Kheshgi
Sarbani Pashtun tribe found in South Asia
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The Kheshgi or Khaishgi (Pashto: خیشکی) is a Pashtun tribe in South Asia, mainly in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India.[1][2][3]
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Current region
South Asia (mainly Pakistan, Afghanistan and India)EtymologyKheshgi is derived from their ancestors' name, Kheshig, which in Mongolian means: "favored", "blessed", "glorified"
Place of origin
Keshik, Kerman Province, Mongol EmpireFoundedEarly 1400s
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A member of Kheshgi tribe from Kasur, painted 1825. | |
Current region | South Asia (mainly Pakistan, Afghanistan and India) |
| Etymology | Kheshgi is derived from their ancestors' name, Kheshig, which in Mongolian means: "favored", "blessed", "glorified" |
Place of origin | Keshik, Kerman Province, Mongol Empire |
| Founded | Early 1400s |
| Titles | Nawab of Kasur (1525) Nawab of Mamdot (1848) |
Origins
Notable people
- Zakir Husain, third President of India
- Nawab Hussain Khan Kheshgi, founder of the city of Kasur (now in Pakistan)
- Waliullah Kheshgi, Pakistani diplomat
- Mahmood Hasan Khan, Indian member of parliament
- Ahmad Raza Khan Kasuri, lawyer, politician, founder of multinational law firm Kasuri PLLC
- Haji Bahadar Ali Abdullah Shah, Sufi saint
- Sahabzada Yaqub Ali Khan, Pakistani retired military general and diplomat
- General Rahmuddin Khan, retired four-star general of the Pakistan Army, former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, 7th Governor of Balochistan, 16th Governor of Sindh
- Nawab Muzaffar Khan Khaishgi, founder of Muzaffargarh, Governor of Multan
- Nawab Jamaluddin Khan Kheshgi, founder of Mamdot
- Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, former Pakistani Foreign Minister
- Fayaz Khan Kheshgi, Pakistani musician
- Nawab Muhammad Ahmed Khan Kasuri, former Nawab of Kasur
- Senain Kheshgi, film director, writer and producer
- Mohammad Iqbal Azizi, Afghan governor
- Nawab Sir Shahnawaz Khan Mamdot, politician, Punjabi landlord
- Asma Mamdot, Pakistani politician
- Mahmud Husain, Pakistani educationist, former Minister of Education, Minister of State for States and Frontier Regions, Deputy Minister of Defense, Foreign Affairs and Finance
- Masud Husain Khan, Indian linguist
- Salman Khurshid Alam, Indian politician
- Yousuf Hussain Khan, Indian historian, scholar, educationist, critic and author
- Nawab Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot, former chief minister of West Punjab and former governor of Sindh