Lanjwani

The Lanjwani or Langwani (Urdu: لنجوانی) is a Muslim Jat clan which is settled in the Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab provinces of Pakistan.[1][2]

Lanjwani history

Lanjwani is orignated from Lanjo Khan who was the name of their ancestor, after whom they are now called Lanjwani. Mir Lanjo Khan left five sons 1) Rais, 2) Kalo, 3) Yar Mohammed, 4) Yousif 5) Karim Ali. Their descendants now adopted the names Raisani, Kalozi, Yarozai, Yousifzai and Karamzai Lanjwani.

The Lanjwani people are scattered throughout Pakistan, especially in Punjab region - Dera Ghazi Khan, Layyah, Bhakkar, Rajanpur, Rahim Yar Khan. Sindh region - Jacobabad, Kashmore, Shikarpur, Larkana, Kamber Shahdad Kot, Karachi. Balochistan - Dera Bugti, Jafarabad, Nasirabad, and Sibi districts in Balochistan. The Lanjwani people also migrated to Africa. Nowadays, many Lanjwani people are living in Zimababwe, and they are called Langwani there.

Notes
  1. Ali., Ansari, Sadik Ali Sher (1901). A short sketch, historical and traditional, of the Musalman races found in Sind, Baluchistan and Afghanistan, their genealogical sub-division and septs, together with an ethnological and ethnographical account. Printed at the Commissioner's Press. pp. 77–113. OCLC 555353750.
  2. MEAD, MACGREGOR, P. J. AND G. LAIRD (1911). Census of India (VII ed.). Bombay: THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS. pp. 224–348.

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