Niazi


Niazi, Niazai or Niyazai is one of the largest Pashtun tribes which resides in Afghanistan and northwestern part of Pakistan.

Origin

The earliest work which provides the details about origin of Niazis is Makhzani-i-Afghani, written by Naimatullah under the patronage of Khan Jahan Lodi, an Afghan noble of Mughal emperor Jahangir. Makhzan-i Afghani gives the genealogy of Niazi tribe as:

Notable people with the surname