Orakzai

Clans

The Orakzais are divided into eighteen main khels/clans: the Akhel, Ismailzai, Lashkarzai, Massuzai, Alisherzai, Daulatzai, Muhammad Khel, Abdul Aziz Khel, Zemasht and Sturi Khel (or Alizai).

Location

The Orakzai are a Pashtun tribe, basically every single Orakzai belong to the Tirah valley located in FATA. The Orakzais inhabit the mountains to the north-west and north-east of Kohat district, bounded on the north and east by the Afridis or Khyber Agency, on the south by the Bangash or Miranzai Valley and on the west by the Bangash country and the Safed Koh mountains. Due to limited resources and fertile land, many Orakzai have settled in Pakistan's major urban centres such as Hangu, Thall, Parachinar, Tirah, Peshawar, Attock, (Nowshera-Amangarh) Islamabad, Battagram-Allai, Wazirabad, Lahore, Abbottabad and Karachi.

Religion

The Orakzais are Muslim following Sunni and Shia Fiqh. There are some Sikhs also living along with Orakzai who arrived as traders a century ago.

History

Origins