The Khizarzai (commonly known as Khadarzai) is a subtribe of the branch of the
Yousafzai
The Yusufzai or Yousafzai ( ps, یوسفزی, ), also referred to as the Esapzai (, ) are one of the largest tribes of ethnic Pashtuns. They are natively based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, to which they migrated to from Suliman mountains dur ...
tribe . The tribe is named after Khizar Khan, one of the four sons of
Mandanr
The Mandanr, Mandar, or Mandan are a Pashtun tribe, branch of Yusufzai. They are the children of Mand, who was the son of Umar baba. Umar Baba was the brother of Yousaf, Umar left the tribe and moved from Kandahar to Hassanabdal. An Arab Quraysh fa ...
(Mahmood Khan, Khizar Khan, Razar and Manu). Khizar Khan is buried in Shawa area of Swabi District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The Khizarzai(Khadarzai) are based in Swabi, SWAT and Nowshehra Districts of
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...
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Yusufzai Pashtun tribes