 Peshawar was an important regional centre under the Lodi Empire.The "Khashi Khel" Pashtuns, ancestors of modern-day Yusufzai and Gigyani Pashtuns, began settling rural regions around Peshawar in the late 1400s.The "Khashi Khel" tribe pushed the Dilazak Pashtun tribes east of the Indus River following a battle in 1515 near the city of Mardan.