Bizenjo Explained

Bizenjo (brh|بزنجو) is an ethnic Brahui tribe inhabiting Balochistan province in Pakistan.^{[1] [2]} The tribe belongs to the Jhalawani branch of the Brahui tribes.^[3] According to the official list by Mir Ahmad Yar, the last Khan of Kalat, Bizenjo was originally one of the Jatt tribes inhabiting the region; the others being Zehri and Mengal.^{[4] [5]} Though the Bizenjo in eastern Makran are Brahui by origin, they have been Baluchified in language and customs due to a prolonged residence in Makran.^[6]

People with the surname

• Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo
• Hasil Bizenjo
• Abdul Quddus Bizenjo

Notes and References

1. Book: Ethno-Political Conflict In Pakistan - The Baloch Movement. Rizwan Zeb (2019). 12 December 2019 . 9781000729924.
2. 30,000 Bizenjo Tribesmen join PPP (Pakistan Peoples' Party). Pakistan Affairs, Volumes 26-29. 1973 . Information Division, Embassy of Pakistan, 1973 via Indiana University Library (digitized in 2011).
3. Book: Scholz, Fred. Nomadism & colonialism : a hundred years of Baluchistan, 1872-1972. 2002. 1974. Karachi; Oxford; New York. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-579638-4. 28.
4. Table 13 in
5. Book: Baluch, Muhammad Sardar Khan . History of Baluch Race and Baluchistan . 1977 . Gosha-e-Adab : distributors Nisa Trader . 268 . en. ...Bizanjo, Mengal, Sajdi and Zehri as Jadgal or Jats....
6. Book: Pastner . Stephen . Conservatism and Change in a Desert Feudalism: The Case of Southern Baluchistan . The Nomadic Alternative . 15 June 2011 . 249 . 10.1515/9783110810233.247 . https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110810233.247 . De Gruyter Mouton . 978-90-279-7520-1 . en.