Shaikhdara [ʃeːxd̪ərə] or Shaikh Dara [ˈʃeːxˈd̪ərə] Pashto: شیخ درہ Urdu: شیخ درہ is an area 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'.