Khosa

Khosa may refer to: The Khosa, Khoso, or Khosug (Balochi: کھوسگ, Sindhi:کھوسو, Urdu: کھوسھ ,کھوسو‎, are a Baloch tribe of Pakistan. According to Baloch history, Khoso was the grandson of Hooth and Hooth was the son of Rind. According to Balouch epics Khoso means brave or “The Warrior”. Different books write it differently but they all agree that Khoso means “The Warrior”. The Khoso are one of forty tribes of Balouch which have survived since the 11th century A.D. According to Balouch historians, tribes have merged into one another and only few survived to live with their own identity.

Khoso tribe name is found in many poems (11th and 12th century) of Balouch epic. They have settled in Balochistan District Jafarabad, Nasirabad, Sindh and the 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. Popular from amongst khoso are Sardar Zulfiqar Khosa (Ex-CM Punjab) Latif Khosa (Ex-CM Punjab) (Vice President PML(F) Mir Naseer Khan Khosa (Ex-Food Minister/MPA/MNA/CM advisor) Mir Hassan Khan Khosa (Ex-MPA/MNA)

People with the surname Khosa

• Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan since 31 December 2016
• Sardar Muhammad Muqeem Khan Khoso,former MNA in 1998
• Dost Muhammad Khosa (born 1973), former Muslim League politician, now Pakistan People's Party
• Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (1929–2021), Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan
• Zulfiqar Ali Khosa (born 1935), former Governor of Punjab and chief of khosa tribe
• Latif Khosa, Governor of Punjab

Places

• Khosa, Punjab, Pakistan
• Khosa, Shahkot, Punjab State, India

Other uses

• Khosa (tribe), a Baloch tribe

See also

• All pages with titles containing Khosa
• Khas people
• Khasas
• Kosa (disambiguation)
• Xhosa (disambiguation)