Khattak
Sign in to saveThe Khattak () tribe is a prominent Pashtun tribe located in the Khattak territory, which consists of Karak, Nowshera, Kohat districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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- ethnic group
- Subclass of
- Pashtuns
- Country
- Pakistan
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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- History
- Origins
- Khushal Khan Khattak
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The Khattak () tribe is a prominent Pashtun tribe located in the Khattak territory, which consists of Karak, Nowshera, Kohat districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
==History== ===Origins=== Multiple British Raj historians have identified the Khattak with the Satragyddae or Sattagudai, an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe inhabiting Gandhara. The Sattagudai () were a people mentioned by Herodotus in connection to people under the influence of the Achaemenid Empire. According to Herodotus:
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