Zagar Mengal
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Zagar is one of the two main branches of the Mengal
Mengal
Mengal is a Brahui / Baloch tribe in Balochistan, Pakistan- Demographics :The Mengal tribe is one of the largest Baloch tribe. Mengal people speak Brahui, a Dravidian language that has been heavily influenced by other Iranian languages spoken in the area, especially Balochi...

 tribe. Zagar Mengals inhabit the northwest and central parts of Balochistan
Balochistan (Pakistan)
Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of...

, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

—mainly Nushki
Nushki District
Nushki District is one of the districts of Balochistan province, Pakistan. The administration of the Nushki district was taken over from the Khan of Kalat by the Indian government in 1896, and was leased from him on a perpetual quit rent in 1899....

, Chagai
Chagai District
Chaghi/Chagai is the largest district of Pakistan and is located on the north west corner of Balochistan, Pakistan. It forms a triangular border with Afghanistan and Iran.Pakistan conducted a nuclear weapons test in 1998 at Ras Koh Hills Chagai District....

, and Kalat
Kalat District
Kalat or Qalat is a district in Balochistan, Pakistan. It is one of 26 in that province, and encompasses an area of 6,621 km². The population of the district is estimated to be over 400,000 in 2005. The district is governed from the city of Kalat....

,Helmand and Kandahar provinces of Afghanistan. There are two sub-clans of Zagar Mengal: Badin and Nozai.

Badin Zai

Badin Zai Mengals are further divided into the following sub-branches:
  • Ahmed Zai
  • Amir Zai
  • Baajay Zai
  • Ghaibadi
  • Paind Zai
  • Saifdini
  • Tarasi Zai
  • Tota Zai
  • Zakar Zai

Nozai

Nozai Mengals are divided into the following sub-branches:
  • Baran Zai
  • Dai Zai
  • Mandai Zai
  • Mehmood Zai
  • Muhammad Zai
  • ali zai
  • ramda zai

Notable people

  • Mir Gul Khan Nasir, poet, historian and politician
  • Amir-ul-Mulk Mengal
    Amir-ul-Mulk Mengal
    Justice Amir-ul-Mulk Mengal is a former Governor of Balochistan.He got his early education from Government High School Noshki. Later he did his M.A in Political Science from University of Karachi and L.L.B from Islamia Law College Karachi, in 1968. He joined as Advocate of Subordinate Courts in 1969...

    , former Governor and Chief Justice of Balochistan
  • Mir Lawang Khan
    Mir Lawang Khan
    Mir Lawang Khan was the second eldest son of Mir Habib Khan, a member of the famed PAINDZAI Family of the Zagr Mengal Tribe. Born in Killi Mengal Noshki, he was the elder brother of the National Awami Party leader and Balochi National Poet Mir Gul Khan Nasir and the First Commander of the...

    , politician and trible leader
  • Mir Nooruddin Mengal
    Mir Nooruddin Mengal
    Mir Noor-ud-din Mengal was a senior Baloch Politician who was active in Balochistan's political scene for nearly four decades, from 1970 to 2010. He belonged to the famed Zagar Mengal tribe and was the nephew of the Baloch National Poet Mir Gul Khan Nasir...

     was a prominent politician of Balochistan
    Balochistan
    Balochistan or Baluchistan is a region which covers parts of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. It can also refer to one of several modern and historical territories within that region:...

    . He was assassinated on 13th October 2010.
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