MATRIMONIAL PROPERTY ACT

MATRIMONIAL PROPERTY ACT
NO. 88 OF 1984

[ASSENTED TO 3 JULY, 1984]
[DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: 1 NOVEMBER, 1984]

(Afrikaans text signed by the State President)

Business Plan

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Our company is sole proprietorship based company. Our company vision is to provide the facility to easy access of the peoples of the area with government, non government, private industries and the institutions through internet. The work will be divided in different categories, 1.Computer Composing, 2.

Zaraei Otaque Nara & Al-Noor Rice

Report on

Zaraei Otaque Nara & Al-Noor Rice Mill 

by. MUHAMMAD MITHAL

Introduction

Zaraei Ootaque is established on 15^th April 2012 at Peerano Patan near Sikandar Abad Taluka Nara District Khairpur approximately 82 Km away from Sukkur City on the right bank of Nara Canal. The model Zaraei Ootaque was developed by Mr. Umair Nazeer student of Sukkur IBA BBA-VIII, and he was further assisted by Sukkur IBA, especially by Mr. Nisar Ahmed Siddiqui. It is being financed by Mian Nazeer Ahmed Malik father of Umair Nazeer.

Operational Plan

Operational Plan

The work will be divided in different categories,

1. Computer Composing,

2. Photo Laser Copier Machine &

3. E-Kiosk & Easy Paisa, Easy Load etc 

ENGRO DIARY FARM, NARA , SINDH, PAKISTAN

Report ON

ENGRO DAIRY FARM, NARA , SINDH, PAKISTAN

Group Leader:                 Muhammad Mithal Panhwar

Group Members:              Muhammad Daud

        Raza Muhammad

        Muhammad Ishaque

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Respected Rizwan Hussain Bukhari,

Farm Manager (Engro Dairy Farm Nara)

Taluka Salehpat District Sukkur.

Thank you for taking the time to meet with our group and other representatives of the Sukkur Ibians on last week visit at Engro Dairy Farm Nara. We enjoyed meeting with you and your team members. I’m glad we had the opportunity to discuss our concerns and whole process of your Dairy Farm.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 PAKISTAN , SECTION 529 TO 565

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 PAKISTAN , 

SECTION 529 TO 565

CHAPTER XLV - OF IRREGULAR PROCEEDINGS

529. Irregularities which do not vitiate proceedings. If any Magistrate not empowered by law to do any

of the following things, namely:-

(a) to issue a search-warrant under section 98;

(b) to order, under section 155, the police to investigate an offence:

(c) to hold an inquest under section 176:

(d) to issue process under section 186, for the apprehension of a person within the local limits of his

jurisdiction who has committed an offence outside such limits;

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 PAKISTAN , SECTION 498 TO 528

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 PAKISTAN , 

SECTION 498 TO 528

498. Power to direct admission to bail or reduction of bail. The amount of every bond executed under

this Chapter shall be fixed with due regard to the circumstances of the case, and shall not be excessive; and

the High Court or Court of Session may, in any case, whether there be an appeal on conviction or not direct

that any person be admitted to bail, or that the bail required by a police-officer or Magistrate be reduced.

[498-A. No bail to be granted to a person not in custody, in Court or against whom no case is

registered etc.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 PAKISTAN , SECTION 426 TO 497

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 PAKISTAN , 

SECTION 426 TO 497

426. Suspension of sentence pending appeal: Release of appellant on bail: (1) Pending any appeal by a

convicted person, the Appellate Court may, for reasons to be recorded by it in writing order that the

execution of the sentence or order appealed against be suspended and, also, if he is in confinement that he

be released on bail or on his own bond.

(1-A) An Appellate Court shall, unless for reasons to be recorded in writing if otherwise directs, order a

convicted person to be released on bail who has been sentenced.

(a) to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three years and whose appeal has not been decided within a

period of six months of his conviction;

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 PAKISTAN , SECTION 367 TO 425

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 PAKISTAN ,

SECTION 367 TO 425

367. Language of judgment: Contents of judgment. (1) Every such judgment shall, except as otherwise

expressly provided by this Code, be written by the presiding officer of the Court or from the dictation of

such presiding officer in the language of the Court, or in English; and shall contain the points for

determination, the decision thereon and the reasons for the decision; shall be dated and signed by the

presiding officer in open Court at the time of pronouncing it and with his own hand, every page of such

judgment shall be signed by him.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 PAKISTAN , SECTION 251 TO 366

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 PAKISTAN ,

SECTION 251 TO 366

CHAPTER XXI - OF THE TRIAL OF WARRANT-CASES BY MAGISTRATES

251-259. [Omitted by Law Reforms Ordinance, 1972, item 99].

CHAPTER XXII - OF SUMMARY TRIALS

260. Power to try summarily. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Code:

(a) x x x x x x

(b) any Magistrate of the first class specially empowered in this behalf by the Provincial Government, and

(c) any Bench of Magistrate invested with the powers of a Magistrate of the first class and especially

empowered in this behalf by the Provincial Government. may, if he or they think fit, try in a summary way

all or any of the following offence:

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 PAKISTAN , SECTION 197 TO 250

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 PAKISTAN ,

SECTION 197 TO 250

197. Prosecution of Judges and public servants. (1) When any person who is a Judge within the meaning

of section 19 of the Pakistan Penal Code or when any Magistrate, or when any public servant who is not

removable from his office save by or with the sanction of the Central Government or a Provincial

Government, is accused of any offence alleged to have been committed by him while acting or purporting

to act in the discharge of his official duty, no Court shall take cognizance of such offence except with the

previous sanction:

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 PAKISTAN , SECTION 161 TO 196

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 PAKISTAN , 

SECTION 161 TO 196

161. Examination of witnesses by police. (1) Any police-officer making an investigation under this

Chapter or any police-officer not below such rank as the Provincial Government may. by general or special

order, prescribe in this behalf, acting on the requisition of such officer, may examine orally any person

supposed to be acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the case.

(2) Such person shall be bound to answer all questions relating to such case put to him by such officer,

other than questions the answers to which would have a tendency to expose him to a criminal charge or to

a penalty or forfeiture.

(3) The police-officer may reduce Into writing any statement made to him in the course of an examination,

under this section, and if he does so he shall make a separate record of the statement, of each such person

whose statement he records.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 PAKISTAN , SECTION 119 TO 160

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 PAKISTAN , 
SECTION 119 TO 160

119. Discharge of person informed against. If, on an inquiry under section 117, its is not proved that it is

necessary for keeping the peace or maintaining good behavior, as the case may be, thus the person in

respect of whom the inquiry is made, should execute a bond, the Magistrate shall make an entry on the

record to that effect, and if a such person is in custody only for the purposes of the inquiry shall release

him, or, if such person is not in custody, shall discharge him.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 PAKISTAN , SECTION 46 TO 118

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 PAKISTAN , 
SECTION 46 TO 118
CHAPTER V - OF ARREST, ESCAPE AND RETAKING

A Arrest generally

Pakistan: Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 15

ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia Pacific September 2007

www.oecd.org/corruption/asiapacific/mla asiapacific@oecd.org

46. Arrest how made. (1) In making an arrest the police-officer or other person making the same shall

actually touch or confine the body of the person to be arrested, unless there be a submission to the custody

by word or action.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 PAKISTAN , SECTION 1 TO 45

Pakistan: Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 as amended by Act 2 of

1997                     1 TO 45 SECTION

THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1898 (Pakistan)

As amended by Act II of 1997

PART I - PRELIMINARY - CHAPTER I

1. Short title and commencement. (1) This Act may be called the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, and

It shall come Into force on the first day of July, 1898. (2) It extends to 1 [the whole of Pakistan] but, in the

absence of any specific provision to the contrary, nothing herein contained shall affect any special or local

law now in force, or any special jurisdiction or power conferred, or any special form of procedure

prescribed, by any other law for the time being in force.

Quaid-e-Azam: Great protagonist of Islamic ideology

Quaid-e-Azam: Great protagonist of Islamic ideology

Quaid–e–Azam’s name has been enshrined in history as a person, who succeeded in establishing a great homeland for the Muslims of Subcontinent. This is one of the rare cases in history where a nation has been created and a country craved out not as a result of the coup d’etat, use of force or with the help of the traditional and conventional armed forces.

Women and religious minorities under the Hudood Laws in Pakistan

Women and religious minorities under the Hudood Laws in Pakistan

Naeem Shakir, Advocate, Lahore High Court, Pakistan

Despite international treaties, covenants, human rights declarations, movements at global or local levels and resistance against repressive laws, norms, customs,

administrative measures and policies, fundamental human rights continue to be enormously violated in the world in general, and throughout Asia in particular. The

Poverty in Pakistan

Poverty in Pakistan

Poverty in Pakistan is difficult to quantify. In 2006, the methodology used by the Pakistani government to estimate those living in poverty was challenged by the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). At that time, the government estimate was that 23.9 per cent of the population lived below the poverty line but the independent organisations assessed the figure in the range of 25.7 - 28.3 per cent. Those independent bodies supported estimates of a considerable fall in the statistic by the 2007-08 fiscal year, when it was estimated that 17.2% of the total population lived below the poverty line. The declining trend in poverty as seen in the country during the 1970s and 1980s was reversed in the 1990s by

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 Pakistan

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.
ACT NO. V OF 1908
[21st March 1908]
An Act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the Procedure of the Courts of Civil
Judicature.

OLD AGE HOMES IN PAKISTAN:

OLD AGE HOMES IN PAKISTAN:

.List of NGOs working on providing housing and medical care services to

 elderly citizens is below.

Edhi foundation old home.

Old age happy homes.

Gills shelter old age home.

Sabzi Mandi Sukkur

Sukkur Institute of Business Administration                                

Merit- Quality- Excellence

Visit of Sabzi Mandi Sukkur

Group-II                                                                                         Date: 23-12-2013 

Team Leader       : Ghulam Akbar Chachar 

Members              : Syed Ali Abbass Shah

                               Fahad Arif Rajput

                               Ishfaque Ali Abbassi

                               Hakim Ali Jatoi

                               Muhammad Mithal Panhwar

                               Darshina Esrani

                               Sonia Mahapara Memon                            

Submitted to        : Farooque Ahmed Memon

                                                     

History of Sabzi Mandi Sukkur

Sukkur sabzi Mandi was established in 1979 and the name of market chairman is Abdul Ahaad Gul Mahar before this was Abdul Ghani Khoso. The vice chairman of Sukkur sabzi mandi is Mukhtair Ahmed. There

LEADERSHIP

LEADERSHIP

LECTURE OUTLINE

•How leaders influence others

•Searching for leadership traits

•Identifying leader behaviours

•Developing situational theories

•Promoting innovation: Transformational leadership

•Are leaders necessary?

LEADERSHIP

            Process of influencing others to achieve organisational goals.

MUSLIM FAMILY LAWS ORDINANCE, 1961

Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961

(VIII OF 1961)

An Ordinance to give effect to certain recommendations of the commission on marriage and

Family Laws. Whereas it is expedient to give effect to certain recommendation of

the

World Trade Organization

World Trade Organization (English) Organisation mondiale du commerce (French) Organización Mundial del Comercio (Spanish)
Members   Members, dually represented by the EU   Observers   Non-members
Formation	1 January 1995
Headquarters	Centre William Rappard, Geneva,Switzerland
Membership	159 member states[1]
Official languages	English, French, Spanish[2]
Director-General	Roberto Azevêdo
Budget	196 million Swiss francs (approx. 209 million US$) in 2011.[3]
Staff	640[4]
Website	wto.org

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on 1 January 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which commenced in 1948.^[5] The organization deals with regulation of trade between participating countries; it provides a framework for negotiating and formalizing trade agreements, and a dispute resolution process aimed at enforcing participant's adherence to WTO agreements, which are signed by representatives of member governments^{[6]:fol.9–10} and ratified by their parliaments.^[7] Most of the issues that the WTO focuses on derive from previous trade negotiations, especially from the Uruguay Round (1986–1994).

Education Problems in Pakistan

PROBLEMS OF PAKISTAN EDUCATION AND SOLUTION

What is Education?

Education is the simple process of learning and knowing. It is not restricted to the schools only. Education starts from the mother’s lap. Parents and family inculcate good manners and make responsible citizens out of their children. Home is called first school of the children, but the formal education starts from the school, where they are taught, how to behave and understand what is going on around them.

Importance of Education

“The foundation of every state is the education of its youth”. Diogenes Laertius

                                         

Education is very important for every human being. It makes one able to understand what is happening around us logically and clearly. Only educated person has the ability to take practical decisions and make right moves at the right time. Human existence without education is just like fecund land. Education not only enables individuals to put their potential to best use and do something productive in the upcoming future, but also plays a main role in shaping an individual to be a better, responsible citizen and an active member of the society. An educated person with self-confidence and precise moves knows how to transform the world. Education provides the ladder for achieving success in life and enables us to utilize skills and caliber in a constructive way. Therefore, it’s the prime responsibility of an individual to get educated and live a prosperous life while being a responsible citizen.

MOTHER

MOTHER (WHAT IS MOTHER)

When you knew how to speak, what was your first word ? It is Mom. We have grown up in the arms of our mothers. We have grown up in the great love of our mothers. No one loves us like our mothers, no one is willing to sacrifice everything for us like our mothers. If someone asks you “Who is the best woman in your life ?”, I bet you will say it is your mother. And if someone asks me like that, my answer also is my mother.

With me, my mother is the best woman in the world. No one can replace her in my heart.  I admire my mother, I don't know why she is always busy with daily chores, taking care of my family but she never say she is tired.

Every day, she is the first person in my family, who wakes up very early. Then, she makes breakfast for my family. When my father goes to work, I go to school, my mother stays home and does all the daily chores. When my father and I come home, there is always a delicious dinner, which is waiting for us. After the dinner, my mom washes the dishes. Sometimes, I ask her to help, but she says: “It is fine, you should go upstairs and do your homework”. Mom always wake up very early, and Mom is the last person can take a break after a busy day. I realize that without my Mom, my father and I cannot have the clean house, the delicious meal and the clothes which always iron straight. Mom gives me and my father all her love.

She loves us more than herself. Her love for us is great like the ocean, the universe and nothing can replace it. She is not only my mom, she is also my friends, my big sister, who I can share all my problems and stories in life with. When I am sad, happy or stressful, Mom is always by my side and comfort me. Sometimes, I get angry with my mom because she remind me too much things, especially they are all things I know. Then, I realize that she just wants me- her son to be good.

Making my mother cry is the worst thing, but I did. I'm a boy, and playing games is the most favorite things to do of boys. I played games everyday. Anytime, when I had free time, I played games, when I came home from school, I played games . I played until midnight, I played until I was tired and slept on my desk. My mother knew it and she always told me to stop playing and focus on studying. I said “yes” to make her feel please and then I continued to play. When you play games, you just focus on that, you forget to study, that were what happened to me. My mother didn't know anything until my school had a parents conference. She was shocked when she saw my report. My grade was going down. She asked me why my grade went down, I was quiet and looked at her. It seemed like my mother knew the reason why. She was quiet, stared at me and sigh.

DEMOCRACY

DEMOCRACY

OUTLINES:

- Introduction - Importance of democracy - Historical Overview - Why democracy is flop in Pakistan - Remedial measures -Conclusion

INTRODUCTION: Democracy is the most essential and fundamental element for managing the affairs of society systematically. Democracy and participatory governance are popular political patterns in the modern world. In a broader sense democracy encompasses the leading features; fair and free election process, supremacy of the constitution, the rule of law, and freedom for the people. In other words democratic state must practice the principles of equal citizenship irrespective of religion, caste, ethnicity and regional background. It must also ensure equality of opportunity to all for advancement in social, political and economic domains and guarantee security of life and property to its citizens.

IMPORTANCE OF DEMOCRACY: It is fact that democracy is the major constituent for social, political and economic development. It is considered as the backbone of the system, without which an effective running of system is impossible. The crucial importance of democracy can be observed by the experience of East Asian countries. Between 1965 and 1990, several countries of this region registered the highest growth rate and proved it with high living standards. The most important factors behind this economic miracle are good governance. It is not that Swiss and Swedes are inherently blessed with greater honesty and integrity than Pakistanis. But actually difference lies in the institutions, laws and work procedures.

HISTORICAL OVERVIEW Pakistan, like India, adopted the Government of India Act, 1935 as the Interim Constitution, 1947 to meet the immediate requirements of an independent state. It provided parliamentary form of government, although the Governor General enjoyed special powers and the federal government exercised some overriding powers over provinces. Pakistan's early rulers did not pay especial attention to democratization otthe political system because their major concern was how to ensure the survival of the state in view of internal and external challenges. The fear of the collapse of the state encouraged authoritarian style of governance. Pakistan had faced serious administrative and management problems during the partition process. These problems were the division of civil and .military assets of the British government between India and Pakistan, communal riots, the migration of people to and from Pakistan, and the troubled relations with India, including the first war on Kashmir, 1947-48. In this critical situation when Pakistan was facing initial administrative and humanitarian difficulties, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the father of the nation, died on September 11, 1948, thirteen months

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WHAT IS A RECRUITMENT PROCESS?

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  A Recruitment Process is an organization-specific model of how the sourcing of new employees is undertaken. Typically the ownership of the recruitment process resides within the Human Resources function, although again this may differ depending on the specific organizational structure.

  A recruitment process can be broken down into respective parts. Whilst the naming and exact process steps are unique to an organization, a typical recruiting process may commence with the identification of a vacancy, then the preparation of a job description, database sourcing, role marketing, response management, short-listing, interviews, reference checking, and selection.

  The recruitment process itself is the focus of BPO approaches such as recruitment process outsourcing, where an external service provider is engaged to deliver the process.
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China Girl

China Girl (film term)

    

In the motion picture industry a China Girl is an image of a woman accompanied by color bars that appears for a few frames (typically one to four) in the reel leader. A "China Girl" was used by the lab technician for calibration purposes when processing the film.^[1] The origin of the term is a matter of some dispute,^[2] but is usually accepted to be a reference to the models used to create the frames - either they were actually china (porcelain) mannequins, or the make-up worn by the live models made them appear to be mannequins.

Great Wall of China

Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders ofChina in part to protect the Chinese Empire or its prototypical states against intrusions by various nomadic groups or military incursions by various warlike peoples or forces. Several walls were being built as early as the 7th century BC;^[3] these, later joined together and made bigger and stronger, are now collectively referred to as the Great Wall.^[4] Especially famous is the wall built between 220–206 BC by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. Little of that wall remains. Since then, the Great Wall has on and off been rebuilt, maintained, and enhanced; the majority of the existing wall was reconstructed during the Ming Dynasty.

Other purposes of the Great Wall have included border controls, allowing the imposition of duties on goods transported along the Silk Road, regulation or encouragement of trade and the control of immigration and emigration. Furthermore, the defensive characteristics of the Great Wall were enhanced by the construction of watch towers, troop barracks, garrison stations, signaling capabilities through the means of smoke or fire, and the fact that the path of the Great Wall also served as a transportation corridor.

The Great Wall stretches from Shanhaiguan in the east, to Lop Lake in the west, along an arc that roughly delineates the southern edge of Inner Mongolia. A comprehensive archaeological survey, using advanced technologies, has concluded that the Ming walls measure 8,850 km (5,500 mi).^[5] This is made up of 6,259 km (3,889 mi) sections of actual wall, 359 km (223 mi) of trenches and 2,232 km (1,387 mi) of natural defensive barriers such as hills and rivers.^[5] Another archaeological survey found that the entire wall with all of its branches measure out to be 21,196 km (13,171 mi).^[6]

History

Early walls

The Chinese were already familiar with the techniques of wall-building by the time of the Spring and Autumn period between the 8th and 5th centuries BC.^[7] During this time and the subsequent Warring States period, the states of Qin, Wei, Zhao, Qi, Yan and Zhongshan^[8][9] all constructed extensive fortifications to defend their own borders. Built to withstand the attack of small arms such as swords and spears, these walls were made mostly by stamping earth and gravel between board frames.

Qin Shi Huang conquered all opposing states and unified China in 221 BC, establishing the Qin Dynasty. Intending to impose centralized rule and prevent the resurgence of feudal lords, he ordered the destruction of the wall sections that divided his empire along the former state borders. To protect the empire against intrusions by the Xiongnu people from the north, he ordered the building of a new wall to connect the remaining fortifications along the empire's new northern frontier. Transporting the large quantity of materials required for construction was difficult, so builders always tried to use local resources. Stones from the mountains were used over mountain ranges, while rammed earth was used for construction in the plains. There are no surviving historical records indicating the exact length and course of the Qin Dynasty walls. Most of the ancient walls have eroded away over the centuries, and very few sections remain today. The human cost of the construction is unknown, but it has been estimated by some authors that hundreds of thousands,^[10] if not up to a million, workers died building the Qin wall.^[11][12] Later, the Han,^[13] Sui, and Northern dynasties all repaired, rebuilt, or expanded sections of the Great Wall at great cost to defend themselves against northern invaders.^[14] The Tang and Song Dynasties did not build any walls in the region.^[14] The Liao, Jin, and Yuandynasties, who ruled Northern China throughout most of the 10th–13th centuries, had their original power bases north of the Great Wall proper. Accordingly, they would have no need throughout most of their history to build a wall along this line. The Liao carried out limited repair of the Great Wall in a few areas,^[15] however the Jin did construct defensive walls in the 12th century, but those were located much to the north of the Great Wall as we know it, within today's Inner and Outer Mongolia.^[14][16]

Ming era

The Great Wall concept was revived again during the Ming Dynasty in the 14th century,^[17] and following the Ming army's defeat by the Oirats in the Battle of Tumu. The Ming had failed to gain a clear upper hand over theManchurian and Mongolian tribes after successive battles, and the long-drawn conflict was taking a toll on the empire. The Ming adopted a new strategy to keep the nomadic tribes out by constructing walls along the northern border of China. Acknowledging the Mongol control established in the Ordos Desert, the wall followed the desert's southern edge instead of incorporating the bend of the Huang He.

Unlike the earlier Qin fortifications, the Ming construction was stronger and more elaborate due to the use of bricks and stone instead of rammed earth. Up to 25,000 watchtowers are estimated to have been constructed on the wall.^[18] As Mongol raids continued periodically over the years, the Ming devoted considerable resources to repair and reinforce the walls. Sections near the Ming capital of Beijing were especially strong.^[19] Qi Jiguang between 1567 and 1570 also repaired and reinforced the wall, faced sections of the ram-earth wall with bricks and constructed 1,200 watchtowers from Shanhaiguan Pass to Changping to warn of approaching Mongol raiders.^[20] During the 1440s–1460s, the Ming also built a so-called "Liaodong Wall". Similar in function to the Great Wall (whose extension, in a sense, it was), but more basic in construction, the Liaodong Wall enclosed the agricultural heartland of the Liaodong province, protecting it against potential incursions by Jurched-Mongol Oriyanghan from the northwest and the Jianzhou Jurchens from the north. While stones and tiles were used in some parts of the Liaodong Wall, most of it was in fact simply an earth dike with moats on both sides.^[21]

Towards the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Great Wall helped defend the empire against the Manchu invasions that began around 1600. Even after the loss of all of Liaodong, the Ming army under the command of Yuan Chonghuan held off the Manchus at the heavily fortified Shanhaiguan pass, preventing the Manchus from entering the Chinese heartland. The Manchus were finally able to cross the Great Wall in 1644, after Beijing had fallen to Li Zicheng's rebels. The gates at Shanhaiguan were opened by the commanding Ming general Wu Sangui on May 25 who formed an alliance with the Manchus, hoping to use the Manchus to expel the rebels from Beijing.^[22] On 26 May 1644, Wu ordered his soldiers to wear a white cloth attached to their armor, to distinguish them from Li Zicheng's forces.^[23] The Manchus quickly seized Beijing, and defeated both the rebel-founded Shun Dynasty and the remaining Ming resistance, establishing the Qing Dynasty rule over all of China.^[23]

In 2009, an additional 290 km (180 mi) of previously undetected portions of the wall, built during the Ming Dynasty, were discovered. The newly discovered sections range from the Hushan mountains in the northern Liaoning province, to Jiayuguan in western Gansu province. The sections had been submerged over time by sandstorms which moved across the arid region.^[24]

Under Qing rule, China's borders extended beyond the walls and Mongolia was annexed into the empire, so construction and repairs on the Great Wall were discontinued. On the other hand, the so-called Willow Palisade, following a line similar to that of the Ming Liaodong Wall, was constructed by the Qing rulers in Manchuria. Its purpose, however, was not defense but rather migration control.

Early Western reports of the wall

The North African traveler Ibn Battuta, who was in Guangzhou ca. 1346, inquired among the local Muslims about the wall that, according to the Qur'an, Dhul-Qarnayn had built to contain Gog and Magog. Ibn Battuta reported that the wall was "sixty days' travel" from the city of Zeitun (Quanzhou);^[25] Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb noted Ibn Battuta has confused the Great Wall of China with that built by Dhul-Qarnayn.^[25] This indicated that Arabs may have heard about China's Great Wall during earlier periods of China's history, and associated it with the Gog and Magog wall of the Qur'an.^[16] But, in any event, no one of Ibn Battuta's Guangzhou interlocutors had seen the wall or knew anyone who had seen it, which implies that by the late Yuan the existence of the Great Wall was not in the people's living memory, at least not in the Muslim communities in Guangzhou.^[16]