Kheshgi

The Kheshgi or Kheshki is a Pashtun tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Location

Even in the 19th-century during the British administration of India, Kheshgi tribesmen were found in Kasur district scattered about the region and they call Kasuri Pathan. A more recent article also states that over the past few hundred years they have dispersed throughout South Asia, including the following places:[1]

  • Afghanistan: Darrah Ghorband, Ghorband District, Parwan Province.
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Dera Ismail Khan, Bannu, Lakki Marwat, Muhallah Kheshgi in Ghanta Ghar(Peshawar), Charsadda, Village Kheshgi itself in Nowshera and Hazarah.
  • Punjab Province: Kasur, Depalpur, Tanda, BahawalPur, Bahawalnagar, Multan.

Culture and Society

Several British accounts state that the Kheshgi residing in Kasur hold pigeons in high esteem, for according to some Muslims they are a "Sayyid among birds", and killing them is hence forbidden.[2][3]


Notable Kheshgis

• President Zakir Husain

• Sher Ali Khan

• Senain Kheshgi

References
  1. Kheshki, Anas Parvez. "Kheshki." Khyber.org. Accessed 12 Oct. 2010.
  2. Crooke, William. The Popular Religion and Folk-lore of Northern India, Vol. II. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1896. 246.
  3. Rose, H. A. A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province. New Delhi: Nirmal Publishers and Distributors, 1997. 142.
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