Changezi
Changezi is a Persian origin surname in Pakistan and India. It is the equivalent of Iranian and Afghan Changizi and comes from the name of Changez Khan (Genghis Khan) and/or his soldiers who came to West and South Asia. It is common among Moghol, Mughal, Hazara, Aimaq, and some Turkic peoples within Central, South and West Asia in particular.[1]
Notable people with this name
[edit]- Asghar Ali Changezi, Pakistani boxer
- Ismail Changezi, Pakistani television actor.
- Yagana Changezi, pseudonym of Mirza Wajid Husain (1884–1956), Indian Urdu-language poet
- Younus Changezi (born 1944), Pakistani footballer and politician
- Naseem Mirza Changezi,[2] Indian independence activist
- Wajahat Mirza Changezi, Indian screenwriter and film director of the 1950s–60s
- Mohsin Changezi, Pakistani Urdu poet
- Mushtaque Changezi, Pakistani filmmaker
- Sharbat Ali Changezi, Pakistani general[1]
- Jan Ali Changezi,[3], Pakistani politician
References
[edit]- 1 2 Hope fades away for Hazaras of Pakistan Dawn (newspaper), Published 29 June 2012, Retrieved 17 December 2017
- ↑ Profile of Naseem Mirza Changezi on thedelhiwalla.com website Published 24 October 2016, Retrieved 17 December 2017
- ↑ Profile of Jan Ali Changezi on Provincial Assembly of Balochistan website Archived 26 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 17 December 2017
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