Bhurgari

Bhurgri or Bhurgari (Urdu: بھرگڑی‎) (Sindhi: ڀرڳڙئ) (Hindi: भुरग॒ड़ी) is a Baloch tribe found in Sindh and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan. The surname "Bhurgri" is derived from a place named Bhurgarh in Dera Ghazi Khan Punjab.^[1]

Bhurgri tribe can be traced from Choti Zareen the ancestral town of the Balochi Aliani clan, the well-known Leghari and other Balochi tribes are located in the Dera Ghazi Khan District of Southern Punjab, Pakistan.

The Talpur Mirs of Sindh migrated to Sindh from here also. They migrated to Sindh as mercenaries at the invitation of the Kalhora rulers. They were accompanied by many other Baloch clans like the Bhurgari's or Bhurgri's, Jatois, the changwanis, amdani, Birmani, lashari and Khosas and others.

Language

The tribe mostly speaks Seraiki, Sindhi, Punjabi and Balochi.

Distribution

The Bhurgri tribe is settled mainly in the Sindh, Southern Punjab and Balochistan provinces.

A segment of the Bhurgri tribe migrated to Sindh on the invitation of the Talpur rulers, they were accompanied mainly by Leghari and other Baloch tribes. The Bhurgri tribe in Sindh is mostly settled in Mirpurkhas, Hyderabad, Dadu, Nawabshah, Badin, and Larkana Districts, tribe in Punjab is mostly settled in Dera Gazi Khan District.

Notable Members

• Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri, Pioneers of Freedom in Pakisatn.^[2][3] and was close friend of Mohammad Ali Jinnah

Rais Ghulam Muhammad Bhurgri (1 878-1 924) born in village Dengan, Kot Ghulam Muhammad, District Tharparkar, now Mirpurkhas Sindh.In February 1920 he became President of All India Khilafat Conference. He championed the cause of separation of Sindh from Bombay Presidency with a view to safeguarding interests of Sindhi Muslims. He remained a dedicated member of the All India Muslim League all through his life and attended all its annual sessions. He was a Member, Reforms Committee (8th session, Bombay, December 1915-January 1916); Member of the Committee to discuss Congress -League Scheme (10th session - Calcutta, December, 1917- January 1918) and Member, Committee of Moplah Trouble (14th session, Ahmedabad, December, 1921). He was elected President, All India Muslim League, (15th session) at Lucknow in March–April, 1923. In his Presidential Address Mr. Bhurgri touched upon, among other things, Turkish and Khilafat question and the possibility of a league of Oriental Nations.Mr. Bhurgri was a Muslim League delegate, under the leadership of Quaid-e-Azam, to give evidence before the Selbourne Committee of British Parliament on India Bill.

He was interested in the overall awakening of Muslims. He started Sindhi weekly \'Al-Amin\' from Hyderabad which was edited by Shaikh Abdul Majeed Sindhi. Bhurgri was an accomplished lawyer and defended Sheikh Abdul Majeed Sindhi against Government prosecution under press laws. As President of \'Muhammedan Educational Conference\', Poona he tried to expand educational facilities among rural areas. He died on March 10, 1924 and was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard.^[4] In recognition of his services, the Sindh Government has changed the name of the town and Taluka of Jamesabad as \'Kot Ghulam Mohammad\^[5]

• Abdul-Majid Bhurgri, First person to develop Sindhi Computing Solution.^[6][7][8]
• Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri, Former Provincial Revenue Minister Sindh, EX- MPA, Writer, Senior Lawyer.^[9][10]
• Raees Khair Mohammad Khan Bhurgari, EX- MPA, Renown Land Lord in Sindh.^[11]
• Zahid Ali Bhurgri, EX- MPA, Sindh & Former Provincial Minister for Fisheries.^[12]
• Abdul Hamid Bhurgri, Additional Advocate General Sindh High Court, Chairman Law Colleges Shah Abdul Latif University and President District Bar Larkana.^[13]

Places Named After Members

• Kot Ghulam Muhammad named after Ghulam Muhammad Bhurgri.
• Bhurgri Station, situated in Village Ghulam Nabi Bhurgri, Shahdadkot, Qamber Shahdadkot District in Sindh.
• Masu Bhurgri

References

External links

• Bhurgri Website

• http://www.triposo.com/section/Bhurgari