Khosa

Khosa

Infobox Ethnic group
group = Khoso, Khosa
کھوسگ


poptime = XXX,XXX
region1 = flag|Pakistan
region2 = flag|Iran
langs = Balochi, Sindhi, Siraiki, Punjabi
rels = Islam
related = Other Baloch tribes
The Khosa, Khoso, or Khosug (Balochi: کھوسگ, Sindhi:کھوسو, Urdu: کھوسھ ,کھوسو) are a Baloch tribe of Pakistan. According to Baloch epics, Khoso means brave or "The Warrior". Different books have written it differently but all agree that "Khoso" means "The Warrior". According to Baloch history, Khoso was the grandson of Hooth.

The Khoso is one of forty tribes of Baloch which have survived since the 11th century. According to Baloch historians, the tribes have merged into one another and only a few survived to live with their own identity. The Khoso tribe name is found in many poems (11th and 12th century) of Baloch epic.

Distribution

The tribe have settled in the Jafarabad and Naseerabad districts of Balochistan province. They have also settled in Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. The Khosa tribe is settled in the Dera Ghazi Khan district in Punjab and parts of Sindh, Jacobabad, Sukkur (Sindh), Shahdadkot, and Dadu. Zulfiqar Ali Khosa is the chief of the Khosa tribe. This tribe is also setteld in Iran, Balochistan, in Bao Dhashtyari, and in some places of Karachi, Malir District.

Main Clans

*Umranil
*Balailani
*Jiani
*Hamalani
*Jindani
*Sadkani
*Mamuli
*Sulemani
*Manjhani
*bakhrani
*jumazahe
*chhutani
* [kholal]

Important personalities

* Zulfiqar Ali Khosa(Sardar of Khosa tribe,former Governor of Punjab) belongs to Dera Ghazi Khan.
* Sardar Mir Nabi Baksh Khan Khalol Khosa.
* Mir Zahor Hussain Khosa (Former Speaker Balochistan )
* Mir Ismail Khan Khosa of district Jaffarabad.
* Mir Dariya Khan Khoso
* Sardar Mir Muqeem Khan Khoso(Former Sindh minister )
* Mir Dilumuard Khan Khoso ( freedom fighter 1857) was prisoned to indoman & nikobar island.
* Mir Hazzar Khan Khoso(Justice ( R) ex-Governor Balochistan)
* Mir Naseer Khan Khoso, ex-minister and elected MPA Sindh.
* Sardar Rohaul Khan Khoso ( a famous warrior of Talpur & Kalhoro war, many poets wrote about him, written in shahnama Sindh specially.
* Shahaeed Afzal Khan Khoso.(Ex-Senator)
* Mir Sohrab Khan Khoso.(Ex-Senator )
* Mir Yaqoob Khan Khoso.(Ex-MPA)
* Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa
* Abdul Qayyum Khosa(Journalist)
* Nasir Khosa (Chief Sec Baluchistan)
* Tariq Mehmood Khosa (IG Police)
* Sardar Saif Uddin Khosa (MNA)
* Sardar Amjad Farooq Khosa(MPA)
* Sardar Latif Khosa, (Khosa Law Chambers)
* Ayoob Khoso (TV star)
* Haji Akhtiyar Khan Khoso (Former Tehsil Nazim Deraallahyar)
* Sakhi Dur Muhammad Khan Khoso
* Haji Naseer Khan Khoso (Nazim Union Counsal Dirghi Balochistan)
* Majid Ahmed Khoso (Formar Assistant Incharge Behram Construction Company @Patfeeder Canal Project Rd-238 & Deraallahyar Hairdin Road Project Lcb-3)
* Nadir Hussain Khosa (DIG District Gwadar)
* Mir Hassan Khosa (MPA Sindh Assembly)
* Faqir dad Khoso ( Senoir Peoples party worker)
* Haji Abdul Ghani Khoso (Former Nazim UC-17 Sukkur)
* Wadera Ahmad Khosa (Head Of Khosa Tribe District Malir Karachi)

External links

*
* [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_28-11-2004_pg7_60 Daily Times:Muqeem Khoso quits PML]
* [http://www.Khosatribe.com/home/ Official Website of Khosa Tribe Worldwide]
* [http://www.Khoso.com/ Khoso Community , Forums ]
* Mir Hassan khoso (Biochemists, Qauid i Azam University Islamabad)

References

* "Baloch" By M.A. Marri
* "Few days in Punjab Mountains" by General Manroo


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