Original: The neighborhood of Zira ( the headquarters of the tehsil of the same name ) , in which there are many deserted sites , had been for many years a waste , when in 1508 Sayad Ahmad Shah came from Gugera and founded Zira Khas .
Simplified: Zira ( Urdu : ) was one of the two tehsils of the Punjab , ( the other one being Ferozpur ) , that was part of a controversy during the Partition of India .