Teri is Former Tehsil of Kohat now a village and Union Council in Karak District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
The town is close to the Toi and is well situated on a rising ground overlooking the surrounding country.
Teri is a large valley situated between Mirandaey (Mirandi) and Thuwaanraey (Sawani) Ghaar mountain range.
Here the last consonant 'l' changes to 'r' The first mentioning of the Khattak tribe in history is that they migrated from Shawal Mountain Range (now inhabited by Waziris).
Their chief, Malik Akor Khan first established himself at Karbogha, a village of Tall Tehsil, Hangu District, north-west of Teri.
Mughal Emperor, Akbar while on a visit to Peshawar made Malik Akor Khan a government servant and charged him with the responsibility of collecting tolls from the caravans on the crossing of the Indus at Attock.
Chiefs of Khattaks 1550 to 1956 To develop Teri and to bring it in the sight of the provincial and federal governments, he invited Lt. Gen. Fazl-e-Haq the governor of NWFP, for a partridge shoot at Teri to gain his approval for the metaled road from Banda Daud Shah to Gurguri, telephone exchange with multiple domestic connections, district hospital in Banda Daud Shah, inter-college in Banda Daud Shah, provision of clean drinking water tube wells, electrification at a mass scale to several villages around Teri in tehsil Banda Daud Shah such as Gurguri, Shagai, and Barbara villages, drainage system inside Teri and also the approval of mega-budget for the feasibility survey of Sharki Dam.
He achieved all the above goals with their completion during his tenure as Member Provincial Council Col (R) Nawabzada Barkat Khattak, another son of the family made his contribution while in service to improve electricity issues through WAPDA.