Zardari family

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Zardari family
زرداري خاندان‎ (Balochi)
زرداری خاندان (Urdu)
Arrow PPP symbol.png
Electoral symbol of the Zardari–Bhutto-led PPP
Current region Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Current head Asif Ali Zardari
Members Hakim Ali Zardari
Bilawal Zardari
Azra Pechuho
Faryal Talpur
Bakhtawar Zardari
Aseefa Zardari
Connected families Bhutto family
Traditions Sunni Muslim

The Zardari family [a] is a Pakistani political family of Baloch background which holds chieftaincy of the Zardari tribe. One of the several Baloch tribes in Sindh, the family is of Rind origin and owns thousands of acres of land in Shaheed Benazirabad District. [1] [2]

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History

The Zardari family has its origin as one of the several Baloch tribes in the Derajat region that migrated to various regions of Sindh during the time of the Kalhora dynasty. [3] The family is said to be named after Sardar Khan, a tribesman of the Rind clan of Balochis, who was renamed 'Zardar Khan' by Mian Nasir Muhammad Kalhoro. [3] Zardar was born in 1640 and died in Khudabad in 1715 and was buried at the Garhi town in Dadu. [3] The town was later destroyed in 1780 by the Mughal army. [3]

Zardar Khan had several sons, including Marko Khan. The latter had a son named Mir Khan whose son Bilawal Faqir was said to be a pious Sunni Muslim who died while fighting against the invading Iranian army of Nadir Shah. [3] Faqir's Sufi shrine is located at Baloo Ja Quba near Nawabshah. After his death, most of the Zardaris migrated to what is now known as Fatohal Zardari. [3] Bilawal Faqir's son Sardar Khan and grandson Dilawar Khan Zardari also died while fighting on the battlefield. [3] Dilawar Khan had a son named Murad Khan Zardari who had a son named Allah Bakhsh Zardari. The latter was the father of Sajawal Khan Zardari, father of Muhammad Hussain Zardari, father of Hakim Ali Zardari. [4] Hakim was the father of Asif Ali Zardari, the current president of Pakistan and chieftain of the Zardari clan. [4] Asif Ali Zardari is also the father of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, son of Benazir Bhutto, [5] Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari [5] and Aseefa Bhutto Zardari. [5] Hakim also had two daughters Azra Pechuho, [6] and Faryal Talpur who is wife of Mir Munawar Ali Talpur. [7]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Balochi: زرداري خاندان‎; Urdu: زرداری خاندان

References

  1. ↑ Tunio, Hafeez (2014-12-30). "Dastar bandi: Zardari takes over as chief of his own tribe". The Express Tribune . Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  2. ↑ Popalzai, Shaheryar (2012-02-12). "Zardaris are a Baloch tribe, historian reminds, much to audience's amusement". The Express Tribune . Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Zardari, Muhammad Laiq (1996). "Bilawal Faqeer to Bilawal Zardari (A brief history of the Zardari tribe)" (PDF). Pakistan Journal of History & Culture.
  4. 1 2 "Hakim Zardari is dead". Dawn . 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  5. 1 2 3 Raza, Syed Irfan (2022-04-28). "Bilawal becomes Pakistan's youngest foreign minister". Dawn . Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  6. ↑ "A glance at Sindh's female election hopefuls". Dawn . 2013-05-07. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  7. ↑ "Faryal Talpur". Dawn . 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
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