Gandapur

Gandapur

The Gandapurs (Pashto: ګنډاپور‎, Saraiki/Urdu: گنڈاپور), also called Gandapore or Afghanpur (Pashto: افغانپور‎), are a Pashtun tribe inhabiting the environs of Dera Ismail Khan, located in the southern region of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, near the frontier with South Waziristan. The Gandapurs reside principally in the small town of Kulachi on the bank of the Gomal River. Across the Durand line, a large part of the tribe lives in the Ghazni Province of Afghanistan, particularly in Sur Kelay.

The Gandapurs are descendants of Syed Khwaja Gesu Daraz Bande Nawaz and trace their origin to Afghanistan, and some of them settled in the Dera Ismail Khan area in the 17th century AD.

Read more about Gandapur:  History, The Khaddal Lavuñ Episode, Gandapur or Afghanpur, Size of The Tribe, Sub-tribes, Gandapur Villages in Kulachi, Notable People