s. m. (M.), ) A tribe of agriculturists in the Multan and Muzaffargarh districts. They were originally Afghans who came to Multan from Siví and Ḍhaḍar for purposes of trade, and eventually settled at Raprí and the neighbourhood. In the confusion that followed the invasion of Tamerlane, Multan became independent of the throne of Delhi, and the inhabitants chose Sheikh Yúsaf Kureshí, head of the shrine of Sheikh Baha-ud-din, as governor. In 1445 A. D. Rai Sahra, chief of the Laṇgáhs, whose daughter had been married to Sheikh Yusaf, introduced an armed band of his tribesmen into the city by night, seized Sheikh Yusaf and sent him to Delhi, and proclaimed himself king with the little Sultan Kutab-ud-Din. The dynasty terminated with the capture of Multan, after a siege of more than a year, by Shah Hasan Aghún, Governor of Sindh in 1526. For ten days the city was given up to plunder and massacre, and most of the Laṇgáhs were slain. Sultan Husain was made prisoner and died shortly after. The Laṇgáh dynasty ruled Multan for eighty years, during which time the Belochis succeeded in establishing themselves along the Indus from Sitpur to Koṭ Karor. The Laṇgáhs of Multan and Muzaffargarh are now very insignificant cultivators.