Mengal

Mengal (Balochi: مینگل) are a Brahui speaking clan in Balochistan, Pakistan.^[1] Mengal was originally one of the four Jat (Jadgal) tribes inhabiting Balochistan; the other three being Zehri, Bizenjo and Sajdi.^[2][3]

Prominent people

• Sardar Attaullah Mengal was the head (sardar) of Shahizai Mengal tribe. He was a former Chief Minister of Balochistan.
• Sardar Akhtar Mengal is the current head (sardar) of Shahizai Mengal tribe. He was also a Chief Minister of Balochistan. He is also the head of Balochistan National Party (Mengal)^[4]
• Mir Amir-ul-Mulk Mengal was Governor and Chief Justice of Balochistan.^[5] He was also the recipient of Hilal-e-Imtiaz award on 23 March 2008 by the Government of Pakistan
• Mir Nooruddin Mengal was a prominent politician of Balochistan. He was assassinated on 13 October 2010.^[5]

References

1. Nahyan, Mansoor Bin Tahnoon Al; Hussain, Jamal; Ghafoor, Asad ul (9 May 2019). Tribes of Pakistan. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5275-3439-1.
2. Baluch, Muhammad Sardar Khan (1977). History of Baluch Race and Baluchistan. Gosha-e-Adab : distributers Nisa Trader. p. 268. ...Bizanjo, Mengal, Sajdi and Zehri as Jadgal or Jats...
3. "The Brahuis are not Brahuis". Araingang.
4. . Provincial Assembly of Balochistan website. Archived from the original on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
5. Shezad Baloch. Senior Balochistan National Party leader shot dead The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 14 October 2010, Retrieved 5 July 2023