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Major Muslim Rajput clans

UP: Malkhana (Gaud and Jayaswal)



Haryana: Mev (Laldasi, Khanzade), Toor/Tanwar/Tomar

Punjab: Naru, Bhatti, Manj, Punwar, Chauhan, Minhas, Tiwana, Noon, Noor, Joiya,
Gheba, Jodhra, Janjua, Sial,
Chadhar, Wattu, Khokhar, Gehlot, Kasvaal, Ranial, Kerala, Dhamial.

Rajasthan: Quayam Khani (Chauhan), Lalkhani.

Gujarat: Mole Islam (Girasia)

Sindh: Mahar/Maher (Surajvanshi), Bhutto, Deshwali (Agnivanshi), Sama (Bhati), Sodha
(Parmar), Tonwar
(Bhaiya, Tannu), Sattar (Rathore) etc.

Azad Kashmir: Jarral, Kalyaal, Khakha, Chibh.

NWFP: Tanoli

The Mughal princes had some maternal Rajput blood. Both Jahangir, Shahjahan and Bahadur
Shah Zafar had Rajput mothers.

Historical

Muhammad Ali Jinnah - Founder of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Fatima Jinnah - Sister of Jinnah and "Mother of Pakistan

Nawab Qaim Khan - Ameer of the Delhi Sultanate and The Chief of Qaimkhani tribe.

Malik Feroz Khan Noon - Former Prime Minister of Pakistan

Chaudhry Aurangzeb Khan - famous Minhas Rajput during the British era.

Rai Bhoe Bhatti - Founder of Nankana Sahib).

Rai Bular Bhatti - Land lord of over 100,000 acres (400 km2) in modern day

Chaudhry Chaku Khan - founder of Chakwal and the chief of Mair Minhas tribe

Raja Muhammed Sarfraz Khan - politician and a member of Pakistan Movement.

Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan Khokhar - one of Pakistan's first Federal Ministers.

Raja Habib ur Rahman Khan - Freedom fighter with Indian National Army, Fateh-e-
Bhimber (Liberator of
Bhimber) Azad Kashmir.

Muhammed Akbar Khan - The first Muslim to become a General in British Indian Army.

Iftikhar Khan - the first local Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Army

Rai Rehamat Khan Bhatti, descendant of Rai Bular, and one of the largest landholders.

Rai Hussain Khan Bhatti, one of the largest landholdholders in Punjab.

Malik Umar Hayat Khan, one of the largest landholders in the Punjab

Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana, Prime Minister of the Punjab province, 194247.

Sardar Fateh Muhammad Khan Karelvi, fought against the Dogra army

Raja Sakhi Daler Khan, fought against the Dogra army

Shibli Nomani, Indian scholar on Islam

Shah Nawaz Khan, fought in the Indian National Army against the British in World War II

General Fateh Naseeb Khan - Chief General of Alwar Army Rajasthan

Pakistani politicians

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, President of Pakistan, 1971 - 1973. Prime Minister of Pakistan, 1973 -
1977. Founder of
the Pakistan Peoples Party

Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan, 1988 1990, and 1993 1996. First Muslim
female Head of state

Muhammad Khan Junejo- Former Prime Minister of Pakistan

Ahsan Iqbal[Sulehria]-Former minister of Education, Current Member of the national
assembly

Manzoor Wattoo- Former Chief Minister of Punjab

Rana Muhammad Akram Khan Chairman Punjab Bar Council from (201011)

Mian Mumtaz Daultana - Former Chief Minister of Punjab

Allah Bux Soomro - Former Chief Minister of Sindh

Arbab Raheem - Former Chief Minister of Sindh

Raja Saroop Khan - Former Governor of Punjab

Tikka Khan - Former Governor of Punjab

Elahi Bux Soomro Speaker National Assembly Pakistan

Muhammad Mian Soomro Chairman Senate of Pakistan

Raja Mummtaz Hussain Rathore Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir (AJK)

Raja Muhammad Zulqarnain Khan President of AJK

Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan- Former Prime Minister and President of AJK

Farzana Raja- The Secretary of Punjab Pakistan Peoples Party

Raja Pervaiz Ashraf- Minister for Water and Power of Pakistan.

Rana Tanveer Hussain- Former Minister of Defence Production

Rana Mohammad Hanif Khan- Finance Minister of Pakistan

Rao Sikandar Iqbal- Defence Minister of Pakistan

Iqbal Tikka- Former Minister for Food & Agriculture Punjab

Malik Sultan Ali Khan Noon- chief of the Noon family

Malik Anwer Ali Noon- Prominent politician

Malik Amjad Ali Noon- Chairman Prime Minister Inspection Commission of Pakistan

Rahim Bux Soomro Minister Sindh

Nisar Ali Khan - Current opposition leader in the National Assembly

Amir Gulistan Janjua - former governor of the North-West Frontier Province

Riaz Khokhar - former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan

Raja Anwar - Former minister, journalist and writer

Raja Nadir Pervez - Politician, former federal minister and former Army officer

M. Nawaz Khokhar - Ex deputy speaker of the National Assembly

Rana Phool Muhammad Khan -MPA from Bhai Pheru (Phool Nagar)

Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan- Speaker Punjab Assembly -2008

Tehmina Janjua - currently Deputy Permanent Representative in United Nations.

Tehmina Daultana - Minister for Science and Technology of Pakistan

Nawab Sir Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana (Prime Minister of the Punjab 1940's)

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (President/Prime Minister of Pakistan)

Mohammad Khan Junejo (Prime Minister of Pakistan)

Mian Mumtaz Daulatana (Chief Minister of the Punjab)

Abdul Sattar Laleka (Federal Minister)

Sadique Khan Kanju (Federal Minister)

Ghaus Bux Khan Mahar (Federal Minister)

Mian Manzoor Ahmad Watu (Former Chief Minister Punjab)

Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan Kokhar (Federal Minister)

Raja Muhammed Sarfraz Khan Minhas, Pakistan Movement, MLA Chakwal 1929-1958

Rana Phool Khan (Provincial Minister)

Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan - Speaker Punjab Assembly

Rana Muhammad Usman Ali President Of People Student Federation Of Govt. Degree
College More Khunda

Rana Muhammad Ahsan Khan Senior Vice President Of PMLN Youth wing, President Of
All Rajput Youth wing
Of International

Ayub Khan Tanoli (Pakistan Provincial Minister)

Jam Sadiq Ali Junejo (Chief Minister of the Sindh)

Contemporary

Benazir Bhutto (twice Prime Minister of Pakistan)

Mian Manzoor Ahmad Watu (Chief Minister of the Punjab)

Raja Zafar ul Haq Janjua (Chairman of Muslim League-Federal Minister)

Sardar Tufial Ahmed Khan Meo (Member National Assembly Pakistan)

Khalid Ahmad Khan Kharral (Federal Minister)

Sardar Ali Muhammad Khan Mahar (Chief Minister of Sindh)

Raja Lal Khan Janjua (Federal Minister)

Sardar Ghulam Muhammad Khan Mahar (Federal Minister)

Raja Nadir Pervez, Sitara-e-Jurat {Federal Minister)

Raja Lehrasab Khan Janjua (Federal Minister)

Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Alpial Manj (Federal Mininster)

Sardar Hanif Ahmed Khan Meo (Member National Assembly)

Raja Parvez Ashraf of Gujar Khan PPP (Member of National Assembly)

Ch. Zaheerudin Khan (Provincial Minister Punjab)

Raja Tariq Khan Janjua - District Nazim Qadian, Gujar Khan

Sardar Ghulam Abbass Khan Minhas (Provincial Minister Punjab) District Nazim
Chakwal

Rana Aftab Ahmad Khan PPP (Leader Of the Opposition, Punjab)

Mian Muhammad Latif Panwar Rajput (Member of Provincial Assembly of Punjab,
Bhawalpur)

Rana Muhammad Usman Ali President Of People Student Federation Of Govt. Degree
College More Khunda

Rana Muhammad Ahsan Khan Senior Vice President Of PMLN Youth wing, President Of
All Rajput Youth wing
Of International

Army
General Muhammed Akbar Khan (P.A.1), First Muslim General of British Army & later
Pakistan Army

General Muhammed Iftikhar Khan (Minhas) (Died in Air crash 1949)

General Asif Nawaz Janjua - Chief of Staff Pakistan Army.

General Muhammed Anwar Khan (Minhas)(First Engineer in Chief of Pakistan Army)

General Tikka Khan Janjua - Chief of Staff Pakistan Army.

General Muhammad Yusaf Khan Kaimkhani, former Vice Chief Of Army Staff of the
Pakistan Army

General Iftikhar Janjua - Died on the frontline and honoured as a National Hero.

Lieutenant General (retd.) Mohammad Tariq

Brigadier (retd) Amir Gulistan Janjua and also Governor (retd) of NWFP

General Iftikhar Ali Khan (Manj, Alpial)

Lieutenant General Afzal Janjua

Lieutenant General Afzal Muzaffar

General Afzal Janjua

General Tariq Pervaiz Khan

Lt Gen Raja Saroop Khan former Governor of Punjab

Maj Gen Shah Nawaz Khan Janjua, Indian freedom fighter with the Indian National Army

Maj Gen Raja Sakhi Daler Khan Kashmiri freedom fighter with the Indian National Army

Maj Gen Rao Farman Ali, former Adviser to the Government of East Pakistan during 1971

Maj Gen Iftikhar Janjua, the most senior Pakistani officer to have been killed in battle
during 1971

Brig Raja Habib ur Rahman Khan Freedom fighter with Indian National Army, Fateh-e-
Bhimber (Liberator of
Bhimber) Azad Kashmir

Brig Amir Gulistan Janjua, former Governor of the North-West Frontier Province

Lieutenant General (retd) Rao Farman Ali Khan

General Ahsan Saleem Hyat (Vice Chief of Army Staff)

Brigadier Nisar Mahar

Brigadier Raja Fiaz Ahmad Janjua

Air Force
Air Chief Marshal Kalim Saadat
Air Vice Marshal Raja Aftab Iqbal
Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, current Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air
Force
Nishan-e-Haider

Raja Muhammed Sarwar

Major Raja Aziz Bhatti

Pilot Office Rashid Minhas

Major Shabir Shareef

Sawar Muhammad Hussain Janjua

Victoria Cross
Subaidar Khudadad Khan Minhas
Hilal-e-Kashmir

Saif Ali Janjua
Civil
Sir Shahnawaz Khan Bhutto, Sindh

Khan Bahadur Raja Faqir Ullah Khan Jarral

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