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The '''Leghari''' ([[Baluchi language|Baluchi]]: لغاری, {{lang-sd|لغاري}}, or '''Laghari''') are a [[Baloch people|Baloch]] tribe living in the [[Baluchistan (Pakistan)|Balochistan]], [[Sindh]] and [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]] provinces of Pakistan. The Leghari Baloch primarily speak the [[Seraiki language|Seraiki]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], and [[Balochi language]], and are largely Sunni Muslims.

==Subdivisions==
The Leghari are subdivided into the Alyani,Birmani,Ramdani,Hadyanii, Bughlani, Habtani, Hybat clans.<ref name="Bellew1973">{{cite book|author=Henry Walter Bellew|title=An inquiry into the ethnography of Afghanistan: (Um ein Verzeichnis d. Stammes- u. Clan-Namen sowie um eine Kt. verm. Nachdr. d. 1891 in Woking ersch. Ausg. Photomechan. Nachdr.)|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=rfOAAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=24 August 2012|year=1973|publisher=Akadem. Druck- u. Verlagsanst.|isbn=978-3-201-00808-2|page=109}}</ref>

==History=
 The Baloch do not have a documented history and as such the exact movement of the tribe is not known yet it is established that the tribe has had influence in past centuries in the Sibi, Barkhan and Loralai area of Balochistan . More than two centuries ago they conquered a large part of what is today Dera Ghazi Khan District and established themselves at Choti Zareen (Lower Choti). The Leghari Tumandars (or Sardars i.e. Tribal leaders) ruled a vast territory and collected tax from as far off as Barkhan in Balochistan. The [[Sardar]]s of the Leghari tribe are known to have joined the [[Amir]]s of [[Sindh]] and are known to have fought during the [[Battle of Miani]], particularly as artillerymen.
Tribe has three regions 
Afghanistan called logharis locally.
Sindh called as lagharis
Punjab called as legharis


==Notables ==
*[[Sardar Farooq Leghari]]
*[[Sardar Col.Rafique Leghari]]
*[[Sardar Shabir Leghari]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.legharis.com/ Legharis.com]

[[Category:Baloch tribes]]
[[Category:Sindhi tribes]]
[[Category:Saraiki tribes]]