Akhund Salak; a Pashtun who converted Kohsitanis (Dardic people) to Islam
In 1908, Stuart Hill Godfrey (the British Political agent for Dir, Swat and Chitral since 1902) toured Dir-Kohistan. The local Kohistanis (who are Dardic people) shared with him their oral traditions and legends. They informed him that eight generations ago their ancestors were converted to Islam by Akhund Salak, whose descendants for many years took … Read more