA) is said to have torn his turban into rags and closed the holes with the pieces. One hole he stopped with his toe, and it was bitten by a snake. When the Prophet learned what had occurred, he cured it by sucking the wound. There is this a tradition among the Shaikh Siddiqui, as Bodlas are from the family of Hazrat Abu Bakar(RA)that they have the power to cure snakebite.

The Bodla have historically intermarried with the Wattu Rajputs, with whom they share many of their villages.

Villages

Important Bodla villages include Chak Ghullah, Ghumand, Pur Tehsil, Minchan Abad District, Bahawal Nagar. The prominent family members of Ghumand are Muhammad Sadiq, Muhammad Ishaq, Muhammad Hussain Bodla and Nadeem Ishaq Bodla.

Bodla, Kartar Pur, Nausher Bodla, Naghpal, Bodla and Salim Shah Bodla, in Pakpattan District, Kakku Bodla and Chak Shah Bodla and chak 4/1.R.A Tehsil Renala Khurd in Okara District. Sibght Ullah Bodla.[Village Pir Bodla Deh 372,Talqa Jhuddo,Dist Mirpurkhass,Sindh]

61 4/R Bodla Wala, 41/SP in Pakpattan Sharif

Mian Chanon distric Khanewal Bodla Colony Shujah Abad, Chak 519 Bhatta Burewala Bodla Farms NoorPur Nouranga Bahawalpur

-->>Mandi Faiz Abad Distt & tehseel nankana Sahab on jaranwala road 48 km Away From lahore ____ Afzal Bodla From Depalpur

Also in Sheikhupura. near Jandiala sher khan....

'Ghulllah'

Ghullah is the prominent village of Bodla family. They are renowned as the biggest Zamindar in the district. Their privillege is assosiated with their great character and decision making powers. Important personalities include Mian Anwar bodla, Mian Ijaz Bodla, Mian Yasir bodla, Mian Mudasser Bodla,Pir Ali Aslam Bodla, Pir Ali Akbar Bodla,Pir Ali Asghar Bodla, Pir Ali Akhtar Bodla, Mian Iftikhar(Pappu) Bodla and Mian Abdullah Bodla.Bodla Family is famous for keeping horse and dairy farms. Most of the Jageerdaars and Zameendaars come and visit this village to attend their outstanding horse dance parties.

Famous persons

• Mian Muhammad Umer Bodla DEPALPUR
• Mian Mudasar Umer Bodla CIVIL JUDGE
• Imran Nawaz Bodla MY BANK LTD. LAHORE
• Mian Muhammad Yasir Bodla District Manager NADRA Pakpattan
• Mian Haji Muhammad Majeed Bodla
• DR Mahmood Ahmad Bodla, Director, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Sahiwal

Peer Sohail ShAh ( Peer -e- tareeqat ) Mandi Faiz Abad Jaran wala road Distt & tehsil Nankana Sahab

• Engr.M.Saleem Raza Ali Bodla, CHAK# 40-A/4-L OKARA.

Mian Abdul Rashid Bodla (Bodla Farm Rashidabad)

• Imran Khawar Bodla s/o Mian Abdul Rasheed Bodla([1])
• Pir Ghulam Murtaza Bodla (Famous person of 41/s.p )pir naseer bodla
• Peer Aslam Bodla Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
• Mian GunjBux Bodla of Naghpal is Nazim U.C Pakpattan, Pakistan
• Peer Abdul Jabbar Shah Bodla, Numberdar(61 4/R) Ex. Member Tehsil Council Sahiwal.
• Mian Shahzad Rasool Bodla from Jalal pur pir wala cell 03007446115.
• Saeed Ahmad Bodla, a renowned Artistic Calligrapher, Graphic Designer, Poet, and writer. He has the great honour for three "Islamic Art Galleries" at Punjab University Library Lahore, Sheikh Zayed Islamic Centre Punjab University Lahore, and Sheikh Zayed Islamic Centre Peshawar University.

Azhar shabbir Bodla DUNYAPUR FAMILY Pir Hafiz Tufail Bodla khateeb jamia ghosia wocster UK.Pir Saifullah Bodla SS Pir Inamullah BODLA ONER OF DANIYAL HOTAL&RESTURANT DUNYA PUR Pir Ziaullah Bodla uk UMAR FAROOQ KHIZER FAROOQ DANISH INAM DANIYAL INAM AFZAL BODLA WAKIL BODLA JAMIL BODLA SALIM BODLA AAMIR BODLA YASIR BODLA AASHIR BODLA ABDUL GHAFOOR BODLA BABA JI and more than 800 peple livd in 303/wb &DUNYAPUR DIST LODHRAN Peer Khalil_ur_Rehman(0333-6937496

References

• Shaikh Siddiqui