Changezi

Changezi also spelled as Changizi (Urdu: چنگیزی) is a surname in Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan. An Oxford University study on the “genetic legacy of Mongols” show people with this family name descend from Changez Khan (Genghis Khan) and/or his military that came to the Middle East and South Asia. It is common among Hazara, Aimaq, and the Mughal tribe within Central and South Asia and the Persian - Middle East in particular.^[1]

Notable people with this name[]

• Yagana Changezi (1884–1956), Indian Urdu poet.
• Younus Changezi (born 1944), Pakistani Politician and Footballer.
• Naseem Mirza Changezi^[2] Indian freedom fighter who is now 106 years old, had met revolutionary Indian freedom fighter Bhagat Singh in 1929 and fought against the British empire for Indian independence.
• Wajahat Mirza Changezi, was an Indian screenwriter and film director who penned the dialogues of some of the most successful films in India during the 1950s and 1960s, best known for Mughal-e-Azam (1960) and the Academy Award-nominee, Mother India (1957).
• Mohsin Changezi, Pakistani Urdu poet.
• Samad Ali Changezi was a Flight Lieutenant of Pakistan.
• 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.

See also[]

• Mirza
• Barlas
• Khan
• List of Hazara people
• Moghulistan

References[]

Surname list

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