Jabbarkhel or Jabarkhail, sometimes spelled JabarKhel or JabarKhyl is a sub tribe of
Ahmadzai tribe of
Pashtun people
Pashtuns (, , ; ;), also known as Pakhtuns, or Pathans, are an Iranic ethnic group primarily residing in southern and eastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. They were historically also referred to as Afghans until 1964 after the ...
and consist of more than fifteen thousand families. Many of the families carry the surname "Jabbar Khel", but some have changed their surnames to the names of their fathers or grandfathers.
The tribe is believed to have descended from an Ahmadzai leader named Jabbar.
They are believed to have been located primarily in the region of Qabr-i-Jabbar/
Khaki Jabbar District.
Abdul Rahim Arsala was the son of the leader and descended from that tribe. He was later called on by the king, among the other tribe members, to be members of the military.
Jabbar Khel live across the Durand Line. In Pakistan, they live in Masho Gagar, a village on Indus Highway, north of Peshawar, near to Badaber, and in Ghari Jabbar Khel, situated on Grand Trunk road in Pabbi.
There is another Jabar Khel sub-section in the Arghushal clan of
Swati tribe living in
Hazara but they are different from this tribe.
References
Ghilji Pashtun tribes
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