Shaidu

Shaidu (شيدو) a village in tehsil Nowshera, Distt Peshawar of British India (now in Nowshera District of Kyber-Pakthunkhwa, in Pakistan). Shaidu is now town of about 75,000 people, in the Nowshera district of the Khyber Pakhtoonkhuwa,Pakistan.Shaidu is home to the Akor Khel, ruling khel of the Khattak tribe, as well as to the Mohallah Khan Khel. The Khan Khel (Khan means the chieftain while Khel stands for a family or descendents) ...clan came here when two sons of Khushal Khan Khattak, named Shahbaz Khan Khattak and Abdul Qadir Khan Khattak came from Akora Khattak to Shaidu.Khankhels have politically,ethically,ethnically,mentally ,through education and dynastic background dominated other clans in the village. The two larger groups of Khan Khel are the descendants of these two brothers. The Akor Khel's, a clan named after Akoray, still hold a prominent position in the Khattak tribe.