Changezi is a Turkic-origin surname in Pakistan and India. It is the equivalent of Iranian and Afghan Changizi and comes from the name of Changez Khan (Genghis Khan) and/or his soldiers who came to West and South Asia. It is common among Moghol, Mughal, Hazara, Aimaq, and some Turkic peoples within Central, South and West Asia in particular.
Notable people with this name Asghar Ali Changezi, Pakistani boxer Ismail Changezi, Pakistani television actor. Yagana Changezi, pseudonym of Mirza Wajid Husain (1884–1956), Indian Urdu-language poet Younus Changezi (born 1944), Pakistani footballer and politician Naseem Mirza Changezi,Profile of Naseem Mirza Changezi on thedelhiwalla.com website Published 24 October 2016, Retrieved 17 December 2017 Indian independence activist Wajahat Mirza Changezi, Indian screenwriter and film director of the 1950s–60s Mohsin Changezi, Pakistani Urdu poet Mushtaque Changezi, Pakistani filmmaker Sharbat Ali Changezi, Pakistani generalHope fades away for Hazaras of Pakistan Dawn (newspaper), Published 29 June 2012, Retrieved 17 December 2017 Jan Ali Changezi,Profile of Jan Ali Changezi on Provincial Assembly of Balochistan website Retrieved 17 December 2017, Pakistani politician
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