Balar Khel is the largest Khel

Khel

Khel is a Hindi and Urdu word meaning "game" or "sport"; as well as a Pashtu word meaning "followers of". It may refer to:* Khel , a Pashtun tribal division, see Pashtun tribal structure...

 in Usi Khel, Aba Khel

Aba Khel (tribe)

Aba Khel is the subtribe of Mandanr Yusafzai Pashtun tribe in Swabi District of North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. They are setteld in villages Zaida, Kaddi, Hund, Shah Mansur, Khunda, Ambar, Panj Pir, Beka, Aryan and Lahor.-History:...

 subtribe of Mandanr

Mandanr

The Mandanr are a Pashtun tribe of the Indian subcontinent. They are related to the Yusufzai tribe.- Demographics :...

 Yusafzai inhabiting Swabi District

Swabi District

Swabi District is the fourth most populous district of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It lies between the Indus and Kabul Rivers. The residents are referred to as Swabva'l. The Mandanr Yusufzai subsection of the Yousafzai clan of the Pashtuns form a majority of the population.-...

 of North-West Frontier Province

North-West Frontier Province

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province and various other names, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan, located in the north-west of the country...

 in Pakistan

Pakistan

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History

Traditionally Pathan

Pashtun people

Pashtuns or Pathans , also known as ethnic Afghans , are an Eastern Iranic ethnic group with populations primarily between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan...

 tribes live according to a strong family system in which the family system is named after the father's name. Balar Khel thus means the sons of Balar. Descendents of one individual preferably live together and the area is known after the name of their Khel

Khel

Khel is a Hindi and Urdu word meaning "game" or "sport"; as well as a Pashtu word meaning "followers of". It may refer to:* Khel , a Pashtun tribal division, see Pashtun tribal structure...

. However in 16th century in Yusafzai tribe during the times of Malik Ahmed different Khels were divided by his deputy Sheikh Mali  and settlements thus included representatives from all Khels. The idea behind this division was to let all Khels have the share from all types of land. However this also led to the loss of brotherhood among members of the same Khel

Khel

Khel is a Hindi and Urdu word meaning "game" or "sport"; as well as a Pashtu word meaning "followers of". It may refer to:* Khel , a Pashtun tribal division, see Pashtun tribal structure...

 and development of rivalries on the basis of villages instead of ancestary.

Balar was the youngest of seven sons of Usi Khan. His other brothers also have Khel

Khel

Khel is a Hindi and Urdu word meaning "game" or "sport"; as well as a Pashtu word meaning "followers of". It may refer to:* Khel , a Pashtun tribal division, see Pashtun tribal structure...

 after their names like Taju Khel, Zakarya Khel, Tawus Khani, Bazaid Khel, Ayub Khel and Panj Pao.

Settlements

The settlements of Balar Khel are mainly in villages Zaida

Zaida

Zaida is a town in Swabi District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It has been the centre of Aba Khel subtribe of Mandanr Yusafzai along with Hund. Also see Zaida, NWFP...

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YAQUBI

Yaqubi

Yaqubi is a village in Lahor Tehsil, Swabi district, Pakistan.-Location:Yaqubi is a village and one of the famous Union Council of Swabi District in Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Pakistan. It is situated near Yar Hussain on Adena-Lahor road...

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YARHUSSAIN, Hund

Hund

Hund is a small village in Swabi district, situated on the right bank of the Indus River about 15 km upstream of Attock Fort and at a distance of about 80 km to the east of Peshawar in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, of Pakistan...

, Ambar

Ambar

Ambar may refer to:* Hambar, the Serbo-Croatian and original Turkish form, the name for a Balkan and Central European building for drying maize* A common Indian given name meaning "The Sky" in Hindi...

, Lahor

Lahor

Lahor is a town of Swabi District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The town serves as the headquarters of Lahor Tehsil and is administratively subdivided into two Union councils. The town is a settlement of 35,000 people and is located at with an altitude of 308 metres and lies west of Swabi and...

, Kaddi

Kaddi

Kaddi ' is a small village in the Swabi District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The inhabitants belong to Aba Khel subtribe of Mandanr Yusafzai Pathans who occupy Swabi and Mardan districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa...

 and Panj Pir

Panj Pir

Panjpir, Pakistan, is a town and union council in district Swabi that is surrounded by Shahmansoor, Kaddi, Thand Kohi, Bam Khel, Dara and Ismailabad....

 in Swabi District

Swabi District

Swabi District is the fourth most populous district of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It lies between the Indus and Kabul Rivers. The residents are referred to as Swabva'l. The Mandanr Yusufzai subsection of the Yousafzai clan of the Pashtuns form a majority of the population.-...

 of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

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