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This is a sub-clan of [[Rind]] and are descendant of Mir Chakar Khan Rind and named after his grandson Mir Khushal Khan. Due to vast migration of [[Rind]] tribe from [[Baluchistan]] to [[Punjab]] this tribe also left their homeland and migrated to various parts of Pakistan |
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Revision as of 12:43, 3 February 2011
The Khushk, Khushak, Khushik, Khushuk, Kushk or Kushuk is a Baloch tribe a sub-clan of Rind mostly speak Seraiki and Balochi and a small number of this tribe even speak Sindhi.
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History
This is a sub-clan of Rind and are descendant of Mir Chakar Khan Rind and named after his grandson Mir Khushal Khan. Due to vast migration of Rind tribe from Baluchistan to Punjab this tribe also left their homeland and migrated to various parts of Pakistan
Distribution
They are located in Baluchistan, Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan.
Mostly the people of this tribe are settled in various districts of Sindh i.e. Kandiaro, Thatta, Dadu, Karachi, Ghotki and Hyderabad.
In Baluchistan they are found in Sibi, Usta Muhammad, Turbat, Naseerabad and Jhal Magsi.
They are also located in southern districts of Punjab i.e. Rahimyar Khan, Muzaffarghar and Khanpur.
References
- A Short Sketch, Historical and Traditional of the Musalman Races found in Sind, Balochistan and Afghanistan their Genealogical Sub-division and Septs, together with an Ethnological and Ethnographical Account by Sheikh Ansari
- Searchlights on Baloches and Balochistan by Mir Khuda Bakhsh Marri
- Note on the Baloch and Birahoi Tribes by S. Sadik Ali
- Census of India 1911, Volume 7, Part 1