Kheshgi

The Kheshgi or Khaishgi (Pashto: خیشکی) is a prominent Sarbani Pashtun tribe and Imperial dynasty in South Asia, mainly in India and Pakistan.

Origins
The Kheshgi are believed to be descendants of the Kheshig, the Mongol imperial guards who originated in the surrounding areas of Zamand and Keshik in Iran.

Administration
The Kheshgi tribe is divided into the following sub-tribes:


 * Umerzai
 * Utmanzai
 * Ismail

Notable Kheshgis

 * 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
 * General Imran Ullah Khan, retired three-star general of the Pakistan Army, 13th Governor of Balochistan
 * 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
 * Major General Akbar Khan, highly decorated officer of the British Indian Army, two-star general of the Pakistan Army
 * 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
 * Nawab Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot, former Chief Minister of West Punjab and former Governor of Sindh