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|presidency= [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
|image=The Marrhi fortress.jpg| The Marrhi fortress, Wah ancestral seat of the Hayat family of Wah
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|presentname= [http://ensimple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wah Wah]
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab_(Pakistan) Punjab]
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan Pakistan]
}}
'''Wah''' was a village and seat of a feudal ''Jagir'' estate in the northern [[Punjab]]'s [[Attock District]]. It was the ancestral seat of the famous Hayat family of the Khattar tribe, which produced [http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawab_Muhammad_Hayat_Khan Nawab Muhammad Hayat Khan] (of [[John Nicholson]] fame), [http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikandar_Hayat_Khan Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan ] and Sir Liaquat Hayat Khan.
Wah village is located on the [[Grand Trunk Road]]. It also had the ruins of a old Mughal pleasure gardens and a ''baradari'' pavilion, dating to the time of the Emperor Shah Jehan (r:1628-1658).
==External Links==
* [http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wah Old Wah village on Simple Wikipedia]* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wah Wah Cantonment and Township on Wikipedia]* [http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/w/wah.html Detailed geneaological table of the Wah family]
[[Category: Locations]]
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]
