Shaidu

Shaidu (Urdu: شيدو) is a town located in the Nowshera District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

With a population of approximately 75,000 the town is situated on the fertile alluvial plains of the Indus River.

The town is home to the Khattak tribe and is located on N-5 National Highway, connecting Jehangira to Adamzai and Chashmai to Mian Essa.

Shaidu is situated near the south bank of the River Kabul (لندي سيند) just before it converges with the Indus.

[3] Theories as to the end of the Harappan civilisation include drought, invasion, epidemic illness and comet impact.

[5] However, the area of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa became a centre for trade, culture, language and a route for eastward migration especially of the Indo-Aryan peoples.

[9] This peace in the northern Indus Valley, including Shaidu, was broken by an invasion of White Huns who were repelled in 455 CE.

Legend holds that on the evening of 24 February 1827, the brothers turned and had the cook poison Syed Ahmad and the Durranis thence forth refused to fight.

On 29 March 1849, the British East India Company militia took control of the Peshawar valley with an army of overwhelming force.

[24] The area is prone to catastrophic flooding from the Indus River and earthquakes related to the movement of the Asian and Indian tectonic plates.

[30] The Peshawar valley has summer average maximum temperatures occurring in June, rising to 40 degrees Celsius.

Crops for sale include maize, barley, wheat, corn millet, and cotton, rape seed, sugar cane, sugar beet, okra, fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes, potatoes and onions, legumes, and tobacco.