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 I...
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