Musakhel (Pashtun tribe)

The Musa Khel, or Moosa Khel, is a Pashtun tribe of Gharghasht origin. According to Horace Arthur Rose they are part of the greater Kakar tribe.^[1] The tribe originates from Ghazni province in Afghanistan and resides in the tribal range of Musakhel and Batagram District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Moosa Khel has the lowest literacy rate in Pakistan—10.37%—and is also a sub-tribe to Babozai, which is part of the major Pashtun tribe.

References

↑ Rose, Harold Arthur (1911). Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North West Frontier Province (Facsimile edition 2006 ed.). Asian Educational Services, India. p. 438. ISBN 978-8120605053.

Ghilji	Akakhel Alikhel Andar Gulwal Hotak Ibrahimkhel Ibrahimzai Kharoti Nasher Nasar Sulaimankhel Ahmadzai Jabbarkhel Tarakai Tokhi Toran
Swati	Allaiwal Painda Khel Deshiwal Tikriwal
Other	Dawlatzai Kundi Lodi Lohani Marwat Niazi Jahangirkhel Kharotakhel Malukkhel Rokhrikhel Turkhel Sarwani Shirani Harifal Miani Sur

Durrani	Achakzai Alakozai Alizai Hanbhi Badozai Barakzai Nawabi Barech Ishakzai Kiral Loni Mohammadzai Nurzai Panjpai Popalzai Habibzai Sadozai Wazirzada Zirak
Yusufzai	Abakhel Adokhel Akazai Babuzai Balarkhel Chagharzai Degankhel Hassanikhel Hassanzai Khanankhail Kamalzai Khwaja Khel (Khwajgan) Madakhel Mir khail Mahabatkhel Mulakhel,Malakhail Mandanr Khadarzai Niamatkhel Ranizai Tahirkheli Tor Ghar Utmankhel Kamal Khel
Other	Babar Ghoryakhel Chamkani Khalil Mulagori Kasi Shinwari Zhmaryani Kheshgi Mohmand Halimzai Hazarbuz Shilmani Muhammadzai Sherpao Storyani Tareen Tarkani Kakazai Mamund Salarzai Wur Utmanzai

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