Doaba

The term "Doaba" or "Doab" is derived from Persian دو آب (do āb, literally "two [bodies of] water"), and signifies a region lying between and reaching to the confluence of two rivers.

[7] It is not clear if the area takes its name from the Manj tribe which once held the track around Nakodar or the name is related to the condition of the land.

[8] After partition almost all[failed verification] Arain population migrated from Jalandhar to Faisalabad (formerly Lyallpur), Bahawalpur, Rawalpindi and Lahore districts of Pakistan.

[10] The majority of Muslims of this area after partition moved to the Faisalabad (formerly Lyallpur) district of Pakistan,[11] and a small minority opted instead for the urban centers of Lahore and Rawalpindi.

[7] Due to the type of soil in Dona, the main crop rotations traditionally being followed were: groundnut-wheat, groundnut-fallow, maize-wheat, cotton-wheat, and fodder-wheat.

[13] The portion of Doaba that lies in the area between the river tract falling between the Beas and Black Bein is called "Bet".

Sirowal is characteristic of the Bet area with numerous hill streams coming down from Hoshiarpur district keeping the soil moist year round.