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Surname in Pakistan and India
Changezi is a
Turkic -origin surname in
Pakistan and
India . It is the equivalent of Iranian and Afghan
Changizi . This surname is taken from the name of
Changez khan (Genghis Khan) and/or his military that came to the
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
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 freedom fighter, said to have lived to age 108
Wajahat Mirza Changezi , Indian screenwriter and film director of the 1950s–60s
Mohsin Changezi , Pakistani Urdu poet
Mushtaque Changezi
Samad Ali Changezi , Pakistani
Flight Lieutenant
Sharbat Ali Changezi , Air Marshal (Retired) of
Pakistan Air Force
[1]
Jan Ali Changezi ,
[3] former Minister for Education in the Balochistan provincial government belonging to
Pakistan Peoples Party
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