Kakakhel (tribe)



The 'Kakakhel’ are Sayyid (also spelled as Syed) and settled in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa along with other cities of Pakistan. They were very small clan till 13th of century. They are descended by Sayyid Kastir Gul titled "Kaka Sahib" from the lineage of Imam Jafar Sadiq (who was the grandson of Imam Zayn al-Abidin, the son of Imam Muhammad al-Baqir, the great-grandson of Imam Husayn ibn Ali, the martyr of Karbala, and the sixth Imam of the Shi’ah Twelvers).

Notable Kakakhels

 * Sayyid Kastir Gul, patriarch of the Kakakhel
 * Mian Hazrat Jamal Kakakhel
 * Mian Muhibullah Kakakhel
 * Mian Hayaud Din
 * Uzair Gul Peshawari
 * Syed Adnan Kakakhail
 * Feroze Jamal Shah Kakakhel