Niazi
| Niazi or Niazai | |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity | Pashtuns |
| Location |  Afghanistan  Pakistan |
| Parent tribe | Lodi[1] |
| Language | Pashto, Seraiki, Hindko |
| Religion |  Islam |
Niazi (Niāzī; IPA: [niːˈɑːziː], Pashto: نيازي), Niazai or Niyazai is one of the largest Pashtun tribes which resides in Afghanistan and northwestern part of Pakistan.[2][3]
Notable people with the surname
[edit]- Abdul Manan Niazi, former Taliban commander
- Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi, Pakistani politician and religious figure
- Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, Pakistani army general and former Military Governor of East Pakistan
- Amir Abdullah Khan Rokhri, Pakistani politician and activist
- Amjad Khan Niazi, Pakistani admiral
- Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi, Pakistani folk singer and politician
- Fazal Niazai, Afghan cricketer
- Gholam Mohammad Niazi, Afghan politician and religious figure
- Ghulam Akbar Khan Niazi, Pakistani-born Saudi Arabian physician
- Ghulam Hazrat Niazi, Afghan footballer
- Gul Hameed Khan Rokhri, Pakistani politician
- Haibat Khan Niazi, senior military commander of Sher Shah Sur
- Humair Hayat Khan Rokhri, Pakistani politician
- Imran Ahsan Khan Nyazee, Pakistani academic and author
- Imran Khan, former prime minister of Pakistan.[2]
- Isa Khan Niazi, Afghan nobleman
- Karamat Rahman Niazi, Pakistani admiral
- Kausar Niazi, Pakistani politician and religious leader
- Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi, Pakistani cricketer
- Muhammad Ayaz Niazi, Afghan Islamic scholar, khatib, and imam
- Munir Niazi, Pakistani poet
- Naheed Niazi, Pakistani playback singer
- Niyazi (Niyazi Zulfugar oghlu Taghizade Hajibeyov), Soviet and Azerbaijani conductor and composer
- Amil Niazi, Canadian writer
- Saifora Niazi, member of parliament of Afghanistan
- Saifullah Niazi, Pakistani politician
- Salma Niazi, Afghan journalist
- Shadab Khan, Pakistani cricketer
- Sher Afgan Niazi, Pakistani politician (MNA) during Benazir and Musharaf eras
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Alikuzai, Hamed (10 September 2013). A Concise History of Afghanistan in 25 Volumes (The Niazi Tribe). Vol. 1. United States of America: Trafford Publishing. p. 342. ISBN 9781490714462.
- ^ a b Suleman Khanzada (31 August 2018). "Imran Khan or Imran Niazi?". Daily Times (newspaper). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ Saadia Sumbal (28 July 2021). Islam and Religious Change in Pakistan: Sufis and Ulema in 20th Century (Gazetteer of Mianwali District 1915, 24. Punjab). ISBN 9781000415049. Retrieved 16 December 2022.