Nowshera

The district and town of Nowshera in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is named after a 16th century Mughal fort

29 August 20239 December 2020 by pashtunhistory.com

The district and town of Nowshera in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is named after a 16th century Mughal fort built by Mughal general Zain Khan Koka (1) for the purpose of subduing Yousafzais. Mughal emperor Jahangir in his diary writes : “On the other side of the river Kama (2) there is a fort which Zain Khan … Read more

History of Nowshera

29 March 202424 May 2018 by pashtunhistory.com

Nowshera was founded by Zain Khan Koka. Emperor Jahangir in his “Tuzuk” while crossing Indus in 1016-H (1607-8 AD) writes that Zain Khan Koka built a fort on the southern side of Kamah (River Kabul) and named it as Noh-shahrah ‘. “On the other side of the river Kama (river Kabul) there is a fort … Read more