Zehri (Brahui: زہری) is an ethnic Baloch tribe mainly found in Balochistan, Pakistan. According to the official list by Mir Ahmad Yar, the last Khan of Kalat, Zehri was originally one of the جات tribes inhabiting Balochistan. It belongs to the Jhalawani branch of the Brahui tribes.
Notable people
Notable people with the surname Zehri include the following politicians from Balochistan, Pakistan:
- Israr Ullah Zehri (born 1965)
- Mir Naimatullah Zehri, member-elect of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan
- Mir Ziaullah Zehri (born 1981), current Provincial Minister of the Balochistan for Forest and Wildlife
- Sanaullah Khan Zehri (born 1961), Chief Minister of Balochistan from 24 December 2015 to 9 December 2017
References
- Table 13 in Elfenbein (1989)
- Scholz, Fred (2002) . Nomadism & colonialism : a hundred years of Baluchistan, 1872-1972. Karachi; Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-19-579638-4.
- "Profile of Israr Ullah Zehri". Senate of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 13 July 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- Saleem Shahid (16 May 2013). "PML (N) names Zehri for Balochistan CM post". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- "Nawab Sanaullah Zehri quits PML-N accusing Nawaz Sharif of 'betrayal'". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
Bibliography
- Elfenbein, Josef (1989). "Brahui". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. IV/4: Bolbol I–Brick. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 433–443. ISBN 978-0-71009-127-7.
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