Changezi is a Turkic-origin surname in Pakistan and India. It is the equivalent of Iranian and Afghan Changizi. This surname is taken from the name of Changez khan (Genghis Khan) and/or his military that came to the West and South Asia. It is common among Moghol, Mughal, Hazara, Aimaq, and some Turkic peoples within Central, South and West Asia in particular. ^[1]

Contents

• Notable people with this name
• See also
• References

Notable people with this name

• Asghar Ali Changezi, Pakistani boxer
• Ismail Changezi, Pakistani television actor.
• Yagana Changezi, pseudonym of Mirza Wajid Husain (1884–1956), Indian Urdu-language poet
• Younus Changezi (born 1944), Pakistani footballer and politician
• Naseem Mirza Changezi, ^[2] Indian freedom fighter, said to have lived to age 108
• Wajahat Mirza Changezi, Indian screenwriter and film director of the 1950s–60s
• Mohsin Changezi, Pakistani Urdu poet
• Mushtaque Changezi
• Sharbat Ali Changezi, Air Marshal (Retired) of Pakistan Air Force ^[1]
• Jan Ali Changezi, ^[3] former Minister for Education in the Balochistan provincial government belonging to Pakistan Peoples Party

See also

• Mirza
• Barlas
• Khan

References

Surname list

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