Shergarh (, ) is a town in Takht Bhai tehsil of

Mardan District Mardan District (, ) is a district in the Mardan Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The district is named after Mardan city, which is also the headquarters of the district. The district is famous for its agriculture indust ...

on the edge with

Malakand District Malakand District (, ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district in the Malakand Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Until 1970, it was a part of the Malakand Protected Area of the erstwhile Provincially Administered Tribal Area(P ...

in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of

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. It located 12 km from Takht Bhai,

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Overview and history

The literal meaning of Shergarh both in Urdu and Pashto language is "home of the lions". It falls under the NA-10 seat of the National Assembly's Electoral Process."The Election Commission, Government of Pakistan. It lies on the Grand Trunk road in addition to which it divides Mardan District and Malakand agency. To the east of Shergarh on around 2km there lies Jarhai and "Hathian" which is the hometown to many politicians such as Rahim Dad Khan (late)(PPP) Ali Muhammad Khan (PTI). To the West of shergarh there lies Badragga, Harichand and Qutabgarh, Badragga is also hometown to Sayyed Muhammad Ali Shah Bacha and Sayyed Ahmad Ali Shah Bacha(PPP). Shergarh is also the hometown to Former Director Planning L&DD (Ext)KPK Dr Badshah Zad Gul. The town is very old, in fact, some historians cited that it can be traced back to the 13th century. Its an important point in the trade routes passing between

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and

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. Under Buddhist rule, a town existed at the same location, but had a Buddhist name. There is a famous Darul Uloom, present in the town, named Islamia Arbia Shergarh which was built in 1951. The founder of this Darolum was Muhtamim Maolana Mohammad Ahmad, who took education from Dar ul uloom Deuband India. T, who was also one of the famous political and social figure of the area.

Location

The town is situated on the main highway between Peshawar and Swat. It is about 15 kilometres from the Malakand mountains to the north, 12 km from Lund Khwar and 27 km from

Mardan Mardān is a city in the Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Located in the Valley of Peshawar, Mardan is the List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population, second-largest city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (after Peshawar). ...

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Populated places in Mardan District {{MardanPK-geo-stub

Overview and history

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