Mardan was named after Pir Mardan Shah, a prominent religious figure. It is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan and is known for its sugarcane production and unique sweets like Badayooni Perras. The population is over 98% Muslim. Several famous Pashto poets and writers originated from Mardan, including Ali Haidar Joshi, Andesh Saib, and Professor Dr. Salma Shaheen, contributing to Pashto literature. Mardan is also known for its Kabab dishes found in villages.

2.  The name Mardan was
given to a small area after
the name of
Pir Mardan Shah, a
prominent religious figure.
Gradually, a large
surrounding area came to
be known as Mardan.

4. Here most of the people are
Muslims to about 98.8%,
Christians have the sum of
2.2%.

5. Mardan is famous for a type of sweet
called, Badayooni Perras. This is a unique
type of sweet made of a special recipe.
Kabab is one of these food items
which can be found in every small
village of Mardan.
Its also famous for its most production
of sugarcane.
Another sweet that is called Gurr in
our language is also famous of it.

8. Here are some poets that contributed for the people of Mardan in the field of literature.
Ali Haidar Joshi was born in Ismaila village, in 1914 in
Mardan city. He was a real and gifted poet who conveyed
his message through different forms of poetry including
Tappa, Charbeta, Neemakai and Rubaiyat.
Andesh Saib was born in 1933 in village Mayar, Mardan.
Andesh is a well-known literary personality of Mardan.
Dr. Israr born in1938 of Hoti Mardan, Dr Israr got an
MBBS degree from Khyber Medical College Peshawar.
He also served in Libya as a doctor and this experience
has expanded his literary capabilities. He is however
more famous as a writer than a doctor.

9. Professor Dr. Salma Shaheen was born on 16th of April 1954 in
Baghdad Mardan. She has devoted her life to the development of
Pashto language and because of this she could not get time for marriage
and marital life. Professor Shaheen is a well known researcher, poet and
writer.
 Mahboob Bacha was very talented poet, He was born in 1945 in Toru
Mardan. He studies initially in Toru School and later on in High School
Number 1 Mardan. His full name is Syed Mahboob Ali Shah and is also
known as Mahboob Bacha. He started writing poems from the very
young age and contributed a lot for the literature
 Muhammad Zubair Hasrat was born in Hoti Mardan in August 1962, He
is well known in education and literary circles. He got his MPhil degree in
Pashto language and is currently working as a professor of Pashto in
Swabi district. He is extremely talented poet and writer .

10. And finally we have the well known young generation
poet Farman Kaskar from Swabi. He is too small to have
such talent but in now-a-days ruling the hearts Pushtoons
which have been a lot influenced by His poetry.

11. Its all from me
Afaq Ahmad Khan