Hajikhel (tribe)

Hajikhel is a Pashto speaking tribe/family/sub-caste of Syeds settled in Malakand Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is a very small clan of Syeds who are the descendents of a famous saint Haji Syed Ahmed Shah (Haji Baba), who was from the lineage of Imam Hussain and Imam Ali al-Hadi. Haji Syed Ahmed Shah migrated from Arab to KPK region many centuries ago to preach Islam and settled here. Hajikhel Syeds are only culturally and linguistically Pashtuns, but genetically they are Syeds. They are called Miangan by other Pashtun tribes which means "respected people", this is why most of them use the sur-name of Mian. One of their fellow tribes is Kakakhel Syeds, who are the descendents of Syed Kastir Gul (known as Kaka Sahib) and are from the lineage of Imam Hussain and Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq. Another being Akhunkhel Syeds, who are the descendants of Syed Abdul Wahab (Akhunpanju Baba) and are from the lineage of Imam Hussain and Imam Jawad Taqi.