page_title: Shaikhdara
section_title: Baanw
hierarchical_section_title: Shaikhdara / Baanw
caption_attribution_description: English: Landscape from Baanw Shaikhdara Kohistan
context_page_description: Shaikhdara or Shaikh Dara Pashto: شیخ درہ‎ Urdu: شیخ درہ ‎ is the most popular locality of Union Council Dubair Bala in Kohistan District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
  Shaikh شیخ is Arabic for 'Islamic scholar' and Dara درہ means valley so Shaikhdara means 'the valley of Islamic scholars'.
context_section_description: Have a look at Shaikhdara and a place with spade like presentation filled with lush green fields and a few houses surrounded by heavy jungle, this is Baanw. It has been used as a place of living for the last 500 years and still inhabitants live here from the month of May to September. 
  To foreigners it is place of special interest due to its beauty. It also has a very ancient Mosque which was made up of at least 150 years old timber,  As this place is located at the height of around 7600 to 7800 feet from sea level and its location is placed really well because here you can see clear picture of Dubair darra (the area that lies between the mountains, see in the picture above). Tourists and photographer termed it Fairy land after seeing this view and one of them said Series of wavy mountains, serpentine flow of a stream, billowing flocks of cloud and a lush green valley instantly change into a "Fairyland" as soon as human soul be present there.It becomes a Real beauty from a Surreal beauty.(Kishore Kumar Biswas)
caption: Landscape from Baanw Shaikhdara Kohistan.[1]
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