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Kallar Syedan (Punjabi/Urdu: کلر سیداں) is a city located in Punjab, Pakistan, and is the headquarters of the Kallar Syedan Tehsil.
Kallar Syedan's existence dates back approximately 1,200 years. The town rose to prominence during Sikh rule, evident today from the havelis (townhouses), gurdwaras (temples) and small fortresses that can be found around the Rawalpindi district. Krishna Temple is an example of a Hindu temple built during Sikh rule.[1]

The Bedi Mahal palace was built by Baba Khem Singh Bedi in the latter half of the 19th century.[2] According to records, Baba Khem Singh assisted the British Raj in suppressing a rebellion in Gugera, a town near the Okara district during the 1857 Indian mutiny. In recognition of his services, he was appointed magistrate in 1877 and was later nominated to the Viceroy's Legislative Council in 1893. After the division of India and Pakistan, the palace was transformed into a boy's high school named Kallar Syedan.[3]
Kallar was a wasteland jungle, and all the wells in the area were (Dhara), a term used for "rough water." Even now, the wells in the "township" or tehsil Kallar Syedan are mostly brine. 1200 years back a tribe name Kallar from the Indian region Malabar settled in Kallar. According to the old records and plate on the old British hospital in Kallar dated 1926 Kallar was the single name but because most of the Syed families settled in Kallar Syed was also included in the name and now its Kallar Syedan tribe.[4]
The principal clans of Kallar Syedan are mostly Sayyid families, the founders of Kallar Syedan. Their history goes back an estimated 750 years. Then sheikh, Kashmiri Butt, Qureshis, and many other families moved to Kallar Syedan after the region partition in 1947. Families that moved included the Jatt, Siddiqui, Malik Awan, and the clans of Kallar Syedan Tehsil known as Gakhar, Gujar, and Mughals Rajputs (Jasyal Kanyals, Hashmi's, and Janjua Rajputs Bhatti Rajputs). Most clans and their members own shops, while others are farmers. Many clan members go abroad for a living, especially to the United Kingdom.There are villages located within Kallar Syedan which are purely Syed [belonging from direct lineage of the Holy Prophet Mohammed (s.a.w)] Such as Darkali Syedan, Peer Garatta Syedan. These Syeds usually belong from Naqavi Bukhari families and the villages go back to the decedents of the Sufi Saint Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari who was born in Bukhara, Uzbekistan and died in Uch Sharif Pakistan. Hazrat Syed Shah Jamal Naqvi another Sufi saint descending from Jalaluddin then moved to a small village in Kallar Syedan named Garatta Syedan. His tomb is still present till day.
Kallar Syedan is a city located on the N-38 Kallar Sayyidan Road from Rawalpindi to Azad Kashmir. Kallar Sayyidan Road links the east of the city to the nearby town Choha Khalsa and Dadyal Tehsil of Azad Kashmir. Kallar Sayyidan Bypass is a newly built Road South of the city.[5]
Local services also provide extensive bus and van routes around the local towns, and smaller shuttles travel around the villages in the surrounding area. There are also services to Rawalpindi,[6] Islamabad,[7] Azad Kashmir, Kahuta, Gujar Khan, and Lahore.

Local auto rickshaw drivers also provide transport for people in and around the city.
Notable people
Tikka Khan, Army Chief of Staff (1972–1976), Governor of East Pakistan (1971), Governor of Punjab (1988–1990)
Abdul Aziz Mirza, Chief of Naval Staff, Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

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