https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=OrakzaiOrakzai - Revision history2026-11-15T13:29:50ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orakzai&diff=427037&oldid=prevAjay Kumar: Created a new article2023-09-12T13:24:02Z<p>Created a new article</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox ethnic group<br />
| group = Orakzai<br />
| native_name = {{Naskh|اورکزۍ}}<br />
| languages = [[Pashto]]<br />
| religions = [[File:Allah-green.svg|18px]] [[Islam]]<br />
| related_groups = [[Afridi]]s{{·}}[[Khattak]]s{{·}}[[Banuchi|Bannuzai]]s{{·}}[[Wazirs]]<br>and other [[Karlani|Karlani Pashtun]] tribes<br />
}}<br />
<br />
The '''Orakzai''' are a [[Pashtun tribe]] native to the [[Orakzai Agency]] and parts of [[Kurram Agency]] located in the [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] province of [[Pakistan]]. They speak the language of [[Pashto]].<br />
<br />
==Location==<br />
The Orakzai belong to the [[Tirah]] valley located in [[FATA]] or what is now known as [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|KPK Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]. The Orakzais inhabit the mountains to the north-west and north-east of Kohat district, bounded on the north and east by the [[Afridi (Pashtun)|Afridi]]s 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.<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Orakzai |volume=20 |pages=144–145}}</ref><br />
<br />
==History==<br />
<br />
===Origins===<br />
The Orakzai tribes take their name, which literally means the lost son (Wrak Zoi), he was a lost and adopted by karalan, and after many adventures he married and settled in [[Tirah]].<ref>"Census of India, 1901, Volume 17, Part 1" by India Census Commissioner, Edward Albert Gait. Published by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1902. Pg 149.</ref> One branch, the [[Ali Khel]], has been traced to [[Swat, Pakistan|Swat]], whence they were expelled by the other inhabitants and it is not improbable that the whole tribe consists of refugee clans of the surrounding races.<ref name=EB1911/> They cultivate a good deal of the Khanki and Kurmana valleys in the winter, but in the hot months retire to the heights of [[Tirah]], of which they occupy the southern half called the Mastura Valley.<ref name=EB1911/><br />
<br />
== Mughal era ==<br />
The Orakzais served in the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] army. The [[Bhopal State]] of India was established by [[Dost Mohammad Khan, Nawab of Bhopal|Dost Muhammad Khan]], an Orakzai commander in the Mughal army. His descendants, the [[Nawab of Bhopal|Nawabs of Bhopal]], were of Orakzai ancestry.<ref>{{cite book | title = The Begums of Bhopal: A History of the Princely State of Bhopal | author = Shaharyar M. Khan | year = 2000 | publisher = I.B.Tauris | page = 119 | isbn = 978-1-86064-528-0}}</ref><br />
<br />
===British era===<br />
The government of [[British India]] estimated that the tribe had 28,000 fighting men. They were the object of various British military expeditions, notably in 1855, 1868, 1869, 1891 and the [[Tirah campaign]] of 1897.<ref name=EB1911/><br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Orakzai Scouts]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
<br />
* [https://www.pashtunhistory.com/2017/04/notes-on-orakzai-tribe.html Notes on Orakzai tribe]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
{{Pashtun tribes}}<br />
[[Category:Karlani Pashtun tribes]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Pakistan]]</div>Ajay Kumar