Khosa
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Languages | |
| Persian, Balochi, Sindhi, Siraiki, Punjabi | |
| Religion | |
| Islam, | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Baloch tribes |
Khoso, Khoso, or Khosug (Balochi: کھوسگ, Sindhi:کھوسو, Urdu: کھوسھ ,کھوسو, is a Baloch tribe of Pakistan. According to Baloch history, Khoso was the grandson of Hooth and Hooth was the younger brother of Rind. According to Baloch epics, Khoso means "brave" or "The Brave Warrior". The Khoso is one of forty tribes of Baloch that has survived since the 11th century A.D. According to Baloch historians, tribes have merged into one another and few survived with their own identity.
The Khoso tribe name is found in many Baloch epic poems of the 11th and 12th century.
Distribution
- Jafarabad District
- Dera Murad Jamali
- Dera Allah Yar,
- Sibi
- and other part of Makran division like in
- Turbat
- Gawadar
- Tump
- Mand
- Pishin
- Sulaiman Mountains (koh-e-suleman)
- Nasirabad
- Suhbat Pur
- Lasbela District
- Kazi Ahmed
- Nawabshah
- Jacobabad
- Hyderabad
- Karachi (Khoso Goth)
- Jamshoro
- Dadu
- Sukkur
- Shahdadkot
- Larkana
- Shikarpur
- Mehar
- Nawabshah
- kashmore
- Umerkot
- Tharparkar district
- Khairpur Nathan Shah,(Ladho Khan Gadhi)
- Dera Ghazi Khan, (Hometown)
- jhangail
- Khalol
- Zimkani
- Jamani
- Bazmaal khoso
- Wadani
- Sadiqani
- Bakhrani
- Sulemani
- Chuttani
- Balelani
- Rohlani
- Jadani
- Jiani
- Umrani
- Hamalani
- Hadwani
- Thora
- Gorawani
- Essani
- bandowani
- Punjani
- Jungwani
- Manjhani
- Merlani(Arifabad)
- Bahram zai(turbat)
- Balach zai(turbat)
Important Khosa personalities
- Sardar Muhammad Muqeem Khan Khoso, Chief Sardar Of Khoso Tribe, and Elected MPA Sindh
- Latif Khosa, Ex-governor of Punjab
- Dost Muhammad Khosa, Former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa, Former Governor of Punjab, belongs to Dera Ghazi Khan; also the tribal chief of the tribe.
- Mir Dariya Khan Khoso, A politician from Thul
- Mir Naseer Khan Khoso, Former MPA Sindh
- Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, Former Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Mir Izhar Hussain Khan Khosa Minister Of Balochistan
- Mir Bahadur Khan Khoso, Landlord in Thul
- Dil Murad Khan Khoso, Freedom Fighter against the British rule
- Khan Sahib Shahal Khan Khoso, politician Member of the West Pakistan Legislative Assembly
- Faiz Mohammad Khoso, Pakistani Diplomat; Former ambassador to Norway, Tanzania and Azerbaijan
- Mir Hassan khan khoso, Ex member provincial assembly Thul
- Mir Shafiq Ahmed khoso, Ex Sec Govt Of Sind, Politician Thul
- Mir Nabi Bux Khan Khoso, Ex- MNA Jaffarabad Nasirabad, Balochistan,
- Sikandar Khan Khoso, A poet, politician, a and well-known landowner
- Sajjad Hussain Khan Khosa,A veteran business man settled in dubai(UAE)
- Khadim Hussain Khan Khosa,Advocate High Court
External links
- Official website of Khosa Tribe Worldwide
- Khoso Community, Forums
- Khan Sahib Shahal Khan Khoso (Prominent people in Sindh)
- Kayam Khosa (World Citizen)
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