Khan Khudedad Khan Chief Of "Isakhel" With His Sons In Mainwali, 1920's (c).
Isa Khel is a sub-tribe of the Pashtun tribe, Niazi. The earliest recorded mention of the isa khel tribe is in Baburnama, 1504-1505. Most of the tribe still resides in their ancestral town of Isakhel, named after their ancestor Isa Khan Niazi son of Umar Khan Niazi. Isakhel is a town of Mianwali District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The town is the headquarters of Isakhel Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district.
It is a historical town named after Isa Khan, a famous Niazi chief. Until November 1901 IsaKhel was tehsil headquarters of Bannu District, however after the North-West Frontier Province was created from Punjab province, Bannu district was included in the NWFP without the Isakhel tehsil. IsaKhel which was trans-Indus tehsil became part of the newly formed Mianwali district of the Punjab.
The town was founded about 1830 by Ahmad Khan, ancestor of the present Khans of IsaKhel, who are the acknowledged heads of the trans-Indus Niazai; and it takes its name from Shah IsaKhel, a religious teacher, whose descendants still live in the town. The municipality was created in 1875.
In 1901, during British rule, when the tehsil became part of Mianwali, the population the town was 7,630. The income and expenditure during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 4,400. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 5,100, chiefly derived from octroi, and the expenditure was Rs. 4,600. A small cattle market is held weekly. The town contained a dispensary and a municipal vernacular middle school.
IsaKhel is also famous for the Feudal Niazi chiefs who were designated Nawabs during the British colonial era. Some of them got the title of “Khan Bahadur” during that period. IsaKhel remains the first Niazi stronghold in the district after they left the Marwat plains.
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