Yaqubzai ( ps, يعقوب زئی) are a
Pashtun
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tribe of
Gandapur living in
Afghanistan
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and
Pakistan
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.
History
Yaqubzais are the descendants of Yaqub, the eldest son of
Gandapur. Yaqub though the eldest one, was not the most brilliant of his four sons and hence the whole family of
Gandapur was led by Ibrahim Khan the second son. The descendants of Ibrahim Khan are known as
Ibrahim Zai(sons of Ibrahim). Yaquzai are a small segment of the whole tribe of Gandapurs. They have played no worth mentioning role in the
Gandapur tribe struggle to establish themselves at
Kulachi
Kulachi (کلاچی) is a city named after the Kulachi Baloch tribe and is the headquarter of Kulachi Tehsil (an administrative subdivision) of Dera Ismail Khan District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located at at an altit ...
,
Dera Ismail Khan
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in the 16th century A.D.
The original name of
Gandapur was Tairi Khan. He had four sons and a daughter. The names of the sons and daughter are as follows;
* Yaqub Khan (His descendants known as Yaqub Zai)
* Ibrahim Khan (His descendants known as Ibrahim Zai)
* Hussain Khan (His descendants known as Hussain Zai)
* Dre Plaara (His descendants are not known)
* Khubai the daughter of
Gandapur. The descendants of her son Kamal are known as Kamal Khel.
Gandapur Pashtun tribes
Pashto-language surnames
Pakistani names
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