It is located in the Federal Capital Territory, a satellite town situated in Abuja Municipal Area Council.
In the 1980s with the creation of Abuja as the Federal Capital Territory some Gwandaras left to create what is known today as New Karshi in Nasarawa State with a first class Emir, Muhammadu Bako III (PhD).
Other monitory tribes in Karshi are Gade, Gbagyi, Hausa, Fulani, Yoruba, Igbo, Idoma and Tiv.
When Islam was first introduced in Kano in the middle of the 14th century, the ruling family to which Danbaba belonged took exception to the new religion known as Karshi today.
This uncompromising stand of Danbaba on the new religion led to a series of misunderstandings which culminated in his disinheritance from the throne.
Subsequently, Danbaba and his followers migrated from the present Dala Kano to safeguard their faith and gods.
With time, the name shortened to “GWANDARA” When Danbaba and his followers left Kano, they wandered about the present day Zaria town and later proceeded to an area in Kaduna state and founded Fadan Karshi.
[2] The name KARSHI emanate from the words “UNGUWAR KASHI” which means an area were bones are gathered.
Due to rapid growth and development in other to give room for expansion and easy access to move down the hills to a plain area and founded the present day KARSHI.
The then Chief of Karshi, Alhaji Mamman Na-Aurah decided to remain within the Federal Capital Territory while others migrated and were resettled in some parts of the then Plateau State.
The present Chief of Karshi HRH Alhaji Ismaila Danladi Mohammad ascended the throne since 1997 till date.
However, in 1945 Mamman Na-Aura moved the community from Kupai to karshi today where Alhaji Isma'ila Mohammed Danladi is now the Emir.
He established the first Mosque in karshi by demolishing a known traditional shrine, he stop the age long customary prohibition by native unbelievers of giving out their daughters to Muslims irrespective of his origin & used to pay bad with good and forgive evil acts with corresponding good.