اورکزۍ | |
|---|---|
| Languages | |
| Pashto | |
| Religion | |
| Islam (Majority Sunni, Minority Shia) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Afridi · Khattak · Bannuzai · Wazir and other Karlani Pashtun tribes |
'Orakzai or Wrakzai a Persian Iraqi/Irani/Afghan Nomads(Pashto: وركزۍ) are Persian ,Pashtun tribe native to the Orakzai Agency, parts of Kurram Agency, Khyber agency, located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Orakzais also have a sub-tribe in the Maidan Wardak Province of Afghanistan. They speak the Pashto language. Also there are communities of them living in Isfahan, Iran.
They are descended from the Qajar Dynasty a Persian Oghuz Turkic Empire. Exiled Prince of Iran Named Sikandar Shah Got Adopted by Karlan and settled in Tirah. That’s how they got their name but that’s something most of Orakzai aren’t aware of. They also have Relation with Dardic & Indo-Aryan Tirahis