AnwarabadA family archive · Chakwal

Our story / Chakwal, Pakistan

A mosque. A village.
A family’s beginnings.

Remembering Anwar Khwaja and the place at the heart of our family’s history.

01 / Our beginnings

At the heart
of Anwarabad.

A family story begins with the people and places we remember.

Anwarabad is named in honour of Anwar Khwaja, our great-grandfather: a spiritual man remembered by our family with love and respect.

According to family recollections, he built the mosque in the 1940s, and the surrounding community grew around it. It remains the starting point for the story we are gathering here.

Our history is being collected through family memories. Dates and details will be refined as relatives share their recollections.

02 / Our roots

The place behind
the memories.

Jamia Masjid Anwaar Hanfia is in Chakwal, Punjab, Pakistan. This satellite view is centred closely on the mosque and its immediate surroundings. Zoom in to explore the building and nearby streets, or zoom out to see more of Chakwal.

As we gather more details, we hope to add family landmarks and the stories connected to them.

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Satellite view centred on the mosque. Use the map controls to zoom, pan or open a larger view. Imagery and attribution are provided by Google Maps.

A story we are gathering together

Every recollection adds something.

Names, dates and family stories will be added as relatives share and review them. For now, this is a beginning, rooted in what our family remembers.

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