The Sanjrani ( bal, سنجرانی ) are a
Baloch tribe of
Rind origin settled in
Balochistan
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and
Sindh
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provinces of
Pakistan
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The Chief of Chagai title belongs to Sanjrani tribe based in Dalbandin. In the British colonial era, District Chagai was known as State of Chaghai. The present chief of Chagai and Sardar of Sanjrani tribe is Sardar Hakeem Ali Sanjrani.
Notable people
* Current Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan,
Sadiq Sanjrani
Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani ( ur, ; born 14 April 1978) is a Pakistani politician who is from Balochistan and is the 8th and current Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan. He took his oath of office as a Member and Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan o ...
* Former Minister and Ambassador to Kenya,
Abdul Qadir Sanjrani
Abdul Qadir Sanjrani ( Sindhi: عبدالقادر سنجراٹي) was a Pakistani politician from Shahpur Chakar, Sindh. He served as 5th Finance minister of Pakistan and Health minister of West Pakistan. He also served as Pakistani ambassador to ...
* Former Chief Secretary Sindh
Muhammad Aslam Sanjrani
See also
Sanjrani Chiefdom
Sanjrani, a significant Baloch chiefdom, the Sanjranis family who ruled Seistan with its capital at Chakansur in the early and late 19th century.
History
At the end of the 18th century, part of the Narui, belonging to the Baloch tribe, lef ...
References
Baloch tribes
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