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Khosa
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- For the South African language, see Xhosa
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The Khosa, Khoso, or Khosug (Balouchi: کھوسگ, Sindhi:کھوسو, Urdu: کھوسھ ,کھوسو) are a Baloch tribe of Pakistan. According to Baloch epics Khoso means brave or "The Warrior". Different books have written it differently but all agree that Khoso means "The Warrior". According to Baloch history, Khoso was the grand-son of Hooth and Hooth was the son of Rind.
The Khoso is one of forty tribes of Baloch which have survived since the 11th century. According to Baloch historians, the tribes have merged into one another and only few survived to live with there own identity. The Khoso tribe name is found in many poems (11th and 12th century) of Baloch epic.
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The tribe have settled in the Jafarabad and Nasirabad districts of Balochistan province. They have also settled in Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. The Khosa tribe is settled in the Dera Ghazi Khan district in Punjab and parts of Sindh,Jacobabad, Sukkur (Sindh), Shahdadkot, and Dadu. It has many clans named Balailani, Khalol, Jiani, Majhani,Chutani,Esani, Hamalani, Umrani, and others. Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa is the chief of the Khosa tribe.
- Zulfiqar Ali Khosa(Sardar of Khosa tribe) belongs to Dera Ghazi Khan.
- Late Nabi Baksh Khosa.
- Former Speaker Balochistan Mir Zahor Hussain Khosa (majhani)
- Late Mir Ismail Khan Khosa of district Jaffarabad.. Mir Mohd Ismail Khan Khoso was the Advisor to the last agent to Governor General in Balochistan.
- Mir Dariya Khan Khoso
- Former Sindh minister Sardar Mir Muqeem Khan Khoso
- Ghulam Nabi Khoso X- Pakistan Air Force Officer , Basically from TandoAllahyar
- Advocate Haji Khan Khoso Legal adviser, Basically from Tandoallahyar
- Sardar Bahadur Abdul Raheem Khoso
- Mir Dilumuard Khan Khoso ( freedom fighter 1857) was prisioned to indoman & nikobar island.
- Justice ( R) Mir Hazzar Khan Khoso, ex-Governor Balochistan.
- Mir Naseer Khan Khoso, ex-minister and elected MPA Sindh.
- Sardar Rohaul Khan Khoso ( a famous warrior of Talpur & Kalhoro war, many poets wrote about him, written in shahnama Sindh specially.
- Ex-Senator Shahaeed Afzal Khan Khoso.
- Ex-Senator Mir Sohrab Khan Khoso.
- Ex-MPA Mir Yaqoob Khan Khoso.
- [1](You are a Khosa in Dera Ghazi Khan in Punjab but a Khoso in Jacobabad in Sindh)
- Daily Times:Muqeem Khoso quits PML
Baloch By M.A. Marri
