Turlandi
Turlandi
ترلاندی | |
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Village | |
Turlandi Location of Turlandi in Pakistan Turlandi Turlandi (Pakistan) | |
| Coordinates: 34°12′31″N 72°19′16″E / 34.208708°N 72.321187°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Swabi |
| Tehsil | Razzar |
| Time zone | UTC+05:00 (PKT) |
| Postal code | 23420 |
| Area code | +92 938 |
Turlandi (Pashto: ترلاندی) is a village near Shewa Adda and a Union Council in Razar Tehsil, Swabi District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The village is situated at an elevation of 320 meters (1,050 feet).
Kalu Khan Yousafzai, a leading figure of the Yousafzai tribe, is believed to be buried in Turlandi. He is noted for resisting Mughal expansion under Emperor Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar and is associated with the Battle of the Malandari Pass (1586) near the Karakar Pass. His gravesite remains locally venerated.
Local residents of Turlandi believe that the tomb of Ayaz, the renowned general of King Mahmud of Ghazni, is located in the village. However, there is no concrete evidence to substantiate this claim, and the site is currently referred to as nadaan baba's tomb.
The famous Pashto folktale Yusuf Khan and Sherbano has a special connection with Turlandi, as one of its central characters, Yusuf Khan belonged to Turlandi. The 1970 film Yousuf Khan Sher Bano, is regarded as the first Pashto-language film in Pakistan and includes scenes filmed in Turlandi.