'Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from September 1850 to June 1852. Edited by the Secretary. Volume X.' [‎7] (140/458)

ON THE PROVINCE OP PESHAWUR.
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In the year 1398 the great Timur arrived here, and crossed the In
dus on the 12 th of September of the same year. The Emperor Baber
arrived in the province in 1518, and defeated the Eusufzai Affghans
of Suwat and Bajour, who had overrun it; after which, he returned to
Kabul. Baber returned to Peshawur next year en route to Hindus
tan, and again chastised the refractory Eusufzais who opposed his ad
vance, after which he caused the Balia Hissar to be repaired and
strengthened.
In the year 1554 Peshawur was visited by the unfortunate Huma-
yoon, when he advanced into India to regain the throne of his ancestors,
and drove the usurper Sikunder from the country.
The Emperor Akhbar advanced on Peshawur from Delhi in the year
1579, to chastise the rebels Mahommed Meerza and his brother, who
were on their way from Kabul, with a large force, to seize the throne
of the Moguls ; but on the news of the Emperor’s arrival at Attak
having been received, his brother, together with his General, Hakeem
Meerza, evacuated the province. The year 1586 saw Akhbar again at
Attak, at which time he caused the present fort to be erected, and
having detached a force into Suwat and Bajour, against the Eusufzai
Affghans, he returned to Delhi.
Ferishta, in hhTarekh, says, that in the same year, viz. 1586, a force
was sent against the Roshnai Affghans, called also Zundakah Kaffirs,
and that the detachment returned to Attak without having effected
the object of the expedition, namely, the opening of the communication
between Peshawur and Kabul.
I have made numerous enquiries, and endeavoured to find out who
those Roshnai Affghans or Zundakah Kaffirs are, but without success.
Perhaps tire people whom Ferishta means, are the “ Seeah Posh,” or
“ Black clad, ,, the inhabitants of Kaffiristan, a country situated north of
Jellalabad, but who are no more Affghans than they are Esquimeaux.
In the year 1592 or 3, it is said that a chief named Jaafer Khan,
Khan of the Kuzwanee tribe, gained a victory over a large body of
Khaiberries in the Khyber Pass: perhaps these are the Roshnai Affghans,
to whom the historian refers.
The next event of moment in the history of Peshawur was the arri
val there, in the year 1738, of Nadir Shah, on his rapid advance into
Hindustan. After having sacked Delhi, and re-seated Mahommed on
his throne, in return for which he exacted the cession of the whole of