[4] According to tradition, Bijnaur was founded by and named after Bijli Raja, a Pasi king who had a fort at Nathawan, a bit to the north.

[citation needed] According to H. R. Nevill, however, it is unlikely that Salar Masud ever came here, and instead the Muslim conquest of Bijnaur only happened at the end of the 12th century CE.

[citation needed] In the east side of bijnour historical shrine of Takiya Hazrat Syed mastali shah madari ra.

[citation needed] At the turn of the 20th century, Bijnaur was described as a town picturesquely located among trees, with good farmland surrounded by wide usar plains.

[3] Bijnaur had formerly been a centre of trade, but it had declined substantially in the late 19th century, after the British annexation of Oudh State in 1856.