title: Isa Khel (sub-tribe)
text: # Isa Khel (sub-tribe)
  
  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, but a lot have shifted to bigger cities or different towns in pursuit of a better education and better opportunities.
  
  ## Clans
  
  * Zakku Kheyl Many in the southern area of Isakhel belong to this clan, most influential due to their substantial agriculture land.
  * Mammu Khel This tribe mainly live in southern suburbs and villages of Isakhel comprising 60% population of Isa Khel sub-tribe. The names of their villages are Khaglanwala, Behu, Sarwar Khel, Wandha Ghalay Khel, Attock Paniala, and Khira in Lukki Marwat District. A notable sub-clan is Khizar Khel
  * Appoo Khel People of this clan live in Isakhel city with unchanged name of Appo Khel
  * Badunzye People of this clan live in the southern villages of Isa Khel city. Maulana Abdusattar Khan Niazi belonged to this particular clan.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  Abdul Rauf Khan, Leader Of The Khan Tribe
  
  * Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi, religious and political leader
  * Zakia Shahnawaz Khan,
  
  Politician
  
  * Abdul Rehman Khan, Politician
  * Abdul Hafeez Khan, Politician
  * Abdul Razzaq Khan, Politician
  * Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi,
  
  Pakistani folk singer
  
  * Maqbool Ahmed Khan (MNA), Politician
  * Col. Mohammad Aslam Khan, Politician
  