Khel (clan)
Khel (Pashto: خیل) are sub-tribes of Pashtun tribes in Afghanistan and Pakistan.[1] The title of the tribe ends in Zai and its sub-tribe name ends in Khel. Khel is also a common final element in the names of villages in Afghanistan and in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan, such as Darra Adam Khel.
Some of the clans of Pashtun tribes:
- Khizarkhel
- Ghoryakhel
- Daulat Khel[2]
- Maghdud Khel
- Mahmud Khel
- Mahsud Khel
- Umar Khel
- Sahib Khel
- Uthman khel
- Yusaf Khel
- Musakhel
- Khwaja Khel
- Isakhel (sub-tribe)
- Sultankhel Tarakhel
See also
- Zai (tribe)
- Pashtun people
References
- Sebastian Karotemprel; Dipali G. Danda (1 April 1984). The Tribes of northeast India. Firma KLM. p. 146.
- A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province: L.-Z. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. 1 January 1997. p. 242. ISBN 978-81-85297-70-5.
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