Jhelum

Jhelum, or Jhilam, a district in the Punjab, British India, lying between Rawal Pindi N., the

Jhelum River E., and the districts of Shahpur and Bannu S. and W. Consisting of 3,910 square miles, mostly taken up by the three ridges of the Salt Range, which trend down from the Himalayas, Jhelum is picturesque but by no means fertile, except along the banks of the river and in the occasional valleys. Here wheat and bajra are grown, but the most valuable product is salt. The population is chiefly Mohammedan, and a dynasty of semi-independent princes, established after the Moghul invasion, ruled here until conquered by Rangit Singh, from whom the whole country passed into British hands. Though Jhelum, a small modern town on the river of that name, is the administrative centre, nearly all the trade is carried on at Pind Dadan Khan.