Trag ( ur, ) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

and Union Council of

Mianwali District The Mianwali District ( ur, ), is a district located in Sargodha Division of Punjab province, Pakistan. It was separated from NWFP in 1901, and has a border with the Chakwal, Attock,Kohat, Karak, Lakki Marwat, Dera Ismail Khan, Bhakkar, an ...

in the

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province of

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. It is in

Isakhel Isakhel ( ur, ) is a town of Mianwali District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The town is the headquarters of Isakhel Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district. Isakhel is an important town located in the west of Mianwali Dist ...

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

, and is one of the populated villages in the

. Many seasonal rivers passes through the area during monsoon season which collect the water from slopes of Koh-e-Suleman. Water from these rivers flow towards the Indus river and can over flow damaging Trag. Three seasonal rivers are named Raka, Lunda and Baroch.

Background

Trag is named after an ancestor or elder, literally meaning an “Iron Helmet”, He was the Great Grandson of

Isa Khan Niazi Isa Khan Niazi ( ps, عیسی خان نيازي) was an Afghan noble in the courts of Sher Shah Suri and his son Islam Shah Suri, of the Sur dynasty, who fought the Mughal Empire. Biography Isa Khan Niazi was born in 1453 and his last bro ...

's Paternal uncle Shaado Khan Niazi. He was a combatant in

Haibat Khan Niazi Haibat Khan Niazi was an Afghan noble and military leader. He was the most powerful noble of Sher Shah Suri and Commander of the Niazi contingent of his army. He is best known for bringing law and order in Multan by destroying the power of Baloch ...

's army. The village emerged between 1660-1685. It is populated mainly by

Niazi Niazi (; , ps, نيازي; ur, نیازی) Niazai, Nyazi, Nyazai, Niyazi or Niyazai is one of the largest Pashtun tribes which resides in Afghanistan and northwestern part of Pakistan. The earliest work which provides the details about o ...

Pathans, originally Afghan in origin and came from route starting in

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and then going to

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Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan (; bal, , Urdu and skr, , ps, ډېره اسماعيل خان), abbreviated as D.I. Khan, is a city and capital of Dera Ismail Khan District, located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the 37th largest city of Pakistan ...

Lakki Marwat Lakki Marwat or Lakki (Urdu and ps, ) is the headquarters of Lakki Marwat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Lakki Marwat has become one of the fastest growing cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Lakki Marwat is also the 20th mos ...

and

before finally coming to Trag.

Other Tribes

Trag, although home to many Niazi Pathans is also home to many other tribes and clans that also reside in the Isakhel region. Trag is also home to Malik tribe and includes sub-cast like Pora, Bucha etc. These people have settled here for years and migrated from different parts of KPK and other areas across Pakistan. People from nearby districts of KPK such as Lakki Marwat and Karak come to the village and also traders from these areas buy large amounts of wheat and wheat straw to feed their animals in winter season. The majority of the tribes are involved in agricultural practices and grow crops such as wheat, moongbean, maize, millet, sugarcane, cotton etc. Pet animals are buffalo, cows, goats, sheep, donkeys and horses.

References

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Background

Other Tribes

Further reading

References