Origin Legend
There are several contentious traditions about the origins of this tribe. It is however, most commonly held that the original name of Gandapur was Tairi Khan, who was a Pashtun/Pukhtun living in Afghanistan. He had four sons and a daughter and from them are descended the whole tribe today. Their names are as follows:
- Yaqub Khan (His descendants are known as Yaqub Zai)
- Ibrahim Khan (His descendants are known as Ibrahim Zai)
- Hussain Khan (His descendants are known as Hussain Zai)
- Imran Khan (His descendants are divided into many sub-branches; the first two main branches are Isa Khel and Gund Khel which again have a number of sub-branches).
- Khubai, the daughter of Gandapur. Her descendants are known as Khubezai.
- Sardar Iqbal khan gandapur (He is one of the outstanding person in the History of gandapur or Afghanpur).
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