Chandio is a Baloch

Baloch people

The Baloch or Baluch are an ethnic group that belong to the larger Iranian peoples. Baluch people mainly inhabit the Balochistan region and Sistan and Baluchestan Province in the southeast corner of the Iranian plateau in Western Asia....

 tribe in the Sindh

Sindh

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, Punjab

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 and Balochistan

Balochistan (Pakistan)

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 provinces of Pakistan

Pakistan

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The clans of Chandio, the Guramani, Husnani, Aajbani, Sakhani

Sakhani

Sakhani is a Baloch tribe and a clan of chandia in sindh province of Pakistan.Sakhani is most populous clan of chandio-sakhani was the elder son of chandio and who was commonlly was known as SAKH-Sakh was a faqir and saint;...

, Qambrani

Qambrani

Qambrani or Qambarani is a Baloch tribe in Sindh and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan.'qambrani are balouchs'The Qambrani are a clan of Chandio tribe. The clans of Chandio, like Husnani, Aajbani, Qambrani, Ghaibiani, Marfani, Choliyani, Bangulani, Misrani, Mirwani, Sakhani, Bhunda...

, Ghaibiani, Marfani, Choliyani, Bangulani, Misrani, Alhiyarzai, Mirwani, Bhundani, mirzani, Sumarani, are known in Sindh and in Punjab. In Rahim Yar Khan the following clans are especially common: Hydrani, Sahb Khanani, Laalwani, Paisani, and Mubarkani. The name "Chandio" is derived from a tribal elder named "Chand" as given to his descendents.

Location of Chandio

This was the first Baloch

Baloch people

The Baloch or Baluch are an ethnic group that belong to the larger Iranian peoples. Baluch people mainly inhabit the Balochistan region and Sistan and Baluchestan Province in the southeast corner of the Iranian plateau in Western Asia....

 tribe who had left the mountains of Balochistan, especially from Harboe (Kalat

Kalat

Kalat or Qalat is a historical town located in Kalat District, Balochistan, Pakistan. Kalat is the capital of Kalat District and is known locally as Kalat-i-Baloch and Kalat-i-Sewa....

) and Dhadar

Dhadar

Dhadar, also spelt Dadhar, is the capital of the Bolan District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. The town which also consists of one Union Council is the headquarters of the tehsil of the same name. It is located at 29°28'0"N 67°39'0"E and has an altitude of 132 metres ....

 (Bolan

Bolan

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), due to disappointment of a useless and Baloch genocide

Genocide

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 war between Rind and Lashari. This tribe settled in Kohe Suleman areas of D.G Khan. The chief of the tribe at that time (1600 AD), Sardar Harian Khan Baloch established a new village in the name of his younger son, Ahmed Khan Chandio and was commonly known as Kot Ahmed Khan. This village at present is known as Kotla Ahmed Khan near Dera Ghazi Khan

Dera Ghazi Khan

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, and the grave of this brave Sardar is in the boundary wall of Pir Shakhi Sarwar near D.G Khan. The group migrated from Dera Ghazi Khan to mountains of Khirther. That was the region where this family lived, called Chandka region, which is in the Qambar-Shahdadkot, Larkana

Larkana

Larkana or Larkano is the fourth largest city in the north-western part of Sindh Province, Pakistan, and is located within Larkana District.The old name of larkano is chandka which was changed in 1901. In August 2000 Larkana celebrated its hundred years of existence...

 and Dadu

Dadu District

Dadu is a district of Sindh Province, Pakistan.Dadu district was created in 1933 by the British Indian administration by merging Kotri and Kohistan tehsils from Karachi district and Mehar, Khairpur Nathan Shah, Dadu, Johi and Sehwan tehsils from Larkana district. The population of the district is...

 districts. The family later spread throughout the Sindh and Punjab region. The Chandio tribe is now spread out over Pakistan with a concentration in Sindh.
At tahsil Miro Khan distt: Qamber-Shahdadkot Village Sardar Bhanbho Khan Chandio is second oldest village of chandios this village areas are also called "Dhailaar".
Junganri is one of clans of the Chandio tribe.

Origin of Chandio

Chandio origin begins from Iran

Iran

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, then Balochistan, and now mostly populated in the Sindh province of Pakistan.

The origins of the Chandio tribe began with a man known as Aurdghani Kurd Baloch, who migrated from Kurdistan. He had 14 sons, including one named Chand. Chand had three sons, each of whom had his own children. One of the sons called his children Leghari, but the other two chose Chand's name for their children. These were the namesakes of the famous Chandio.

This was the first Baloch tribe who left the mountains of Balochistan especially from Harboe (Kalat) and Dhadar (Bolan) due to a Baloch genocide

Genocide

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 war between Rind

Rind

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 and Lashari

Lashari

Lashari is the name of a Baloch tribe in Pakistan and Iran. The Lasharis have migrated and settled in the United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, India, Indonesia, USA, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, England, and many other countries of the world...

. This tribe settled in Kohe Suleman areas of D.G Khan. The Grand son of Sardar Harian Khan who after completing education from Iraq accompanied and headed the tribe was Sardar Suleman Khan Chandio and famously being known as Sardar Sreman Khan Chandio who after the request of the Army Chief of Sindh Doulah Darya Khan Lashari migrated from Dera Ghazi Khan to mountains of Khirther. That region, where this family lived, was called the Chandka region, which is in the Qambar-Shahdadkot & Larkana and dadu districts. According to an old Balochi Rhyme, one brother of Chief Sardar Sareman Khan, namely Sardar Hamal Khan Chandio, resided in their oldest based village called Chandka, but nowadays known as Rojhan Mazari (old Chandka). The Last Sardar of old Chandka was Mir Maarak Khan Chandio (Mubarak Khan), lost from Chief Mazari Sardar Mir Shahali Khan, as unfortunately, Main Chandio's Comonders died in this war. The remaining Chandio tribe migrated, from their homeland, to the area of Bahawal pur State "Bhong" which also later became part of the Mazari state. Now this area was gifted to the Raees of Bhong's by the Mazari Chiefs. At that time, Sardar Mir Hyder Khan Chandio was Comonder of Chandio tribe. The Chandio tribe is now spread out over Pakistan, with a concentration in Sindh

Sindh

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Sir Nawab Ghaibi Khan Chandio was also awarded the title of Nawab

Nawab

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 by Britishers, in the late 19s, by Lord Mountbatten. The British government later "disabled" the status of the Chandka region.
Chandio's oldest base village is Ghaibi Dero.

Chandio in Balochistan

The majority

Majority

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 of Chandio are in District Sibi

Sibi

Sibi is a city of Balochistan province of Pakistan. The city is located at 29°33'0N 67°52'60E at an altitude of 130 metres and is headquarters of the district and tehsil of the same name.. According to the 2001 census of Pakistan the population of Sibi is 52,100...

, and the minority in Jaffar Abad, Usta Muhammad, Bolan

Bolan

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  Khuzdar karkh tehsil, Barkhan

Barkhan

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, Kohlu agency and Gawadar districts of Balochistan.

Population of Chandio

According to a survey of the Sindh Qaumi Welfare Association, the Chandio tribe has a population of over 6 million people, who live in various parts of the world. District Larkana

Larkana

Larkana or Larkano is the fourth largest city in the north-western part of Sindh Province, Pakistan, and is located within Larkana District.The old name of larkano is chandka which was changed in 1901. In August 2000 Larkana celebrated its hundred years of existence...

, District Qambar, Dadu District

Dadu District

Dadu is a district of Sindh Province, Pakistan.Dadu district was created in 1933 by the British Indian administration by merging Kotri and Kohistan tehsils from Karachi district and Mehar, Khairpur Nathan Shah, Dadu, Johi and Sehwan tehsils from Larkana district. The population of the district is...

, District Nawabshah

Nawabshah

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 Mirpurkhas Badin

Badin

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 Karachi

Karachi

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Shikarpur, Sukkur and District Khairpur are the most populous vicinities of Chandio in Sindh. The Chandio community is also settled in Seraiki belt of Punjab, Pakistan like Multan

Multan

Multan , is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province on the east bank of the Chenab River, more or less in the geographic centre of the country and about from Islamabad, from Lahore and from Karachi...

 and Muzaffargarh

Muzaffargarh

Muzaffargarh is a city in southwestern Punjab, Pakistan, located on the bank of the Chenab River. The Town of Muzaffargarh was founded in 1794 by the Governor of Mulran Nawab Muzaffar Khan.The Meaning of Muzaffargarh is "Fort of Muzaffar" because the old town lies inside the walls of a fort built...

 and District Layyah

Layyah

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 and District Bhakkar

Bhakkar

Bhakkar is the principal city of Bhakkar District, Punjab, Pakistan. It lies on the left bank of the Indus river. It has a population of almost 300,000 and was given status of district in 1981.-Administration:...

 and Tehsil Darya Khan

Darya khan

Darya Khan is a town of Bhakkar District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. The town is the headquarters of Darya Khan Tehsil. The town of Darya Khan is itself subdivided into two Union councils. During British rule the railway station at Darya Khan was built as part of the North-Western Railway...

 and in Balochistan, the Chandio tribe is settled in Sibi, Kohlu, Jaffarabad, Naseerabad, Kachhi and Tehsil Karkh District Khuzdar.

Janweri has been excluded as a sub-clan of Chandio, which established as a separate tribe.

Chandio tribe in Islamabad

According to social development societies of Sindh, there were over 10,000 Sindhis

Sindhi people

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 residing in Islamabad

Islamabad

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, as of 2008: Chandio tribe (700), Talpur

Talpur

Talpur ; is a Baloch tribe settled in Sindh. Talpurs settled in northern Sindh, spoke Sindhi language very soon their descendants and allies formed a confederacy against the Kalhora dynasty. Later, however, they enjoyed good relations with the Kalhoras and were invited by them to help organize...

 (300), Channer

Channer

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 (450-500), Memon, Soomro

Soomro

Soomro or Soomra is a Sindhi tribe in Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan, Pakistan.- History and origin :The Soomra Dynasty was established by the Soomro tribe of Sindh. The Soomra ruled Sindh from 750-1351. Following the 985 CE expulsion of the Qarmatian Muslim sect from Iraq and Egypt, the...

, Lashari, Hattar

Hattar

Hattar is one of the 44 union councils, administrative subdivions, of Haripur District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located south of the district capital, Haripur, at 33°51'1N 72°51'8E and borders Taxila Tehsil of Punjab province....

, Qazi, Khand

Khand

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, Junejo

Junejo

Junejo is the name of a Samma Sindhi Rajput tribe in Sindh and in some parts of India mostly in Rajasthan. Among the Sindhi Hindu community Juneja is a common surname and many Juneja people originally from Sindh migrated to India during the independence in 1947. Junejo are also known as Jam in...

, Narejo and other tribes of Sindh (8000-9000) residing in Islamabad. The majority of Chandio tribe (residing in Islamabad) belongs to village Late Nangar Khan Chandio, (Near Mithiani), Tehsil Moro, District Naushahro Feroze . Other Chandio of District Larkana, Qambar-Shadadkot, Tando Allahyar, Dadu, Sibi, Muzaffargarh also living is Islamabad.

Leadership of Chandio

Ghaibi Khan Chandio was the Chief of Chandio. In his life, he made Sultan Ahmed Chandio as the Chief Sardar of the Chandio tribe. Later on Sardar Shabir Ahmed Khan Chandio was the Chief of Chandios, after the death of his father. Presently, Nawab Sardar Ahmed Khan Chandio is the Chief of Chandio.
The 2nd leadership in Husnani Chandios is Sardar Ghul Muhammad khan Chandio. Later on his son Sardar Muhammad khizar Chandio is leader of husnani family

External links

• Gaibi Shabir Ahmed Chandio Foundation