Tribe · Khakhay
Gigiani
The Gigiani live in the Doaba, the angle between the Kabul and Swat rivers, in two sections, Hotak and Zirak. The Makhzan-i Afghani makes Gigiani a son of Sheikha (Khakhay).
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Khakhay
خښی
The Khakhay are the descendants of Khakhay, son of Gond, whom the Makhzan-i Afghani calls Sheikha. They hold the northern Peshawar valley, Swat, Buner and Bajaur, and include the Yusufzai, Mandanr, Tarkalani and Gigiani.
Tribes of the Khakhay
Tribe · Khakhay
Mandanr
The Mandanr hold the Yusufzai plain of Mardan and Swabi, Chamla, and Gandgarh in Hazara. In the Makhzan-i Afghani their ancestor Mandar was a son of Omar who married his uncle Yusuf's daughter, and so was also called Yusufzai. Their clans are the Usmanzai, Utmanzai, Razar and Saddozai.
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Tribe · Khakhay
Tarkalani
The Tarkalani (Tarkani) are the tribe of Bajaur, with a section left in Laghman. In the Makhzan-i Afghani Tarkalani is a son of Sheikha (Khakhay) and a brother of Yusuf.
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Tribe · Khakhay
Yusufzai
The Yusufzai are the tribe of Swat, Buner, Dir and the Mardan and Swabi plain, reaching east to the Black Mountain. In the Makhzan-i Afghani Yusuf is a son of Sheikha (Khakhay), and his sons are Elias, Akko, Muhli and Isa. Elphinstone, Bellew and Ibbetson use the name in a wider sense that takes in the Mandanr as well.
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Branches
Other branches of Gond
Sources
The genealogy follows the Makhzan-i Afghani and the Khulasat al-Ansab, as Caroe tabulates them. It records tradition: where sources place a tribe differently, the note above says so.