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9 unusual facts about Baloch


Baloch

Baloch people, an ethnic group native to the Balochistan region of the Iranian plateau in Southwest Asia

Chagai District

These are also sometimes attributed to the Mughals and in any case indicate the presence of a richer civilisation than is now found among the Baloch and Brahui inhabitants of the district.

Khushk

In the last tenure of Talpur Baloch dynasty Mir Sher Muhammad Khan Talpur sought help of Mir Muhammad Khan Khushak against Ismailis.

Kiazai

Kiazai clans in Iran include Lar Muhammad Hasni, Sistani Muhammad Hasni, Baloch Muhammad Hasni, Kurd Muhammad Hasni and Brahui Muhammad Hasni.

Lehri tribe

Sardar Mir Dost Mohammad Lehri was succeeded by Sardar Mir Mohammad Bahram Khan who was well loved and respected by the Lehris as well as Baloch from other tribes.

Lehri is a Balochi and Brahui Speaking Baloch tribe in Balochistan, Pakistan.

Raisani

The present Chief of Sarawan and Nawab of Raisani Tribe is Mir Aslam Raisani Baloch.

The Ancestor of the Raisani tribe, Mir Rais Qutabuddin Baloch , Migrated from Aleppo /Halab Along with other Baloch Tribes According to a saying Baloch tribes Migrated from Halab/Aleppo, Mir Rais Baloch Migrated to Afghanistan.

The Raisani appear to have been in the country before the Brahui Speaking Baloch rose to power in the 17th century.


1911 Census of the North West Frontier Province

In the south of the province in the districts of Dera Ismail Khan and Bannu there are Seraiki speaking tribes such as the Jat, Khokhar, Arain and Mallaah, as well as the Baloch of the province who also speak Seraiki.

Afghan National Anthem

This is the country of every tribe,
The land of Baloch and Uzbeks,
Pashtuns and Hazaras,
Turkmen and Tajiks.

Ahmad Shah Durrani

He declared a jihad (Islamic holy war) against the Marathas, and warriors from various Pashtun tribes, as well as other tribes such as the Baloch, Tajiks, and Muslims from South Asia answered his call.

Allah Bakhsh Gabol

Simultaneous with formation of the Anjuman, the Baloch literary class in Karachi formed a nationalist organisation, called the Baloch League.

Bahadurgarh

He gave the town in jagir to Bahadur Khan and Tej Khan, Baloch rulers of Farrukhnagar in 1754, who changed its name from Sharafabad to Bahadurgarh.

Baloch F.C.

Baloch F.C. is a Pakistani football club based in the city of Nushki on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Baloch nationalism

Baloch nationalism in its modern form began in the form of the Anjuman-e-Ittehad-e-Balochan (Organisation for Unity of the Baloch) based in Mastung in the 1920s, led by Yousaf Aziz Magsi, Abdul Aziz Kurd and others.

Bhurgari

They were accompanied by many other Baloch clans like the Bhurgari's or Bhurgri's, Jatois, the changwanis,R amdani, Birmani, lashari and Khosas and others.

Chandio

According to social development societies of Sindh, there were over 10,000 Baloch residing in Islamabad, as of 2008: Chandio tribe (700), Talpur (300), Channer (450-500), Memon, Soomro, Lashari, Hattar, Qazi, Khand, Junejo, Narejo and other tribes of Sindh (8000-9000) residing in Islamabad.

Farrukhnagar

It was ruled by Baloch rulers, Faujdar Khan, later Dalel Khan, before being taken over the Mughals, who made Faujdar Khan, a governor by Mughal Emperor, Farrukhsiyar (r. ca 1711-1716); Later rechristened in 1732, when Faujdar christened himself the Nawab of Farrukhnagar and named the town after the Mughal emperor.

Gozinesh

economic, social and cultural rights by, inter alia, Arab, Azeri, Baloch and Kurdish communities and some communities of non-citizens, in particular with regard to

Iranian diaspora

There are an estimated 150 to 200 million native speakers of Iranian languages (including 70 million in Iran as of 2006), the five major groups of Persians, Lurs, Pashtuns, Kurds and Baloch accounting for about 90% of this number.

Khash, Iran

The overwhelming majority of the city's inhabitants are ethnic Baloch who speak the Balochi language, and Persians who speak a variant of the Persian language known as Sistani or Seistani which is very similar to Dari, also known as Afghan Persian.

Khipro

However Kaim Khani, Hingora, chanihoon Shar Baloch, Mallah, Kumbhar Lohar, Bhatti, Rajput, Chohan, Arain, Shaikh, Kaimkhani Jatt, and Laghari communities are counted in majority of Khipro.

Kiazai

The Kiazais areknown to inhabit Noshki, Quetta, Dera Bugti, Kalat, Khuzdar, Bela (Hub) and Gwader districts in Balochistan, The sardar live in Jebri, Balochistan But There is a another Kiazai Baloch Tribe who belong to Rind baloch Tribe living in Mand (Kech District) Balochistan

Korai

The Korai, also known as Kaheri (Urdu: ڪورןءۍ), are a Baloch tribe settled in the Balochistan province of Iran, Balochistan Province of Pakistan, Sindh, Punjab provinces of Pakistan, and the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharastra, Haryana, and Punjab.

KSNP

Kalat State National Party, a Baloch nationalist political party in Balochistan

Mansel Longworth Dames

Much of his service was passed in the trans-Indus district of Dera Ghazi Khan, where he had opportunities for studying the Baluch people (Baloch) and became an authority on the various dialects of the Baluch and Pushtu languages.

Mazari

Mazari tribe, a prominent Baloch tribe settled in Rajanpur and Sindh, Pakistan

Mian Channu Tehsil

Main castes are Toor, Rajpoot, Ganpal, Arain, Kamboh, Bodla, Nigriyal, pahdiyar, qureshi, sheikh, syed, hiraj, siyal, merali, pahod, kathia, chiryana, gil, Khichi, Sargana, sadraich, jutt, baloch etc.

Model Colony

There are several ethnic groups in Malir Town including Urdu speakers, Punjabis, Sindhis, Kutchi, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochs, Memons, Bohras, Ismailis.

Peoples' Aman Committee

The organization initially only served Lyari, but soon offices were set up in other Baloch populated neighbourhoods of Karachi, such as Dalmiya (Shantinagar), Malir, Gadap, Old Golimar, Mawach Goth, and even in some nearby town and villages in Sindh and Balochistan.

PIA Flight 544

The interrogations revealed that the Baloch hijackers were opposed to any nuclear test in their native Balochistan province following the recent Indian nuclear testing.

Qaisracetus

The genus is named after the Qaisrani Baloch tribe which assisted Gingerich and his team during their field work.

Shazia

Shazia Marri, Sindhi Baloch Pakistani politician and provincial Minister for Information of Sindh


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