His paternal ancestors were the Alakozai Pashtuns from Afghanistan who immigrated to Indore, Madhya Pradesh in the mid 1800s; however, Jasim Khan in his biography of the actor states that his ancestors belonged to the Akuzai sub-tribe of the Yusufzai Pashtuns from Malakand in the Swat valley of North-West Frontier Province in British India (now in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan).
Okhokho bakhe kwakungu-Alakozai Pastuns wase-Afghanistan owathuthela e-Indore, eMadhya Pradesh maphakathi kweminyaka yo-1800s; Kodwa-ke, uJasim Khan embhalweni wakhe womlingisi uthi amadlozi akhe ayengowesizwe sakwa-Akuzai esigodini saseJusufzai Pashtuns avela eMalakand esigodini saseSwat eNyakatho Ntshonalanga Frontier Province eBritish India (manje eseKhyber Pakhtunkhwa, ePakistan).