Koh-i-Mor (Mount Nysa of Greek legend) and Alexander in Bajaur

Koh-i-Mor (Mount Nysa of Greek legend) and Alexander in Bajaur

:: Notable Kakazai Pashtuns’ Historical Places – Koh-i-Mor (Mount Nysa of Greek legend) and Alexander in Bajaur ::

Koh-i-Mor, an ancient mountain in Bajaur, the ancestral land of the Kakazai (Loi Mamund) Pashtuns in Pakistan. As per Wikipedia, “Koh-i-Mor, which is visible from the Peshawar valley. It was here, at the foot of the mountain, that Alexander the Great founded the ancient city of Nysa and the Nysaean colony, traditionally said to have been founded by Dionysus. The Koh-i-Mor has been identified as the Meros of Arrian’s history—the three-peaked mountain from which the god issued.”

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bajaur_District

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