Isa Khel (sub-tribe)

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Isa Khel is a sub-tribe of the Pashtun tribe, Niazi. The earliest recorded mention of the isa khel tribe is in Baburnama, 1504-1505. [1] Most of the tribe still resides in their ancestral town of Isakhel, named after their ancestor Isa Khan Niazi son of Umar Khan Niazi, but a lot have shifted to bigger cities or different towns in pursuit of a better education and better opportunities.

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References

  1. ""Bāburnāma" Memoirs of Ẓahīr-ud-Dīn Muhammad Bābur (1483–1530), founder of the Mughal Empire". 1922. p. 233–234.
  2. 1 2 3 "A Year On The Punjab Frontier Vol-1 In 1848-49 by Edwardes Herbert B." 1851. p. 282 & 388.