History of the Pashtun people
After Panipat war of 1761, Najib Khan Yousafzai, entitled Najib ad-Dawlah, became the regent of Delhi. Najib’s Baloch proteges formed a line of defence along the south-western frontier of his domain. The Baloch settlements were in the modern Rohtak district, — such as Jhajhar, Bahadurgarh, Farrukhnagar and Tauru — the petty Barons of which clung … Read more
“Roh” is a corruption of the word “Koh,” meaning mountain. Some writers have claimed that “Roh” has Sanskrit roots, but the term denoting mountains is not found in Sanskrit. The Pashtuns themselves do not use the word “Roh” for mountain, but in medieval times, they seemed to have employed it for their country. The neighboring … Read more
(Najib Khan Yousafzai was born about the year 1708 A.D in the village of Maneri in Swabi, about 25 kos from Peshawar. He belonged to the Umar Khel clan of the Sadozi, Utmanzi, Mandanrs) After the Mughals lost their grip over their empire and before British came on the scene, the only serious attempt to … Read more