Akora Khattak

Akora Khattak is a city along the Grand Trunk Road, in the Nowshera District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.Birthplace of Khushal Khan KhattakAkora Khattak is the birthplace and burial place of the poet great pashto poet Khushal Khan Khattak. The Khushal Khan Khattak Memorial Library has been constructed there to commemorate him. Along with museum, where we can find medieval era artifacts. Some of them where used by Khushal khan khattak.Akora Khattak is named after Malik Akor Khan khattak, the grandfather of the warrior and Pashto poet Khushal Khan Khattak.Akhund Adyan Baba SeljokiAmong the historical places of Akora Khattak, Shrine of Great Turki Sufi Master and aalim Hazrat Qutb e Aalam Sheikh Akhund Adyan is situated near Kabul river. The road in front of the shrine itself traces back to Sher Shah suri regime, the road is called Shahi laar or royal road. Starting from civil hospital to military camp. The descendants of Sheik Akhund Adyan Baba Seljuki are living in Ziarat kaka Sahib and called Qazyan or Qazi. Sheikh Akhund Adyan Baba died in 1074 AH. Sheikh was a close friend of Khushal Khan Khattak and teacher of Hazrat Kaka Sahib.Outside the tomb of Akhun Adyan baba the grave of Shahbaz Khan Khattak is lying. Due to his religious sacrifices of that time Mughal government built his fort like area for his shrine.HistorySher Shah Suri PeriodWhen the emperor “Sher Shah Suri’s army dug two wells in this place and made it a rest place and named the place Sarai Malik Pura. Caravans came from the Central Asia for trading purpose and stayed at this place.