Lanjar clan

Lanjar^[1][2][3](Sindhi: لنجار ‎) is a Sindhi tribe settled in Sindh for over seven centuries, occupying a small part of Sindh. The majority of Lanjars is found in Sukkur taluka Pano Aqil, Nawabshah, Ranipur, village Manjhu, Khai Qaseem,Lakho Lanjari Ghotki, Lanjari Sharif, Shikarpur, and in various locations of Sindh. The population of Lanjars in Pakistan is around 30000-35000.

History

A famous saint of Manjhu called Makhdoom Sahirr Siwai^[4] (also known as Muhammad Saleh Lanjar) is buried in the cemetery of Manjhu village and his tomb is located there. Makhdoom Sahir Lanjar departed in the 15th century when Pathans attacked Sindh in the time when Samma Dynasty falls.

Notable people

• Makhdoom Sahir Lanjar. (Awliya' Allah)
• Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar^[5][6][7]<ref name=""Zia lanjar2">Zia Lanjar Video, Zia Lanjar during elections.</ref> (Lawmaker & Advocate)
• Muhammad Ashraf Lanjar^[8][9][10] (Civil Bureaucrat, Pakistan Railways)
• Jan Muhammad Lanjar^[11][12](Magistrate, Sindh High Court)

References

1. Mir Khuda Bakhsh Marri (1997). Searchlights on Baloches and Balochistan. Ferozsons, 1997. p. 227. ISBN 9789690013736.
2. SHEIKH SADIK ALÍ SHER ALÍ, ANSÀRI (1901). "The Sindhhi or aboriginal tribes". THE MUSALMAN RACES. THE COMMISSIONER’S PRESS. p. 69.
3. Sir Henry Miers Elliot (1966). The history of India, as told by its own historians: The Muhammadan period, Volume 1. AMS Press, 1966, Original from the University of Michigan. p. 338.
4. G. M. Syed. "Shah Latif and His Family Tree". Shah Latif and His Message. p. 6.
5. "Tax free Rs 4.2b Nawabshah budget announced". Pakistan Observer. 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
6. "President felicitates PPP-backed panel for winning Shaheed Benazirabad District Bar elections". Associated Press of Pakistan. 2011-01-24. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
7. Election commission Pakistan, Zia ul hassan Lanjar, Independent candidate.
8. National school of public policy, 58. Muhammad Ashraf Lanjar.
9. List of Commissioned officers of Sindh, 212. Ashraf Lanjar.
10. "Derailment not caused by subversion — Minister orders inquiry". Dawn News. 2004-05-07. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
11. High court of Sindh, Karachi, seniority list of district and session judges,57. Jan Muhammad Lanjar.
12. "Accused acquitted in explosives case for lack of evidence". One Pakistan News. 2009-09-19. Retrieved 2011-07-08.