The (see spelling variants below) are a Pashtun (aka Pathan) tribe originally from the Laghman Province of Afghanistan .
They came to South Asia during Afghan invasions such as those of Mahmud Of Ghazni , settling in various regions.
A major Kakazai group from , having been initially told they (being Muslim) would be in Pakistan , they were caught up in the ensuing violence and the survivors displaced when their area became part of India .
Today, the majority of the Kakazai reside in Pakistan and Afghanistan, in the areas of ''Dara Kakazai'' (Valley of Watlai) , Bajaur Agency , Lahore , Sialkot , Dera Ghazi Khan , Quetta , Karachi , Kashmir , Isa Khel , Musa Khel , and Kakazai ( Pishin , Baluchistan ). Consequently, they do not exclusively speak Pashto , but may speak other languages indigenous to Pakistan such as Punjabi , Siraiki , and Balochi .
"Malik" is a common given name or surname among Kakazai Pashtuns.
Notable Kakazai Pashtuns include Nawab Bahadur Yar Jang , Abdullah Malik and the historian Khan Roshan Khan .
The name "Kakazai" means "offspring/children/sons of little/younger boy" (in Pashto, ''Kakay'' or ''Kaka'' = ''younger/little boy'', ''Zai'' = ''offspring/children/sons of'', a root also used in Yousafzai ). Spelling variants include: Kakezai, Kakay Zai, Kakayzai, Kakeyzai, Kaka Zai and Kakkayzai.
- ''"A Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes of the North West Frontier of India"'' published by The General Staff Army Headquarter, Calcutta, India - (Originally Published 1910) :: ''Kakazai / Kakayzai'' Pathan Tribe is mentioned on Page 22 (under ‘K’ - ''Kakazai''), Page 12 (under ‘D’ - '' Daulat Khel '' - A sub-division of Kakazai Pathans), Page 26 (under 'K' - '' Khulozai '' - A sub-division of Kakazai Pathans), Page 29 (under ‘M’ - '' Maghdud Khel '', '' Mahsud Khel '' and '' Mahmud Khel '' - sub-divisions of Kakazai Pathans), Page 47 (under 'U' - '' Umar Khel '' - A sub-division of Kakazai Pathans) and Page 50 (under 'Y' - '' Yusaf Khel '' - A sub-division of Kakazai Pathans) ::
- ''"Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India"'' Volume One published by Government Mono Type Press, Simla, India - (Originally Published 1907) :: ''Kakazai / Kakayzai'' Pathan Tribe is mentioned between Page 515 - 555 - You can read these volumes online, thanks to Internet Archives though their market value is around $11000 ::
- ''"Tazkara"'' (also called ''"Tazkira-e-pathan"''), Khan Roshan Khan, pp 176-181 (in Urdu).
- [http://www.khyber.org/pashtotribes/trees/qaisabdulrashid.shtml Family Tree of Qais Abdul Rashid :: Spelled as ''Kaka Zai'' under the offsprings of ''Kharashboon'' (Khair ud Din) ::]
- Ghulam Mohammad (Governor General)
- Abdul Qadir (Governor State Bank, Finance Minister)
- Dr. Nizam Uddin (1876 - 1951, Lt.Dr. British India Army, Cheif Medical Officer University of Peshawer)
- Masood Nabi Noor (Home Secretary, West Pakistan)
- General Khalid Mehmood Arif (VCAS)
- Dr. Nazir Ahmed (First head of Pakistan Atomic Energy commission
- Justice Anwarul Haq ( Chief Justice of Pakistan )
- Lt. Gen. Saeed Qadir
- Lt. Gen. Ahmad Shamim Khan (Commander 5 Corp)
- Khan Inamullah Khan Vice Chancellor (UET - Lahore)
- Maj. Gen. I. D. Hasan (Medicine)
- AVM. Javed Hayat Malik (Air Force)
- Rear Admiral Akbar Hussain (Navy)
- Col. N. D. Hasan (Principal Cadet College Hasanabdal, Aithcheson College)
- Vice Chancellor Ahmad Hassan (UET - Lahore)
- Barristar Ijaz Hussain Batalvi (Law)
- Dr. Pervez Hassan (Law)
- Mr. Shahid K. Haq (MD PARCO & TOTAL)
- Dr. Shahid Masud (TV Personality)
- Mr. Sabooh Uddin (Business Consultant - Islam Channel)
- Ms. Shukria Khanum (First Woman Pilot given CPL in 1961)
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