Magsi

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The Magsi (Urdu: مگسی ) are a Baloch tribe of Balochistan and Sindh province of Pakistan. Most of the Magsi tribe is settled in Jhal Magsi District. The clans of Magsi tribe include: Admani, Bhutani,Bijarani, Dalkhani, Hesbani, Nindani, Rawtani, Sobhani, Sakhani, Salokhani and Shambani. They speak the Sindhi and Balochi languages.

A large number of Magsis are living in the Pakistani province of Punjab. Their communities can be found in the Districts of, Muzzaffar Garh, Layyah, Khanewal, Lodhran, Raheemyar khan and Multan.

[edit] Magsi Force

In 1988, President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq died in an air crash and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's daughter Benazir Bhutto was elected as Prime Minister. Benazir Bhutto's government decided to replace the Hur Force with a new force called Magsi Force, consisting of militants from the tribe of Mir Nadir Ali Magsi, a rival of Hurs. Benazir Bhutto encouraged and supported clash between forces and after bloody clashes the Hur Force was weakened substantially.

[edit] See also

• Hurs