Gardezi (surname)
(Redirected from Gardezi)
Gardezi (also spelled Gardezy or Gardizi) refers to someone whose origin can be traced back to the city of Gardez in Afghanistan.[1]
There have been a few known Gerdezi families from Gardez who migrated to different parts of Pakistan. Their descendants still carry the surname Gardezi. Gardezi community are traditionally the descendants . Mostly Gardezi are living in Azad Kashmir and Multan, Pakistan.[2]
Same as the ones who carry the surname "Bukhari". Bukhara today is in Uzbekistan.
People
[edit]- Abu Sa'id Gardezi, 11th century Persian historian
- Aziza Gardizi, Afghan politician
- Sameer Asad Gardezi (born 1983), Pakistani screenwriter
- Syed Hussain Jahania Gardezi, Pakistani politician
- Saadia Gardezi, Pakistani peace activist, artist and journalist
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Gardez, Afghanistan on GlobalSecurity.org website Retrieved 24 May 2022
- ^ Maneesha Tikekar (2004). Gardezi. Bibliophile South Asia. ISBN 9788185002347. Retrieved 24 May 2022 – via Across the Wagah: An Indian's Sojourn in Pakistan (page 253) via Google Books.
External links
[edit]
This page lists people with the surname Gardezi.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
 | This article about a Pakistani ethnicity is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |