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

Kheshgi
Muslim Imperial Dynasty
An ethnic Kasuri Pashtun of the Kheshgi Dynasty of Kasur
Current region	South Asia (mainly India and Pakistan)
Etymology	Kheshgi is derived from their ancestors' name, Kheshig, which in Mongolian means: "favored", "blessed", "glorified"
Place of origin	Keshik, Kerman Province, Mongol Empire
Founded	Early 1400s
Titles	Nawab of Kasur (1525) Nawab of Mamdot (1848) Family of Vice-Chancellors (1956) President of India (1967) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (1984)
Connected families	Muhammadzai family Afridi family Musharraf family
Traditions	Islam
Estate(s)	Khurja Kheshgi Payan Kasur Princely State of Mamdot

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.

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

References

1. Rose, Horace Arthur (2007). A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province. Sang-e-Meel Publications. ISBN 978-969-35-1911-2.
2. Low, D. A. (1991-06-18). Political Inheritance of Pakistan. Springer. ISBN 978-1-349-11556-3.
3. Rashid, Haroon (2002). History of the Pathans: The Sarabani Pathans. Haroon Rashid.
4. In the Line of Fire. Simon and Schuster. 4 September 2008. ISBN 9781847395962.
5. Joshi, Rita (1985). The Afghan Nobility and the Mughals. Vikas Publishing House. ISBN 9780706927528.

• Sarbani Pashtun tribes