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Orakzai Agency is one of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. It has a population of 450,000 and an area of . The Orakzai tribe comprises 18 subsidiary tribes. ==History== The Orakzai tribes take their name, which literally means the lost son (''Wrak Dzoy''), from a romantic legend about their ancestor, Sikandar Shah, who was a prince from Iran, was exiled or lost, and after many adventures married and ruled in Tirah(you can say Orakzai is a Persian Royal family). The tribal area now forming Orakzai Agency was previously included in Frontier Region Kohat district and remained as such until 30 November 1973. The Biland Khel, a small pocket measuring about 6.5 square kilometres, is also part of this agency and lies a couple of kilometres off Thall, bordering North Waziristan and Kurram agencies. Responding to a long-standing demand of the Orakzais, the then President of Pakistan announced the creation of Orakzai Agency on 3 November 1973 and was formally inaugurated on 1 DeceBold textBold textmber 1973. Prior to its upgrading to agency status, this area was administered as a Frontier Region of the Kohat district by the Deputy Commissioner of Kohat. The Orakzai Agency consists of two sub-divisions: Upper sub-division and Lower sub-division. The Upper sub-division comprises two Tehsils, Upper Tehsil and Ismailzai Tehsil, while the Lower sub-division also has two Tehsils, Lower Tehsil and Central Tehsil. The land of the Orakzai tribes is located between 33° -33' to 33° -54' north latitudes and 70° -36' to 71° -22' east longitudes. It is bounded in the north by Khyber Agency, in the east by FR Kohat, in the south by Kohat and Hangu districts, and in the west by Kurram Agency. The total area of the agency is 1,538 square kilometres The major Orakzai tribes include: # Ali Khel the largest tribe of orakzai they are 5 subdivision ## Mirwas khel a fomous leader of that division name muhammad rahman gall ## Shir kel the another famous leader from that area name miralaam orakzai ## Shawas kel ## Imankhan khel ## Jasrat khel # Mullah Khel # Mishti 〔Shaharyar M. Khan, (2000). ''The Begums of Bhopal: A History of the Princely State of Bhopal'', Appendix 2: The Orakzai People〕 # Shikhan ## Omarzi ## Samozi ## Bazit khel # Rabia khel # Ber Muhammed khel # MANI KHEL they are 7 subdivision Zakaria khel,also have 3 branches (1# Shabaz khel 2# Mitar khel 3# Mosa khel) leader or malik (sodair ali s/o malik sultan shah ) Mirwas khel,,malik (ajmal hussain) Sabzi khel,,malik (mirzali shah) Bada khel,,malik (sulatn mir) Ahmad khel,, malik (noor jaff ali) Mast ali khel Sboora khel, malik (jangia ali s/o ayub khan karbalai) 8 Feroz khel〔 9 Massozai 10 Akhel 11 Mamozai 12 Sepoy 13 Ali Sherzai 14 Mirazi khel〔 15 Bizot Khel also called bozoti 16 Utman Khel 17 Stori Khel 18 Daradar mamazi , they lived in the wing of orakzai which is called ghaljo and shaou 19 Samkanee a tribe in orakzai which lived in kurram agency in dogar mountain area However, these tribes have been assimilated into the Orakzai culture and are considered to be Orakzai. Certain Orakzai tribes like the Masozai and half the Lashkarzai find themselves in Kurram Agency for historical and administrative reasons. An Ethnic Pashtun Bangash tribe, the Buland Khel, is attached to the Orakzai agency also for administrative and historical reasons, although they live at some distance from the agency between Thall and Bannu, North Waziristan. Then Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto announced the creation of the agency at a grand tribal jirga at Samana (Orakzai) and it began functioning on 1 December 1973. Before this, the Orakzai tribes were part of the Kohat and Hangu Frontier region. The headquarters of the agency are at Hangu District, but tehsil-level headquarters are situated in Kalaya and Ghiljo. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Orakzai Agency」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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