 The governor of Jeddah (kingdom of Saudi Arabia) also visited this tehsil to meet Hajji Ghulam Qadir.Fort Abbas is a historical city and had strategic importance during the Nawab of Bahawalpur's rule.It was known as Pholra until it was renamed in 1927 by Sadeq Mohammad Khan V, who named it after his eldest son; Muhammad Abbas, and then in 1927 this city got the status of tehsil.