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Baizai Tribe

The Baizai are a sub-tribe of the Bangash tribe. Believed to be the first amongst the Bangash tribesmen, along with the Miranzai, to have come down from their traditional home in the Kurram Valley to oust the Orakzais from Kohat, with assistance from Khattak tribesmen in the surrounding areas, and settle in their stead. The name Baizai originated from that of a tribal chieftain of the Bangashes,Behzad Khan-son of Amirzai chief Daulat Khan-a tribal chieftain and feudal lord. Behzad Khan is said to have been married to a daughter of Ahmad Shah Abdali, the Amir of the Pashtuns. Behzad Khan had an older brother Malak Mir who was the chieftain of the Amrizai Bangashes, which encompassed all the existing clans, until he passed. Today all the descendants of Dualat Khan are known as Baizai. The Baizai Bangashes inhabit most of rural Kohat and parts of the city limits where most government installations, institutions and commercial centers have been built on their lands. All Baizais are Sunni Muslims. They are further divided in to clans or khels. The local Hindko speaking population refer to them as Behzadi.[1]