Langah (Pashtun tribe)

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Langah () is a clan of the Afghan tribe settled in Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. They are not a baloch tribe. They have no connection with the Rajasthani Langha community.

History and origin

The Langah claim to have been originally an Afghan tribe, who came to Multan from Sibi and laid siege to the city. The Langah tribe captured and reigned over the city of Multan for around 100 years. This a list of the Langah kings of Multan:

• Sultan Qutbudin 1445–1460
• Sultan Hussain 1460
• Sultan Firuzshah dates unknown
• Sultan Mahmud dates unknown
• Sultan Hussain 1518–1526

The dynasty was terminated with the capture of Multan, by the Mughal Emperor Babur, mainly because the tribe maintained an alliance with Ibrahim Lodi during the Battle of Panipat.

Other than the Afghan origin, which is the most common origin put forward by the Langah, there are other theories as to their origin. One makes them out to be a Balochi tribe. According to James Todd, the Langah are a nomadic clan migrated from Kurdistan.

Distribution

In Punjab, they are settled between Indus and Chenab rivers, and those in Multan and Dera Ghazi Khan occupying a solid block of villages in Shujabad tehsil.

They are settled in LangahwaliTaunsa Sharif, Sargodha,Pindadan Khan, Mandi Bahauddin, Naushahro Feroze, Nawabshah, Larkana, Khairpur, Dadu, Badin, Sukkur, Thatta, Kot Addu.Kamalia

See also

• Langahs
• Langah
• Arghun Dynasty

References

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