Aba Khel is a subtribe of theMandanrPashtun tribe. Their settlements are located mainly in theKhyber Pakhtunkhwa province ofPakistan, and include the villages ofZaida,Kaddi,Hund,Shah Mansur,Khunda, Ambar,Panjpir,Beka,Aryan,Lahor, Kheshgi Nowshera Kalan (in theNowshera District), and Ragastoon.Disstrict Shangla Shapur ghowarban
Aba Khel are descendents of theMandanr tribe. Mandanr had four sons, Mano, Hazar, Razar, and Mahmoud. Mano had two sons, Usman and Utman. Usman had two sons, Amanzai andKamalzai. Utman had four sons, Akkazai,Sadozai,Alizai and Kannazai. The descendants of Utman's son Sadozai are called Sadu Zais who were further divided into five families including Aba Khel, Umar Khel, Khadu Khel, Mir Ahmad Khel and Behzad Khel. Descendants of the Aba Khel family then settled in the districtsKhyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[1]
Yusafzai are named after Yusaf who was the son of Manday along with Umar. Umar died early and left behind his sonMandanr who married the daughter of his uncle Yusaf. The descendants of both Yusaf and Mandanr are together calledYousafzai.[2]