Balar Khel

Balar Khel (بلڑ خیل) is the largest Khel in Usi Khel, Aba Khel subtribe of Mandanr Yusafzai inhabiting Swabi District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan.

History

Traditionally Pathan tribes live according to a strong family system in which the family system is named after the father's name. Balar Khel thus means the sons of Balar. Descendents of one individual preferably live together and the area is known after the name of their Khel. However in the 16th century in Yusafzai tribe during the times of Malik Ahmed different Khels were divided by his deputy Sheikh Mali ^[1] and settlements thus included representatives from all Khels. The idea behind this division was to let all Khels have the share from all types of land. However this also led to the loss of brotherhood among members of the same Khel and development of rivalries on the basis of villages instead of ancestary.

Balar was the youngest of eight sons of Usi Khan. His other brothers also have Khel after their names like Taus Khel, Juna Khel, Zakarya Khel, Tawus Khani, Bazaid Khel, Ayub Khel and Panj Pao.

Settlements

The settlements of Balar Khel are mainly in villages Zaida, Maini, Yaqubi, Yarhussain, Hund, Ambar, Lahor, Kaddi and Panj Pir in Swabi District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. Juna Khel Mardan , Gumbat. Taus Khel Mardan , Gumbat In vill Hund Balar Khel family is traced back to Muhammad Imran s/o Qareeb ur Rehman s/o Fazal Dad Khan s/o Khan Bahadur Khan, s/o Bostan Khan s/o Ayaz Khan. These were the chieftains and Land Lords of village Hund until British came in power in subcontinent and there majority of land was snatched from them and handed over to British Blue eyed people who were not even residents of the area during life time of Khan Bahadur Khan chiftain of Balar khel. The new land lords now adopted the title of KHAN and became the influential of area because of British Patronage and support. In order to serve their British Masters they ( Khadi khan from the family of new settlers)later on conspired and cheated Shah Ismail Shaheed and Shah Wali Ullah Rehmat Ullah Alai when they wanted to attack Marhatas across river Hund commonly known as Abaseen in vill pori Chagh.

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