Gadezai

Gadezai Tehsil تحصیل گدیزئی ګدېزي تحصیل‎
Tehsil
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Buner
Government
• Chairman	Sher Alam Khan (PTI)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

Gadezai is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) and Union council of Buner District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

Gadezai was formally established by the appointment of first Assistant Commissioner/Subdivision Magistrate Syed Hammad Haider PMS on 29th July 2020.

District Buner has six tehsils: Daggar, Chagharzai, Chamla, Khudu Khel, Gagra and Gadezai. Each tehsil comprises certain union councils. Gadezai comprises union councils Abakhel and Malikhel.^[1]

Gadai/Gadezai (Yusufzai) was the son of Tajezai, fourth son of Illiyaszai, whose father (Illiyas Khan) was the son of Musazai, Musazai was the second son of Yusuf Khan also known as Yusufzai. The descendants of Gadai are called Gadaizai or Gadezai (Zai means Descendants ).

Gadai had five sons: Hassan Khel, Bahram Khel, Alisher Khel, Hussain Khel/Seen Khel, Ibrahim Khel. Descendants of the first four sons live in the villages of Sultanwas, Ghazikhany, Malakpur, Pacha, Bhai, Kalakhela, Balokhan, Battai, Narbatol,Dukada in Tehsil Gadezai, while the fifth son Ibrahim was separated from his father Gadezai in Kabul. The Descendants of Ibrahimkhel are known as Mughal Khel who are now living in the District Bannu. The main place of which is Ghoriwala.

The Salarzai Yusufzai Tribe (Brother tribe of Gadezai ). Salarzai had 3 Sons: Ayubkhel, Malikhel, Manikhel. The Descendants of these Three Tribes are in Jowar, Baampoha, Bazargey, Kingargali, Naanser, Kaatkala, Charai, Leganrai and Koye. Malak Misri Khan Yusufzai (The 5th Ruler of Pakhtunkhwa State and Yusufzai Tribe) was also from Salarzai Yusufzai Tribe.