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About Orakzai Agency
Orakzai Agency is situated in Khyber paktunhawa . The orakzai tribes take there names, which literally means the lost son (Orak Zai), from a romantic legend about their ancestor Sikandar Shah who was a prince from Iran and was exiled or lost, and after many adventures married and ruled in Teerah. The four major non - Orakzai tribes, the Ali Khel,
Mullah Khel, mishti and shikhan are now for purposes like the other orakzai tribes. Certain Orakzai tribes like the Masozai and half the lashkarzai find themselves in Kurram Agency for historical and administrative reasons. A small Ban gash tribe the Biland Khel is attached to the orakzai agency also for administrative and historical reasons, although they live at some distance from the agency between Thal and Northwaziristan. Over one tenth of the entire population of the agency is Shia sect. The late Prime Minister Zolfiqar Ali Bhutto announced the creation of the agency at a grand tribal jirga at Samana and it began functioning on first Dec 1973. Before this date orakzai tribes were part of Kohat and Hangu
Frontier region. The head quarters of the agency are at Hangu district, but tehsil level head quarters are situated in Kalaya and Ghiljo. The valley is flanked by mountain ranges 6000 to 7000 feet high. Among the seven tribal agencies, Orakzai Agency is the second smallest in area after Bajaur agency. It is bounded by Kurram Agency in the west, Khyber in the north, Kohat district on the south and Peshawar in the east. The hole of the territory of orakzai agency is a mountainous tract dissected by numerous dry water curses, especially in the southwestern part of the agency. The two major streams are the Mastura and Khanki Toi, both of which originate from the hills to west and run the east. Orakzai Agency is a hilly region with fertile valley. The elevation of the hills varies from over 10,000 feet in the west and to less than 6,650 feet in east. Generally the elevation of the plain varies from 5,200 to 5,500 feet above main sea level. Important peaks are those sangla 6325 feet and chara kandaco 5,643 feet. The height of Kalaya and sangla is nearly equal
Orakzai Agency is characterized by intense cold in winter when the temperature falls bellow freezing and mild summers. December, January and February are the coldest months and snowfall occurs in these months. Summers are mild and the maximum temperature dose not go above 30 degrees centigrade. Surrounding mountains are covered by dense and thick forests, which produce a cooling effect in summer. Due to geographical position of orakzai and its thick forest cover, it rains throughout the year. In winter, the precipitation is in the form of snowfall over the surrounding mountains as well as in valley itself. There is no rain gauge but rainfall is presumed to be round 36 inch per annum. It is very essential to understand the culture of the area in which any type of physical or other intervention is intended or you want to visit. Therefore many formal interviews and informal discussion were held with the inhabitants, which resulted in the final perception of socio-economic setup of people of Orakzai. Orakzai Agency has two tribal groups based on difference in religious sect. These two groups are SHEIA and SUNNIS. The SHEIA comprise of 8.8 present of total population of the agency. The division of SHEIA and SUNNIS has been done by natural border. The SHEIA are living along the south portion of Mastura River from And Khel to Kada. The Sunnis are spread almost over the whole of the area. The basic living styles, house types, construction, techniques and
Materials, laws and rules etc of the entire area are more or less same.
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Orakzai Agency
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. 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 December 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 There are eighteen major Orakzai tribes: Ali KhelMullah KhelMishtiShikhanRabia khelBer muhammed khelMani khelFeroz khelMassozaiAkhelMamozaiSepayHowever, 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. A small 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 Thal and North Waziristan. Then Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto announced the creation of the agency at a grand tribal jirga at Samana 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. Location
The Orakzai are a Pashtun tribe on the Kohat border of the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, near the provincial capital of Peshawar,. The Orakzais inhabit the mountains to the north-west of Kohat district, bounded on the north and east by the Afridis or Khyber Agency , on the south by the Bangash or Miranzai Valley and on the west by the Zaimukht country and the Safed Koh mountains. Due to limited resources and fertile land, many Orakzai have settled in Pakistan's major urban centres such as Hangu, Rhall, Parachinar, Peshawar, Attock, (Nowshera-Amangarh), Islamabad, Sialkot, Wazirabad, Lahore, Abbottabad and Karachi. Religion
The Orakzai's are mostly Muslims from both major sects Sunni and Shia. There are some Sikh's also living along with Orakzai, but they are said to be originally Afridis.
