Khel (clan)

Khel (Pashto: خیل) are sub-tribes of Pashtun tribes in Afghanistan and Pakistan.^[1][2] The title of the tribe ends in Zai and its sub-tribe name ends in Khel. Khel is also a common final element in the names of villages in Afghanistan and in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan, such as Darra Adam Khel.

Some of the clans of Pashtun tribes:

• Daulat Khel
• Ghoryakhel
• Hasan Khēl
• Isakhel (sub-tribe)
• Kamal Khel
• Khan Khel
• Khizar Khel
• Khwaja Khel
• Maghdud Khel
• Mahmud Khel
• Musakhel
• Umar Khel
• Utmankhel
• Jalal khel

See also

• Zai (tribe)
• Pashtun people

References

1. Sebastian Karotemprel; Dipali G. Danda (1 April 1984). The Tribes of northeast India. Firma KLM. p. 146. ISBN 9780836411355.
2. A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province: L.-Z. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. 1 January 1997. p. 242. ISBN 978-81-85297-70-5.