Lachi Tehsil

Lachi Tehsil تحصیل لاچی لاچي تحصیل‎
Tehsil
Country	Pakistan
Region	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Kohat
Government
• Chairman	Muhammad Ehsan (IND)
Population  (2017)[1]
• Tehsil	143,542
• Urban	41,367
• Rural	102,171
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+6 (PDT)

Lachi (Urdu/Pashto: لاچي) is one of the two tehsils in the Kohat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan, located south of the district capital Kohat. It houses about 100,000 inhabitants, living in 1,161 square kilometres (448 sq mi). The tehsil is subdivided into nine union councils. About 40% of the working population is employed outside the tehsil.It is a rural area where most households' livelihood depends on remittances and subsistence farming.^[2][3] Education is provided through several private and government high schools, as well as a government degree college affiliated with Kohat University.^[4]

Lachi (Lachaee) is one of the largest Seni Khattak areas. Travelling on the main road south of Kohat, Lachi is situated on the way to Teri, Karak, Bannu, Lakki, Tank, Dera Ismail Khan, and Waziristan. Ruled by Akorkhel Khans of Khattaks, Lachi was like the heart of Senae-Khwarraam Tappa of the Teri State up till 1956. Zakaria Khan of lachi was one of the most famous Akorkhel Khans of Teri state.

Teri is one of the oldest Khattak areas and is mentioned by Khošāl Khān Khattak in his prose. The community is also known by the name Asadabad, after its first Teri-based ruler: Khan Asad-ullah Khan Akorkhel in the first half of the 18th century. Teri was Kohat's largest Tahsil from 1848 to 1956, under the Nawabs of Teri, covering the whole of the present Karak, Lachi and, Gumbat. It had a total area of 1616 square miles. This area was under the rule of Akorkhel Khans since the 17th century.^{[citation needed]}

<Akorkhels > = Lachi (Lachaee) is one of the largest Seni Khattak areas. Travelling on the main road south of Kohat, Lachi is situated on the way to Teri, Karak, Bannu, Lakki, Tank, Dera Ismail Khan, and Waziristan. Ruled by Akorkhel Khans of Khattaks, Lachi was like the heart of Senae-Khwarraam Tappa of the Teri State up till 1956. Zakaria Khan was one of the most famous Akorkhel Khans of Lachi.

• Afrasiab Khattak

The current khan families living in lachi are.

Family ( A ).KHANZADA SHER KHAN.

Sher Khan has only one son Saad ullah Khan.

Saad ullah Khan who also has one son Khanzada Faqir Khan.

Khanzada Faqir Khan has Three son's .

1. Khanzada Shaukat Khan , Shaukat Khan has two son's

1.1 Khanzada Aaqib Khan

1.2 Khanzada Zark Khan

2. Khanzada Asif Khan.

3. Khanzada Arif Khan , Khanzada Arif Khan has Two son's.

3.1 Khanzada Abdullah Khan .

3.2 Khanzada Yawar Khan .

FAMILY ( B ). KHANZADA FEROZ KHAN.

Feroz Khan had only one son , Khanzada Ashraf Khan.

Ashraf Khan who has Two son's.

1. Khanzada Yousaf Khan , Yousaf khan has three son's 1.1 Khanzada Toufeeq Khan.

1.2 Khanzada Touseef Khan.

1.3 Khanzada Hanif Khan.

2. Khanzada Maeed Khan , Khanzada Maeed Khan has three son's.

2.1 Khanzada Shahzad Khan.

2.2 Khanzada Waleed Khan

2.3 Khanzada Shawal Khan

FAMILY ( C ).

Zakria Khan he has two son's.

1. Jaan Muhammad Khan, he has three son's

1.1 Khanzada Usman Khan .

1.1.1 Jameel Khan , he has three son's

1.1.1.1 . Durkamil Khan.

1.1.1.2 Adil jaan Khan.

1.1.1.3 Bilal Khan.

1.1.2 Saeed Khan .

2.1 GM Khattak, he has one son

2.1.1 Nadeem Khan

3.1 Ghulam Samdani Khan, he has three son's

3.1.1 Khanzada Zeeshan Khan

3.1.2 Khanzada Arsalan Khan

3.1.2 Khanzada Alishan Khan

4.1 Muhammad shoaib Khan, has two son's

4.1.1 Khanzada zohaib Khan, he has one son

4.1.1.1 Khanzada iybad khan

4.1.2 Khanzada Salman Khan.

5.1 Khanzada shafiq Khan, he has two son's

5.1.1 Khanzada Umar Khan

5.1.2 Khanzada Khawar Khan

6.1 GG. Gilani Khan , he has one son

6.1.1 Khanzada touqeer Khan, has one son

6.1.1.1 Khanzada Ghani Khan.

7.1 Ghulam yazdani ,has one son

7.1.1 Khanzada Usman Khan

8.1 LT Gen . Khanzada Obaidullah Khan, he has three sons.

8.1.1 Khanzada owais Khan

8.1.2 Khanzada Waqas khan

8.1.3 Khanzada Shahbaz Khan

FAMILY ( D ).

Khanzada Aslam Khan, he had one son

1. Anwar jaan khan, he has three son's

1.1 Khanzada iqbal Khan, he has one son

1.1.1 Khanzada Abdullah Khan.

2.1 Khanzada jhanzeb Khan

3.1 Khanzada shahqeel Khan.

Teri is one of the oldest Khattak areas and is mentioned by Khushhal Khan Khattak in his prose. The community is also known by the name Asadabad, after its first Teri-based ruler: Khan Asad-ullah Khan Akorkhel in the first half of the 18th century. Teri was Kohat's largest Tahsil from 1848 to 1956, under the Nawabs of Teri, covering the whole of the present Karak, Lachi and, Gumbat. It had a total area of 1616 square miles. This area was under the rule of Akorkhel Khans since the 17th century.^{[citation needed]}