History

A Short History of Khattak tribe:

The Khattak (Pashto: خټک [xaˈʈak], Urdu: خٹک), or Khatak, is a Pashtun tribe numbering over 3 million, which speaks a variant of the softer Kandahari Pashto. The Khattaks are settled along the western bank of the Indus River from as north upwards as Lund Khwar, Katlang, Sawal dher, Sher Garh and near Malakand, Nowshera District ,Kohat District, Mianwali District, Attock District & Karak District in Pakistan. Across the Durand line, a smaller number of Khattaks are scattered in Kandahar, Ghazni, Logar and Khost in Afghanistan. The historic capitals of the Khattaks were ( Teri ) a town at District Karak and Akora Khattak, a town at District Nowshera.
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The warrior poet Khushal Khan Khattak (1613–1690) belonged to this tribe, and his contributions to Pashto literature are considered as classic texts. They have been translated into numerous languages. The Khattaks have high literacy rates in comparison to other Pashtun tribes having achieved positions of influence throughout history.

ORIGIN
According to Nimatullah’s 1620 work History of The Afghans, Khattaks are amongst the oldest of the Afghan tribes. Their history has been closely knit with that of the Yusufzai Tribe from their first settlement around the mountains of Ghor and Ghazni to present day East-Central and North-Eastern Pukhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan.

Khattak Tribes

Bolak:
Akori Khattak:

Areas:
,Peshawar,Nowshera,Akora Khatta,Akbar pura,Mansehra, manki sharif and cherat.
Yousafzai khattak :
Areas:
Mardan,Swabi,Malakand,Charsada,Lund khwar,
Jamal Garish,Sher garh,Katlang.

SUB TRIBES :
The Khattak sub tribes include the Seni Khattak (Kohat), Barak Khattak (Karak), Akora Khel Khattak (From Lundkhur to Nizampur), Mungi Khel Khattak (Shakar Dara), Mattu Khel Khattak (Shakar Darra), and the Saghri Khattak (Narra Kanjoor, chhab, nakka afghan, INJRA AFGHAN, injra, Jand - Attock)

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