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Little is known of Kohat's early history. [5] According to local lore, Kohat was founded by an ancient Buddhist king by the name of Raja Kohat. [4] Another Buddhist Raja named Adh is believed to have established his domain on the north side of the city. [4] A fort, now in ruins, serves as a marker of their domain.
Kohat District (Pashto: کوهاټ ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع کوہاٹ) is a district in the Kohat Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Kohat city is its district capital. History
Kohat is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's fourth-largest city and is a fast-growing city whose population grew at a rate of more than 3% every year between 1998 and 2017. [12] Karak, Kohat Division's third-largest city, is the largest city and namesake of Karak District. Having a population just over 50,000, it is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's 24th largest city. [13]
Kohat is also recorded in history books for two incidents involving attacks on British cantonments by local raiders. In November 1920, raiders attacked the house of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Howard Foulkes, who was a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, [5] [6] and shot him dead. His wife was dragged some distance, but survived.
Handyside Fortہینڈِیسائِیڈ فورٹ. Kohat Fort. Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. Handyside Fort. ہینڈِیسائِیڈ فورٹ. Location in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Coordinates. 33°35′28.49″N 71°26′15.4″E / 33.5912472°N 71.437611°E / 33.5912472; 71.437611. Type.
1924 Kohat riots. The 1924 Kohat riots happened in the Kohat town of the North-West Frontier Province, British India in 1924. In three days (9–11 September) of rioting, official statistics peg the number of casualties among Hindus and Sikhs at more than thrice that of Muslims; almost the entire Hindu population had to be evacuated to Rawalpindi.
Pareshan Khattak, (b. 10 December 1931 - d. 16 April 2009) from Karak Pakistan. His real name was Ghamay jan khattak "Pashto" پښتو" غمے جان خټک", he was a former Vice-Chancellor, Pashto poet and writer and former Chairman University Grants Commission of Pakistan. His books titled “Pukhtana Kochay,” “Dozakhi Pakhto ...
Syed Abdullah shah, popularly known as Hazrat Hajji Bahadar Kohati, Sufi saint of Kohat, was born on July 31, 1581, AD, in Agra during the reign of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. History. Hajji Bahadar was the son of Syed Shah Muhammad Sultan, and his lineage traces to Imam Hussain. His real name was Syed Abdullah Shah, as noted in many books about ...