CHANDIA tribe played a very significant role in the history of Sindh. They were famous for their gallantry, courage and swordsmanship, and popularly known as the warrior tribe.
They always protected western Sindh from invaders and held very important positions in various dynasties. They also had their own standing army, which, in the time of crisis, fought side-by-side with the army of the ruling class against the invaders. They also established their independent territory called Chandko, which ran parallel with Khirthar up to Sehwan extending even into Khanote in Dadu district, in the west. And in the east it included four talukas of Larkana, where they were predominantly concentrated and still hold major portions of the each taluka.
Some six kilometres south of Miro Khan is the small village of Rais Bambho Khan, which boasts of five historical tombs built in the early eighteenth century. Buried there are Ghazi Khan Husnani, Misree Khan Husnani, Mir Muhammad Husnani, Lashkari Khan Husnani, Lahno Khan Husnani and Tharo Khan Husnani of whom, sprang Manani, Misrani Lashkrani and Tharani sub-clans respectively.
The tomb of Ghazi Khan is in a shambles. Much of its plaster has peeled off. It faces the eastern direction and is crowned with a hemispherical dome. Rasheed Ahmed Husnani, a dedicated primary school teacher and diligent social worker in the village, says that the tomb has been badly damaged due to the vagaries of weather and a lack of proper maintenance by their descendants. Furthermore, it is a victim of encroachment wrought by the local people that they have started to till the land near the structure.
To the south of the tomb of Ghazi Khan is a tomb of Misree Khan who was an ancestor of Misrani. His tomb is in a very bad condition and is the abode of shepherds who have played havoc with structure by taking away some of the bricks. Close by the tomb of the Misree Khan is the tomb of Mir Mohammad alias Mahno. Mir Mohammad Khan was an ancestor of the Manani clan who are living in the both Rais Bambho Khan village in Miro Khan and Aitbar Khan Chandio village in Shadadkot. The tomb of Mir Mohammad is in a good state of preservation than that of Ghazi Khan and Misree Khan. The tomb contains four graves including that of Mir Mohammad. The other three graves are not identified since none of it bears an epigraph. The tomb is entirely decorated with paintings and separate panels are created to paint folk scene of every day lives.
On one of the panels, some women are depicted fetching water with jars over their heads. On another panel, some women are appeared to be engaged in household chores, among these, two women were sitting on a cot and having discussions and nearby two other women seemed busy in cooking and brooming respectively.
Still another panel has two men hunting deer and playing a flute before buffaloes respectively.
Adjacent to the tomb of the Mir Mohammad Khan lies the tomb of Lashkari Khan which contains of two graves. These two are almost levelled to ground. Next to him is tomb of the Tharo Khan the ancestor of the Tharani a sub-section of Husnani tribe. The tomb also contains the grave of Lahno Khan, a chief of the Husnani tribe.
Apart from the tombs at Rais Bambho Khan village, there lies other graveyard of Husnanis three kilometres east of Shahdadkot near the village of Darya Khan Mastoi. There exists two tombs belonging each to Rais Aitbar Khan and Mohammad Khan supposed to have been built in the early nineteenth century. The tomb of the Aitbar Khan has four graves. It is a massive building on a squarish plane and is adorned with paintings. Next to him is the tomb of Mohammad Khan. It is a small but imposing building containing three graves, all of which are cracked. It bears some fine paintings from inside.
At a walking distance from Husnani tombs, there lies a well-preserved and huge mausoleum of Darya Khan Mastoi who was a chief of the Mastoi tribe. The descendants of Darya Khan still live in the nearby village of the same name, and carry out repairs to this massive structure from time to time, while the tombs of Husnanis are victims of neglect.
CHANDIA tribe played a very significant role in the history of Sindh. They were famous for their gallantry, courage and swordsmanship, and popularly known as the warrior tribe.
