Khattaknamah Akorkhel Khattak
| Enough has been written by various historians and researchers about the origin of Khattak. We do not want to take part in the discussion as to who is wrong and who is right. We the Akorkhel Khattak simply know and believe that our ancestor Malik Ako or Malik Akory was the first ever famous person and recognized “KHAN” in the entire Khattak tribe, who on account of his ability and wisdom won the favour of Emperor Jalal-Ud-Din Akbar. He was a very courageous and generous person. His father Darwaish Muhammad alias “Chinju” was residing at village Karbogha District Kohat. Due to certain domestic differences among the relatives, Malik Ako or Malik Akory shifted to “Khawara” and settled there. His brief Genealogy is as under:- Malik Akory s/o Malik Darwaish Muhammad alias “Chinju” s/o Taman or Utman s/o Hassan s/o Sheikh Ali s/o Atta or Hothey s/o Battey s/o Athu or Annu s/o Burgovate s/o Thari s/o Turman s/o Luqman (Known as Khattak) s/o Kakey s/o Karlan. |
| Malik Akory He along with his son Yousaf khan and few other young men were killed by Nazo Khan Bolaq Khattak at Pir Sabak in about A.D.1600.He remained Khan of Akora from A.D.1581 to 1600. He had eight (8) sons:- Out of these eight, Khizer Khan and Abdul Ghafoor Khan, alias Ghafoor Baig was from one mother who was “Um-e-Wald” (concubine). Mother of Tatar Khan was also “Um-e-Wald” (concubine) and the rest of the brothers were from the legal wives of Malik Akory. Yahya Khan After the death of Malik Akory, his elder son Yahya Khan was elected as Khan / Chief as per family‟s tradition. He was a very handsome, vigorous and brave person. Very soon he killed Bolaq Khattak in revenge of his father and brother and brought them again into his subjection. He ruled Akora from A.D.1600 to 1620. Yahya Khan had eleven (11) sons:- 1, 2 and 3 were from one mother whose name was “Qazifa”. 5- From another mother, she was the widow of Yousaf khan. 6 and 7, both were real brothers. Their mother was the daughter of Nazo Khan Bolaq Khattak, killer of Malik Akor Khan. 8 and 9 were from one mother who was “Um-e-Wald” 10 and 11, both were from one mother. In addition to the above, Yahya Khan had eight more sons. They died in a young age. |
| 1- Yahya Khan | 3- Yousaf Khan | 5- Khizer Khan | 7- Tawoos Khan |
| 2- Nizam Khan | 4- Tatar Khan | 6- Abdul Ghafoor Khan | 8- Misri Khan |
| 1- Shahbaz khan | 4- Adam Khan | 7- Jalal khan. | 10- Abdullah khan. |
| 2- Bahadur khan | 5- Feroz Khan | 8- Muhammad Khan | 11- Hakim Khan |
| 3- Alam khan | 6- Sharif Khan | 9- Shad Khan | xxxx |
| Shahbaz Khan Yahya Khan and his son Alam Khan were attacked by Khattak of Seni Branch near Nowshera. They both were killed after strong resistance. On receipt of the news of this sad demise, Shahbaz khan, the elder son of Yahya Khan, immediately reached the location to collect dead bodies. After the burial ceremony, he contacted all his nears and dears in other tribes of Yousaf Zai, Mehman Zai etc and with their help and support attacked Seni Khattak, destroying their villages, burning properties and killed many people including the son of Malik Shadi, the leader of attackers. Later, he realized that Seni Khattaks are his near relatives, therefore he stopped further killing and on return from Delhi after meeting the King, he forgave all the Seni Khattak. In the first battle of Bullar, he was injured seriously and died. He ruled the state from A.D.1620 to 1641. He had four sons:- 1and 2 were from one wife. Jamil Baig alias Faqir sahib was a religious and pious man. He spent his life with Hazrat Sheikh Rahamkar (Kaka Sahib) as Mureed-e-Khas. Khushal Khan Khattak In accordance with the custom and tradition of the clan, the celebrated Khushal Khan Khattak being the eldest son of Shahbaz Khan was elected unanimously as chief / Khan of the Khattak tribe . At that time he was about twenty eight (28) years of age. He was born in 1022, Hijri (A.D.1613). He was a man of educated tastes and wrote a number of poems of considerable merit. He also had command over Pashtu prose and Persian poetry. He has written many books, of which Dewan / Kulyate Khushal Khan, Swat Nama, Fazal Nama, Dastar Nama, Baz Nama, Sehat-ul-badan etc are very famous. |
| 1-Khushal Khan Khattak | 2- Jamil Beg | 3- Shamsher Khan | 4- Mir Baz khan |
| He died in 1100, Hijri (A.D.1689) at the age of Seventy eight (78) years in a place named “Dambara” of Afridi territory. His shrine is in Esora near Akora Khattak. He ruled Akora State from A.D.1641 to 1658. Khushal Khan Khattak had many wives. Apart from his legal wives, he had many concubines (Dashta) in his Harm. From both his wives and concubines, he had more than sixty (60) sons and about thirty one (31) daughters. His sons are as under:- Ashraf Khan was born in March 1635.He was a well known Pashtu poet. Behram Khan was the most disobedient son of Khan. 1 to 6, these six brothers were from one mother. She was Seni Khattak. 10, Abdul Qader Khan was also a great Pashtu poet and writer. 45 to 49, Died in the young age of a few days / weeks. 56, Died at the age of eight (8) years. |
| 1- Ashraf Khan | 2- Saadat Khan. | 3- Behram Khan | 4- Nizam Khan |
| 5- Yahya Khan. | 6- Azad Khan | 7- Abid Khan | 8- Khalid khan |
| 9- Abdul Aziz Khan | 10- Abdul Qader | 11- Shahbaz Khan | 12- Bakht Nak khan |
| 13- Sadar Khan | 14- Zafar Khan | 15- Sikandar khan | 16- Kamal Khan |
| 17- Gohar Khan. | 18- Nusrat Khan | 19- Jalal Khan | 20- Adil Khan |
| 21- Jafar khan | 22- Ajab Khan | 23 – Abdul Rehman | 24- Abo-ul-Khair |
| 25- Najabat Khan | 26- Shakir Khan | 27- Tahir Khan. | 28- Farhat Khan |
| 29-Amanullah khan | 30- Kamran Khan | 31- Shadman Khan | 32- Pir Khan |
| 33- Akbar Khan | 34- Momin khan | 35- Zain Khan. | 36- Ghafoor Khan |
| 37- Naimat Khan | 38- Mansur Khan | 39- Zahid Khan | 40- Hamid Khan |
| 41- Adil Khan | 42- Bashir Khan. | 43- Ismail khan | 44- Yousaf Khan. |
| 45-B/o Sadar Khan | 46-B/o Abdul Qader | 47-B/o Kamal Khan | 48-B/o Kamal Khan |
| 49-B/o Kamal Khan | 50- Allaudin Khan | 51- Muhabat Khan | 52- Fateh Khan |
| 53- Nowroz Khan. | 54- Aziz Khan | 55- Shah Ali Khan | 56-Fateh Khan Sani |
| 57- Jangi Khan | 58- Abdullah Khan | 59-Bashir Khan Sani | 60-Shukr Ullah |
| Historians write that in addition to this, Khan had seven more sons. They all died between the ages of seven to eight months. Khan himself in one of his poems says that he had more than sixty sons. Any how the aforementioned sixty names of the Khan‟s sons are those which are mentioned in the original manuscript of “Tareekh-e-Murasa” of Afzal Khan. The number of his daughters is mentioned as thirty one in the original manuscript of “Tareekh-e-Murasa”, of them, Taj Bibi and Bibi Halima are famous. Both were “Hafiz-e-Quran” and religious minded women. Bibi Halima was also a good poet. She was unmarried and was living with his brother Abdul Qader Khan. Along with Quran and other Islamic teachings, she used to deliver lectures and analysis of “Masnavi Maulana Roomi” and “Maktubat-e-Hazrat Imam Rabani Mujadad Alf-e- Sani” to the girls and women at her house. Ashraf Khan Hijri When Khan Khushal Khan Khattak left the services of the Mughal Empire, his elder son Ashraf Khan Hijri took the charge of leadership / Khani. Hijri was his surname. Although he was well-informed by his father about the disloyalty of Emperor Aurangzeb, but he ignored his advice to save the state and re-establish good and friendly relations with Delhi. Amir Khan Governor of Peshawar directed him to march to Tareen Khan‟s assistance at Kohat. He did it, but instead of crushing the Bangash, he allowed them to retire. This act was disliked by Delhi, therefore he was imprisoned. He died in prison of fourteen years of captivity in Bejapur; India.He ruled Akora state from A.D.1659 to 1682. He had three sons:- |
| 1-Afzal Khan | 2- Abdullah Khan | 3- Namdar Khan |
| Afzal Khan Afzal Khan, the elder son of Ashraf Khan Hijri, was an intelligent man with the same literary taste as of his grandfather Khan Khushal Khan Khattak. His remarkable work of compilation known as “Tareekh-e-Murasa” is a very famous book of history of Pashtoons as well as genealogy of his own Khattak clan. He was born in 1075 Hijri A.D.1665.. He was awarded with Dastar of Khani by his grandfather at Nizampur, while he was on the way towards Kohat along with his father Ashraf Khan to defend Tareen Khan at Mughal garrison of Kohat against the Bangash tribe. He was about seventeen (17) years of age, when his father Ashraf khan was arrested. He ruled Akora state from A.D.1682 to 1741. Afzal Khan had eight (8) sons:- (1 & 2, from one mother, 3 & 4, from another mother, 5 & 6, from other mother) |
| 1. Asad Ullah Khan OR Saad Ullah khan | 2- Kazim Khan. |
| 3-Muhammad Ali Khan | 4- Hassan Ali khan. |
| 5-Muhammad Ubaid Khan | 6-Muhammad Emmad Khan |
| 7-Muhammad Ashraf Khan | 8-Muhammad Saeed Khan |
| Asad Ullah Khan Asaad Ullah Khan was the eldest son of Afzal khan. He did not get on well with his father; so he went to Teri in A.D.1733 and settled there. He gave name as “Tar Garh” to this area of Teri and ruled this new state for eight (8) years from A.D.1733 to 1741. After the death of Afzal Khan his younger son Muhammad Ali Khan chief of Serai Akora, marched against Teri but was defeated by Saad Ullah Khan who followed and expelled him from Serai Akora as well, and became chief of the whole Khattak area. Saad Ullah Khan himself settled at Serai Akora as chief and appointed the ablest of his sons Khushal Khan Sani as chief of Teri. Saad Ullah Khan then ruled serai Akora state for seven (7) years from A.D.1741 to 1748. He was killed along with his elder son Jafar Khan by his nephew Lashker Khan son of Muhammad Ali Khan. Saad Ullah Khan is generally known as Khan Shaheed. He had eight sons: A1 to A5, these five brothers were from one mother A6, from second mother A7 & A8, both were from third mother |
| A1-Jafar Khan | A2- Saadat mand khan |
| A3-Khushal Khan Sani. | A4- Shahbaz Khan |
| A5- Afzal Khan | A6- Sharafat Khan |
| A7- Rehmatullah Khan | A8- Ran Must Khan |
