Kheshgi

The Kheshgi or Kheshki is a Sarbani Pashtun tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

According to Pashtun genealogy, Qais Abdur Rashid, the father of the Pashtuns, begat Sarban, who begat Kharshbun, who begat Zamand tribe. Zamand had a number of sons, including Kheshgi, who is the founder of the eponymous tribe, another son, Muhammad, founded the Muhammadzai (Charsadda) of Charsadda. Their ancestral village is Kheshgi Payan on Nowshera-Charsadda Road, few kilometers north east of Nowshera in NWFP Pakistan.

Even in the 19th-century during the British administration of India, Kheshgi tribesmen were found in Kasur district scattered about the region and they call Kasuri Pathan. A more recent article also states that over the past few hundred years they have dispersed throughout South Asia, including the following places:

Several British accounts state that the Kheshgi residing in Kasur hold pigeons in high esteem, for according to some Muslims they are a "Sayyid among birds", and killing them is hence forbidden.

Arzani Kheshki was the great poet of Pushto history. He is the first ever poet in Pushto history having a Deewan of his own about Pushto poetry. Abdullah Khan Kheshki was also a famous Aalim and Mohaqqiq. Great sufi men includes Haji Gagan Shoryani Kheshki, Sheikh Wato Kheshki, Sheikh Ahmad Atozee Kheshki, Mian Channo Kheshki and Arzani Zerzee Kheshki. Sher Ali Khan ( A Great Pushtoo Poet) Dr. Maqsood ur Rehman Eshrat (Urdu Poet and Lecturer in Department of Pharmacy University of Malakand); Qamar-uz-Zaman Khan Pir Channo-zai Kheshgi (SP)

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