The Kakakhel''’ are

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(also spelled as Syed) and settled in

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along with other cities of

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. 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

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, the son of Imam

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, the great-grandson of Imam Husayn ibn Ali, the martyr of Karbala, and the sixth Imam of the Shi’ah

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)..

Notable Kakakhels

* Sayyid Kastir Gul, patriarch of the Kakakhel * Mian Hazrat Jamal Kakakhel * Mian Muhibullah Kakakhel *

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* Uzair Gul Peshawari *

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References

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