The Baloch

Baloch people

The Baloch or Baluch are an ethnic group that belong to the larger Iranian peoples. Baluch people mainly inhabit the Balochistan region and Sistan and Baluchestan Province in the southeast corner of the Iranian plateau in Western Asia....

(Urdu

Urdu

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: بلوچ) are a tribal society settled in Balochistan

Balochistan (region)

Balochistan or Baluchistan is an arid, mountainous region in the Iranian plateau in Southwest Asia; it includes part of southeastern Iran, western Pakistan, and southwestern Afghanistan. The area is named after the numerous Baloch tribes, Iranian peoples who moved into the area from the west...

 in southwestern Asia. The Balochistan region is divided among Iran

Iran

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, Afghanistan

Afghanistan

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, Pakistan

Pakistan

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 and India

India

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.

The following is a partial list of major Baloch

Baloch people

The Baloch or Baluch are an ethnic group that belong to the larger Iranian peoples. Baluch people mainly inhabit the Balochistan region and Sistan and Baluchestan Province in the southeast corner of the Iranian plateau in Western Asia....

 tribes.

A

• Ahmadani
• Ahmedzai
• Almani
• Ameeri
• Amirari
• Askani

B

• Barmani

Bugti

Bugti

Bugti , is a Baloch tribe located in Balochistan, Pakistan. They are divided into various clans such as Rahija, Mandawani , Kalpar, Nauthani, Masuri, Ferozani, Salamaan Zai, Mundarani, Qasimani, Shambani, Sobazai, Pahi, Maretha and Moharkanzai etc., numbering around 300,000.On a bigger scale the...

 (Bugti

Bugti

Bugti , is a Baloch tribe located in Balochistan, Pakistan. They are divided into various clans such as Rahija, Mandawani , Kalpar, Nauthani, Masuri, Ferozani, Salamaan Zai, Mundarani, Qasimani, Shambani, Sobazai, Pahi, Maretha and Moharkanzai etc., numbering around 300,000.On a bigger scale the...

)

• Bugti
  Bugti
  Bugti , is a Baloch tribe located in Balochistan, Pakistan. They are divided into various clans such as Rahija, Mandawani , Kalpar, Nauthani, Masuri, Ferozani, Salamaan Zai, Mundarani, Qasimani, Shambani, Sobazai, Pahi, Maretha and Moharkanzai etc., numbering around 300,000.On a bigger scale the...
  
  
• Badini
  Badini
  Badini is a Baloch tribe in the Balochistan region of Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Russia , and Pakistan. Jeeandzai tribe is the Sardar Khail of Badini Rakhshani tribe. The Badini tribe is settled in the Nushki Sindh Muzafargarh and Ali Pur in Punjab. Another group of Rakshani Badini is...
  
   [Rakhshani]
• Bagayzani
• Bahalkani
• Bahawalanzai
  Bahawalanzai
  Bahawalanzai is a Baloch tribe in Balochistan, Pakistan....
  
  
• Bakhrani
• Baloch
  Baloch people
  The Baloch or Baluch are an ethnic group that belong to the larger Iranian peoples. Baluch people mainly inhabit the Balochistan region and Sistan and Baluchestan Province in the southeast corner of the Iranian plateau in Western Asia....
  
   (Sarband) - includes mini-tribes like Band, Shadadzai, Zahnoozai and Mrizai
• Bajoi
• Bangulzai -
• Barakzai
  Barakzai
  - History :Barakzai is a common ethnic name among the Pashtuns of Afghanistan/Pakistan and it means . Barakzai is also a Pashtun tribe in Pakistan, and more predominantly, in Afghanistan...
  
  
• Baranzai
  Baranzai
  Baranzai is a Pashtun tribe in the North West Frontier Province and a Baloch tribes in Balochistan and Iran. The Baranzai in Iran speak Baluchi....
  
  
• Barazani
  Barazani
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• Barija
  Barija
  Barija is a Sindhi tribe settled in Balochistan, Pakistan....
  
  
• Barr
  Barr (tribe)
  The Barr are a powerful Baloch tribe in Panjgur, Balochistan, Pakistan, who trace their ancestry to the Bedouins.-History and origin:Crossing the Gulf of Oman they assert that they settled in the valley of pishin Iran to the west of mand, where they are still to be found in large numbers and known...
  
  
• Bhurgri
• Bhutani
• Bijarani
  Bijarani
  Bijarani is a name of Baloch tribes in the Balochistan and Sindh provinces of Pakistan.- Prominent Bijarani personalities* Sardar SHER MUHAMMAD KHAN BIJARANI* MIR HAZAR Khan Bijarani* SARDAR MEHBOOB ALI KHAN BIJARANI* MIR SHABBIR ALI KHAN BIJARANI...
  
  
• Bijjarzahi
• Bizenjo
  Bizenjo
  Bizenjo is a Baloch tribe in Balochistan. This tribe is mainly located in Awaran Districtkolwa and grashag and district khuzdar,naal,ornach mountains till jhaoo and lasbella,and in district makran,gwadar,pasni,turbat the bizenjo tribe has four clans hamalani,tumrani,omrani,sehpaad sardar aslam...
  
  
• Bugti
  Bugti
  Bugti , is a Baloch tribe located in Balochistan, Pakistan. They are divided into various clans such as Rahija, Mandawani , Kalpar, Nauthani, Masuri, Ferozani, Salamaan Zai, Mundarani, Qasimani, Shambani, Sobazai, Pahi, Maretha and Moharkanzai etc., numbering around 300,000.On a bigger scale the...
  
  
• Buledi
  Buledi
  Buledi is a Baloch tribe in Balochistan, Pakistan.The Buledis are thought to be named after town of Buleda in Makran, Balochistan. They follow Baloch culture. Most people of Buledi are in politics, journalism, government and education....
  
  
• Bulfati
  Bulfati
  The Bulfati, also known as the Burfat or Bulfat is a Baloch tribe living in different areas of Pakistan and Iran.-History and origin:...
  
  
• Bullo
• Buzdar

C

• Chakerzehi
• Chakrari
• Chandio
  Chandio
  Chandio is a Baloch tribe in the Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan.The clans of Chandio, the Guramani, Husnani, Aajbani, Sakhani, Qambrani, Ghaibiani, Marfani, Choliyani, Bangulani, Misrani, Alhiyarzai, Mirwani, Bhundani, mirzani, Sumarani, are known in Sindh and in Punjab...
  
   (Hooth
  Hooth
  The Hooth are a Baloch tribe of Iran and Pakistan. They are mainly settled in areas of Pakistan including Turbat, Gwadar, Tump, Zhob and Dasht.There are Khosa, Kalmati, Khushk, Chandio from Hooth....
  
  )
• Changwani
• Chanorwani
• Chutani (Khosa
  Khosa
  The Khosa, Khoso, or Khosug are a Baloch tribe of Pakistan and a Gotra found in Yaduvanshi Ahirs. According to Baloch history, Khoso was the grandson of Hooth....
  
  )

D

• Dahar
• Damanis
  Damanis
  Damanis a Baloch tribe Balochistan region of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Majority of them living in Balochistan, Kerman, Khorasan and Hormongan of Iran. Minority of them lives in Eastern Balochistan in Southern Afghanistan and the Chagai District of the Pakistani Balochistan province...
  
  
• Dannarzai
  Dannarzai
  Dannarzai is the name of a Baloch tribe in Balochistan Pakistan and Sistan and Baluchestan....
  
  
• Dareshak
  Dareshak
  Dareshak are a Baloch tribe in Balochistan in Pakistan. Dareshak live in southern Punjab Pakistan, particularly Rajan Pur.The most famous person and Nawab of dareshak family was Nawab Darehan Khan. He was the chief Sardar of dareshaks who lived in asni, district Rajanpur...
  
  
• Darzada
  Darzada
  The Darzada tribe, also known as Darzadag, is one of the tribes of Baloch people. The largest population lives in Makran.-Description:These people originally inhabited the Arabian Peninsula and other Gulf countries...
  
  
• Dashti
• Dehani
• Dehwar
  Dehwar
  Dehwar is a name of Baloch tribe in Balochistan. The tribe is settled primarily in Kalat, Khuzdar, Kharan, Noshkey, Sarlath, Dalbandin, and Mastung. The principal clans into which the tribe is divided are the Yusufzai dodaki Sanjarzai and Khwajakhail...
  
  
• Dodai tribes
• Domki
  Domki
  Dombki is a Baloch tribe in Baluchistan, Pakistan. The Dombki is one of the major tribe in Pakistan and Iran. Dombki tribe live upper Sindh:in Jacobabad District Kashmore District and Bakhshapur....
  
  
• Drakhshan
• Durrazai

E

• Esani
  Esani
  Esani : is a dominant clan of Khosa tribe, Pakistan. They speak Saraeki and Balochi. They are mostly settled in Dera Ghazi Khan. The capital of Esani family is Dalana which is situated in DGK and the sardar of this branch of family is Sardar Husnain Abbas Khan Esani Khosa, elder brother of Sardar...
  
  
• Esaani
• Essazai

F

• Fatahni

G

• Gadi
  Gadi
  The House of Gadi was a dynasty of kings of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. The dynasty is also called the House of Menahem, after its founder. The dynasty lasted for only twelve years and ruled from the then capital of Israel, Samaria. The dynasty is so named because Menahem was the son of Gadi...
  
  
• Gabol
  Gabol
  Gabol is a Baloch tribe settled in the Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. Gabols are of Rind origin and are mostly settled in Tikko Baran surrounding the Kirthar Mountains Range, Karachi, Ghotki, Alipur, Sibi, and Jacobabad. This tribe is also considered to be present in Iran...
  
  
• Gadani
• Gadhi
• Gajani
  Gajani
  The Gajani is a part of the Buledi Baloch tribe; 95% of them are living between two famous rivers Patt river and Shahi river in tahsil Sohbatpur of Balochistan and rest of 5% are living in district Jacobabad Sindh....
  
  
• Gamshadzehi
• Gashkori
  Gashkori
  The Gashkori are a domki Baloch tribe mostly settled in the areas of district Sibi City gorgij, Dera Ismail Khan, Muzaffargarh, Dera Ghazi Khan, Ali Pur and Kot Addu of Western Punjab as well as in Balochistan, particularly Makran and Quetta. Gashkori tribe is the branch of Bevrigh domki ,...
  
  
• Ghanbarzehi
• Ghazini
  Ghazini
  Ghazini or Gazini is a sub clan of the Marri Baloch Tribe of Kohlu, Balochistan.The Marri Tribal Chief or Nawab belongs to this Sub Clan. Ghaznis mostly reside in and around Kohlu and Kahan areas of Marri Tuman....
  
  
• Gichki
  Gichki
  The Gichki [ is a Baloch tribe in Balochistan, Pakistan. There are different historical explanations of their origin. Some historians also say that they were native inhabitants of Gichk tehsil in Panjgur....
  
  
• Goarazai
• Gola
  Gola (tribe)
  Gola is a Baloch tribe in Balochistan, Punjab and Sindh provinces of PakistanMost of the Golas speak Balochi while minority speak Sindhi and Saraiki . They live in Jaffarabad, Naseerabad, Sibi in Balochistan and Kamber Khan, Jacobabad and Larkana in Sindh...
  
  
• Gopang
  Gopang
  The Gopang are one of six Baloch tribes or clans called ataks'. These ataks function mainly to denote ancestry and members consider themselves to be low in the social hierarchy.They are found in the Rojhan Balochistan, Kamber district of Sindh province...
  
  
• Gorgage
  Gorgage
  Gorgage is one of prominent Baloch tribes mainly dwelling in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is one of the most powerful Baloch tribes in Sistan, Zahedan and Afghan Balochistan....
  
  
• Gorshani
  Gorshani
  Gorshani is a Baloch tribe in Balochistan, Sindh, and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. The Gorshani being one of the major tribe in Punjab Pakistan ....
  
  
• Gulfad
  Gulfad
  Gulfad tribe is a Baloch tribe of Rajanpur, mostly distributed in village Adhiwala near Muhammad Pur. The people of this tribe mainly rely on agriculture...
  
  
• Gurgunari - Brahui-speaking
• Gurmani
• Gyandar

H

• Halazai
• Harooni

• Heesbani
• Hooth
  Hooth
  The Hooth are a Baloch tribe of Iran and Pakistan. They are mainly settled in areas of Pakistan including Turbat, Gwadar, Tump, Zhob and Dasht.There are Khosa, Kalmati, Khushk, Chandio from Hooth....
  
   - main tribe

I

• Ismailzahi

J

• Jagirani
  Jagirani
  Jagirani is the name of a Baloch tribe in the Balochistan and Sindh provinces of Pakistan. They mostly speak Balochi and Sindhi.- History :It has been stated that the Balochs migrated from Aleppo, Northern Syria in the 2nd century after the Hijra...
  
  
• Jakhrani
  Jakhrani
  The Jakhrani are a Baloch tribe in Sindh and Balochistan, Pakistan.- Distribution :Most of them live in Jacobabad District and Kashmore District. Mir Aijaz Hussain Khan Jakhrani is a member National Assembly affiliated with Pakistan Peoples Party. Mir Aijaz Hussain Khan Jakhrani was Federal...
  
  
• Jalbani
• Jamaldini
  Jamaldini
  Jamaldini is a tribe of Balochistan, Pakistan, particularly inhabitants of Nushki, Dalbandin, Kharan, Quetta, Chagai, Khuzdar areas.The name of this tribe is derived from Jamaldin son of Haroon Baloch, a notable person living on the bank of Rakhshan River, which was flown from the center of...
  
  
• Jamali
  Jamali
  Jamali is the name of a Baloch tribe in Pakistan. Jamali tribe consists of 14 more tribes,like Esaani,Mureedani,Walwaani,Dodaani,Lalwaani. A large number of Jamali tribes also live in province of Sindh; these peopole speak Balochi,Sindhi,Seraiki,Punjabi and Urdu languages. In Sindh majority of...
  
  
• Jarwar
  Jarwar
  Jarwar is a sub-tribe from the Gazini branch of Marri Baloch. Although some families of Jarwar are still living in their native place near Kahan but they are now mainly split into various groups and living in many areas of Balochistan, Sindh and Northern Punjab...
  
  
• Jatoi
• Jatt
• Jattak
  Jattak
  Jattak is a Baloch tribe in Balochistan, Pakistan....
  
   - Brahui-speaking
• Jiskani
  Jiskani
  The Jiskani are a Baloch tribe located in the Pakistani provinces of Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab.- Distribution :The Jiskani tribe is settled in Tando Jam, Badin, Tando Allah Yar, Ghotki, Sukkur, Khairpur, Mirpur Khas District, Dadu and Matiari districts of Sindh province and Bhakkar, Layyah,...
  
  
• Joonglani

K

• Kadahe
• Kalmati
  Kalmati
  Kalmati is a Baloch tribe in Balochistan, Pakistan.- History :This tribe belongs the son of Mir Jalalan and Mir Hoath. When Hoath tribe were ruling on Kech Makran, few from the tribe settled in Kalmat Bandar , situated near Pasni Port, coastal area of Balochistan...
  
  
• Kalpar
  Kalpar
  Kalpar is a clan of Baloch tribe Bugti and is settled in Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan....
  
  
• Kambarzahi
  Kambarzahi
  Kambarzahi a Baluch tribe living in Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Majority of Kambarzahi speak Balochi and very few speak Brohi who living in Kandahar Province of Afghanistan. Kambarzahi tribe is closely related to Marri tribe....
  
  
• Karlu
• Kashani
• Kenagzai
  Kenagzai
  Kenagzai is a Baloch tribe located in the Panjgur District of Balochistan, which is the region between Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. They are considered to be a sub tribe of Jadgal tribe....
  
  
• Khalol
  Khalol
  The Khalol are a large sub branch of the Khosa tribe. A majority of the Khalol live in Sindh , Dera Ghazi Khan, Jacobabad and Dera Allah Yar. There are further sub branches of Khalol like Chutani, Bakhrani, Hafiz Abdul Haq Khalol Durayaaini.Baghani and Jamik....
  
  
• Kharani
• Khetran
  Khetran
  The Khetran is a Baloch tribe in [Balochistan], Pakistan, of Rind origin. Their first language is the Khetrani language, and balochi language which is spoken only by their tribe....
  
  
• Kheazai
  Kheazai
  Kheazai are a Baloch tribe in Balochistan and Sindh province and Iran. It is a sub-tribe of the Muhammad Hasni tribe. The Kheazai are divided into many clans, the major ones include Jangizai, Yousafzai, Kandozai, Bijarzai, Muhammad zai, Phwalwnzai, Jangohoi, Umerzai, Lashkarzai, Khandozai, and...
  
   (Kiazai
  Kiazai
  Kiazai are a Baloch tribe in Balochistan and Sindh province and Iran. It is a sub-tribe of the Muhammad Hasni tribe. The Kheazai are divided into many clans, the major ones include Jangizai, Yousafzai, Kandozai, Bijarzai, Muhammadzai, Phwalwnzai, Jangohoi, Umerzai, Lashkarzai, Khandozai, and...
  
  )
• Khosa
  Khosa
  The Khosa, Khoso, or Khosug are a Baloch tribe of Pakistan and a Gotra found in Yaduvanshi Ahirs. According to Baloch history, Khoso was the grandson of Hooth....
  
  
• Khurasani
  Greater Khorasan
  Greater Khorasan or Ancient Khorasan is a historical region of Greater Iran mentioned in sources from Sassanid and Islamic eras which "frequently" had a denotation wider than current three provinces of Khorasan in Iran...
  
  
• Khushk
  Khushk
  The Khushk, Khushak, Khushik, Khushuk, Kushak, Kushk or Kushuk is a Baloch tribe located in Sindh, Baluchistan and Punjab provinces of Pakistan...
  
  
• Kizilbash
  Kizilbash
  Qizilbash or Kizilbash is the label given to a wide variety of Shī‘ī Islamic militant groups that flourished in Anatolia and Kurdistan from the late 13th century onwards, some of which contributed to the foundation of the Safavid dynasty of...
  
  
• Korai
  Korai
  The Korai 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, Gujrat, Maharastra, Haryana, and Indian Punjab....
  
  
• Kubda
• Kunara
  Kunara
  The Kunara are a Baloch tribe, sub tribe of Azam Khel clan, which is a major clan of Lashari tribe. Azam Khel and Kundo Khel had been migrated to Mianwali District after the Baloch civil war in Balochistan. They are a branch from the main Baluchi tribe...
  
  
• Kulachi
  Kulachi (tribe)
  Kolachi, Kulachi or Kulache is a Baloch tribe that originated from Kulanch, Makran, Balochistan, Pakistan. Kolachi is considered to be a clan of Muhammad Hasni tribe and is settled in the provinces of Sindh in Ghotki District and Larkana District), the Punjab and Balochistan...
  
  
• Kupchanis
  Kupchanis
  The Kupchanis are a Baloch sept, now represented by only a few families in Bhakkar.- Traditional origins :Kupchani traditions hold that they fled from Persia into Baluchistan whence they were expelled by the Marri, Bugti, Qaisrani and Kahiri septs of Baloch.In the eastern Kachhi region, the Marris,...
  
  
• Kurd
  Kurd (tribe)
  Kurd is a Baloch tribe in the Balochistan, Sindh, and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. Kurds speak both Balochi and Brahui . Also a Sub-clan in Mazari tribe..famous for their gallantry against bugti's..Qadoo khan Kherd or Kurd was Commander who destroyed Siyah-aff or dera bugti with mazari...
  
   - Brahui-speaking

L

• Lamba
• Langove - Barahvi-speaking
• Lanjwani
  Lanjwani
  The Lanjwani is a Baloch tribe and clan of Rind[1]. The Lanjwani tribe is settled in Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab provinces of Pakistan.- History :...
  
  
• Lashari
  Lashari
  Lashari is the name of a Baloch tribe in Pakistan and Iran. The Lasharis have migrated and settled in the United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, India, Indonesia, USA, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, England, and many other countries of the world...
  
   - main tribe
• Lasi
  Lasi
  Lasi is a tribe settled in Lasbela District of Balochistan, Pakistan....
  
  
• Laskani
• Leghari
  Leghari
  The Leghari , or Laghari) are a Baloch tribe living in Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. The Leghari Baloch primarily speak the Seraiki, Sindhi, and Balochi language, and are largely Sunni Muslims....
  
  
• Lehri - Brahui-speaking
• Loharani
  Loharani
  Loharani is a Baloch tribe in Sibi District of Balochistan, Pakistan....
  
  
• Lund
  Lund (tribe)
  Lund is a Baloch tribe of Pakistan. It is a tribe of Balochistan Lund, Setharja, Khairpur mir's, Khairpur_District, Sindh, originated from other tribes . Exact origins are not known but by seeing their generations now residing it is found that they are originated from central Balochistan...
  
  

M

• Madranshahi
• Magsi
  Magsi
  Magsi is a name of Baloch tribe in the Balochistan, Punjab and Sindh provinces of Pakistan and Balochistan province of Iran.The Magsi tribe came from Iran where is place name is Magas in Lishar. They migrated to modern Pakistan with Lashari and Rind tribes that is the reason some historians...
  
  
• Makrani
  Makrani
  Makrani are the inhabitants of Makran coast of Balochistan in Iran and Pakistan.-Sheedi:Black Africans were enslaved and brought to Balochistan in medieval times. The descendants are called Makrani or Sheedi. The Sheedis are a Negroid people in Pakistan...
  
  
• Malghani
  Malghani
  The Malghani is a rind Baloch tribe. Malghani are the son of Mir Notak Khan, who was the son of mir abdullah khan.who was the brother of Mir Rind.both were the son of Mir Jalal Khan. They are settled in Jaccobabad, Larkana, Dadoo and speak Sindhi...
  
  
• Mallazai
• Mamhdani
• Mandwani
• Mandozai
• Marri
  Marri
  Marri ) is one of the largest ethnic Baloch tribes in Balochistan and Sindh provinces of Pakistan. Marri was considered to be a clan of the Rind tribe in the early history of Baloch and Balochistan...
  
  
• Mashori
• Mastoi
  Mastoi
  The Mastoi or Mustoi are a Baloch tribe in the Balochistan, Sindh, and Punjab provinces of Pakistan.- History and origins :Mastois are the descendants of Mir Chakar Khan Rind Baloch...
  
  
• Masuri
  Masuri
  Masuri or Mashori is a clan of the Baloch Bugti tribe that resides in the Punjab, Balochistan and Sindh provinces of Pakistan....
  
  
• Mazari
  Mazari tribe
  The Mazari tribe is one of the oldest Baloch tribes in Pakistan. Mazari means "lion" in Balochi. Rojhan-Mazari, a town in the Rajanpur District of the Punjab near the inter-provincial borders of Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab, is the stronghold of the Mazari tribe.-History:The Mazari tribe is one...
  
  
• Mazarzai
• Meerwani - Brahui-speaking
• Mengal
  Mengal
  Mengal is a Brahui / Baloch tribe in Balochistan, Pakistan- Demographics :The Mengal tribe is one of the largest Baloch tribe. Mengal people speak Brahui, a Dravidian language that has been heavily influenced by other Iranian languages spoken in the area, especially Balochi...
  
   - Brahui-speaking
• Mewtani
• Mirani
  Mirani
  Mirani , from the Arabic Amir Mir + -âni , meaning "The Descendants of Mir" or "Amir", is a Sindhi tribe of Baloch origin, settled in Sindh, and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan as well as Tehran, Hormozgān, Kermān, Khūzestān, South Khorasan, Sistan and Baluchestan provinces of Iran...
  
  
• Mobaraki
  Mobaraki
  Mobaraki are from West Balochistan an area called Ahuran also anglicized as Ahoran.-Origins:The Mobaraki rulers were members of the Rind and Lashari tribes. They are considered to be a clan of the Rind tribe...
  
  
• Mohammadzahi
• mollazai
• Mollazehi
• Mondrani
• Moosiani
• Muhammad Hasni ( Kiazai)
• Muhammad Hassani
  Muhammad Hassani
  Muhammad Hasni are the largest Baloch tribe. They reside in the following districts of Pakistan: Chagai, Kharan, Dalbandin, Washuk, Kalat, Awaran, Khuzdar, Quetta, Nushki, Mastung, Panjgur, Makran and other...
  
   ( Kiazai) - main tribe
• Mugheri

N

• Nandwani
• Narouie
• Naukri
• Nauri
• Nausherwani
  Nausherwani
  Nausherwani is a Baloch tribe in Balochistan, Pakistan. Like many other tribes in Pakistan, the Nausherwanis also have a Persian origin, claiming a descent from legendary Persian King Nausherwan-e-Adil . Most Nausherwanis were Zoroastrians before conversion to Islam...
  
  
• Nichari - Brahui-speaking
• Nindwani
• Nizamani
  Nizamani
  Nizamani is a Baloch tribe located in Balochistan and Sindh provinces in Pakistan. Like many other Baloch tribes, the original Nizamani tribe migrated to Sindh from Balochistan.- Overview :...
  
  
• Nothazai
  Nothazai
  Nothazai is a Baloch tribe settled in Balochistan and Sindh provinces of Pakistan....
  
  
• Nutkani
  Nutkani
  The Nutkani or Notkani Nodhkani are a Saraiki, Sindhi and Balochi speaking Baloch tribe of Eastern Pakistan.The name of the Nutkani tribe is derived from Notak Khan, who was with the chieftain Sardar Mir Chaker Khan Rind when he migrated to Punjab from Baluchistan .-Sub tribe :The descendants of...
  
  

P

• Pirakzai
• Pandrani
• Pasoi
  Pasoi
  The Pasoi are a sub-tribe of the Rind, a tribe of Balochs.In Pakistan, they reside mainly in the provinces of Punjab and Balochistan. They can be found in almost every corner of Balochistan, including places like Lahri, Bakhtiarabad, Wazirabad, Thairee, Sibbi, Bhaag, Dera Bugti and Sui. In Punjab...
  
  
• Pirkani - Brahui-speaking
• Pitafi
  Pitafi
  - History :Pitafi is a very old tribe originally living around the Petaf river in South-Eastern Iran. Most Pitafis migrated to different areas in Southern Pakistan. Pitafis are predominantly agricultural people and some of them are well-reputed producers of rich verities of organic mangoes.In the...
  
  

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• Qaisrani
  Qaisrani
  Qaisrani Also spelled as is a Baloch tribe in Balochistan, Pakistan. The Qaisranis claim their ancestry from Qaiser Khan who was the nephew of Mir Chakar Khan Rind.-Location:...
  
  
• Qalandrani - Brahui-speaking
• Qambrani
  Qambrani
  Qambrani or Qambarani is a Baloch tribe in Sindh and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan.'qambrani are balouchs'The Qambrani are a clan of Chandio tribe. The clans of Chandio, like Husnani, Aajbani, Qambrani, Ghaibiani, Marfani, Choliyani, Bangulani, Misrani, Mirwani, Sakhani, Bhunda...
  
   - Brahui-speaking
• Qandrani
• Qasimzahi

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• Rahija
  Rahija
  Rahija is a clan of the Baloch tribe Bugti and is settled in the Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. The hero of Baloch history the late Sardar Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti also belonged to the Rahija clan.-External Links:**...
  
  
• Rahimi
• Rahmanzai
  Rahmanzai
  Rahmanzai is a Baloch tribe in Balochistan, Pakistan. They are sub tribe of the Umrani tribe living in Balochistan. Rahmanzai represent as Sardars of the Umrani tribe and Sardar Fateh Ali Khan Umrani is the current chief of umrani tribe.The Rahmanzais are divided into four...
  
  
• Rais
• Rakshani Badini Jamaldini
• Rigi
• Rind
  Rind (tribe)
  Rind are a Baloch tribe settled in the Balochistan province of Iran, and the Balochistan Province of Pakistan, Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan....
  
   - main tribe
• Rodeni - Brahui-speaking
• Rodnani
• Roonjha

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• Sahibzada - Arabic, Balochi-speaking
• Sadozai
• Sahlani
• Sajdi
• Sakhani
  Sakhani
  Sakhani is a Baloch tribe and a clan of chandia in sindh province of Pakistan.Sakhani is most populous clan of chandio-sakhani was the elder son of chandio and who was commonlly was known as SAKH-Sakh was a faqir and saint;...
  
  
• Samma
  Samma
  The Samma Dynasty ruled in Sindh and parts of Punjab and Balochistan from 1335-1520 AD, with their capital at Thatta in modern Pakistan before being replaced by the Arghun Dynasty. The Samma dynasty has left its mark in Sindh with magnificent structures including the necropolis of kings and...
  
  
• Sanjrani
  Sanjrani
  Sanjrani is a Baloch tribe settled in Balochistan and Sindh provinces of Pakistan and also in Afghanistan and Iran.Sanjrani tribe living in Sindh speak Sindhi, Seraikis and Balochi....
  
  
• Saravani
• Sardaizai
• Sargani
• Sarparah
• Sasoli
  Sasoli
  Sasoli is a Baloch tribe in Pakistani Balochistan. It is considered to be either a subdivision of the Zehri tribe or of the Hooth tribe....
  
   - Brahui-speaking
• Sethwi
  Sethwi
  The Sethwi tribe, a Baloch tribe, is one of numerous tribes believed to have originally migrated from Mesopotamia to today's Baluchistan and Dera Ghazi Khan regions of Pakistan. Originally, they preferred to live on the Indus River banks, where they lived for centuries. Many still live there,...
  
  
• Seyahsawar
• Shadani
• Shahalzai
• Shahani
• Shahdadzai
• Shahwani
  Shahwani
  Shahwani is a Baloch tribe.*, Chief of Shahwani Tribe*Malik Zahur Shahwani, vice chairman of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan*Mohammed Abdullah al-Shahwani, former head of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service...
  
   - Balochi-speaking
• Shahizai
• Shaliani
• Shambhani
  Shambhani
  Shambhani is the name of a Baloch tribe, found in the provinces of Balochistan and Sindh in Pakistan.There are two distinct tribes with the name Shambhani, one of which of Chandio origin, the other is of Magsi origin. The Shambhani living in Sindh speak both Sindhi and Balochi...
  
  
• Shar
  Shar (tribe)
  Shar is a Baloch tribe settled in the Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab provinces in Pakistan.The great Baloch emperor Mir Chakar Khan Rind had a sister Jato who was married to his cousin Murad...
  
  
• Sherkhlani
• Sherzai
  Sherzai
  Sherzai is a Baloch tribe principally settled in the Pakistani province of Balochistan as well as found in large numbers in its many urban centres such as [Quetta]]. Other members of the Sherzai tribe can also be found in neighbouring Iran and Afghanistan, though they often travel regularly...
  
  
• Shirani
  Shirani
  The Shirani are a Sarbanri Pashtun tribe, living in Pakistan and Afghanistan. They should not be confused with the Baloch Shirani, who live in Iran.-History:...
  
  
• Sobdarani
• Sohrani - Balochi-speaking
• Soomrani
  Soomrani
  The Soomrani are a sub-tribe of the Magsi, a Baloch tribe of Pakistan, Iraq and Iran. Many Soomrani live in Pakistan in the provinces of Punjab, Sindh, khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. In Punjab, their communities can be found in Layyah, Sahiwal and Dera Ismail Khan,. Soomrani are powerful and...
  
  
• Sumalani - Brahui-speaking
• Sumrah
• Sundrani

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• Taherza
• Talpur
  Talpur
  Talpur ; is a Baloch tribe settled in Sindh. Talpurs settled in northern Sindh, spoke Sindhi language very soon their descendants and allies formed a confederacy against the Kalhora dynasty. Later, however, they enjoyed good relations with the Kalhoras and were invited by them to help organize...
  
  
• Tanwri
• Tauqi
  Tauqi
  Tauqi is a Rakhshani Baloch Tribe living in four Districts of Balochistan i.e. Kharan, Noshki, Chaghi and Washuk as well as in Afghanistan and Iran...
  
  
• Talani

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• Umrani
  Umrani
  The 'Umrani' is a Baloch tribe, originating in the Pakistani provinces of Balochistan and Sindh. Umrani tribe is mostly settled in Nasirabad District and Jafarabad District, the southeastern districts of Balochistan, but some of them also settled in Kalat District, Khuzdar District and Awaran...
  
  

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• Wadela
  Wadela
  Wadela واديلا also spell as Wadhela is the name of a Baloch tribe in Balochistan, Makran.They are simply an offshoot of the greater Mengal tribe who had to migrate westwards during the reign of Abdullah Khan of Kalat in the early 18th century...
  
  

Waddani khosa kocha waddani tribe
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• Yallanzai
  Yallanzai
  Yallanzai or Alanzai is a Rind Baloch tribe in the Balochistan region of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. In Pakistan the Yallanzai tribe is settled in District Kharan, District Noshki, Chagai, Quetta, Buleda and Shadadkot...
  
  
• Yarahmadzahi

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• Zamurani
• Zadjali
• Zagar Mengal
  Zagar Mengal
  Zagar is one of the two main branches of the Mengal tribe. Zagar Mengals inhabit the northwest and central parts of Balochistan, Pakistan—mainly Nushki, Chagai, and Kalat,Helmand and Kandahar provinces of Afghanistan...
  
  
• Zarakzahi - Brahui-speaking
• Zardari
• Zarrani
  Zarrani
  Zarrani tribe is one of the native Baluchi tribes living for centuries in the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchistan.They are known as Zarrani after the name of their progenitor Zarra Han. They once lived in the town of Koruk in the Iranian tribal ministate of Bahu Kalat...
  
  
• Zehri
  Zehri
  Zehri is a Brahui speaking Baloch tribe in Balochistan, Pakistan.-Distribution:The tribe is spread throughout Sindh and Balochistan and speak Brahui and Balochi as native languages. The Zehri tribe is a Brahui speaking Baloch tribe mainly living in the Jhalawan region of the province of...
  
   - Brahui-speaking

See also

• Balochi language
  Balochi language
  Balochi is a Northwestern Iranian language. It is the principal language of the Baloch of Balochistan, Pakistan, eastern Iran and southern Afghanistan. It is also spoken as a second language by some Brahui. It is designated as one of nine official languages of Pakistan.-Vowels:The Balochi vowel...
  
  
• Balochi dialects
  Balochi dialects
  The Balochi language is divided in three major dialects: Western Balochi, Southern Balochi and Eastern Balochi. Each of these dialects are divided in sub-dialects.-Western:# Sarhaddi Rakhshani# Afghan Rakhshani# Turkmen Rakhshani# Panjguri Rakhshani...
  
  
• Balochistan (region)
  Balochistan (region)
  Balochistan or Baluchistan is an arid, mountainous region in the Iranian plateau in Southwest Asia; it includes part of southeastern Iran, western Pakistan, and southwestern Afghanistan. The area is named after the numerous Baloch tribes, Iranian peoples who moved into the area from the west...
  
  
• Balochistan (Iran)
• Balochistan (Pakistan)
  Balochistan (Pakistan)
  Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of...
  
  
• Baluchistan (Chief Commissioners Province)
  Baluchistan (Chief Commissioners Province)
  The Chief Commissioner's Province of Baluchistan was a province of British India located in the northern parts of the modern Balochistan province.- History :...
  
  
• Baluchistan Agency
  Baluchistan Agency
  The Baluchistan Agency was one of the agencies of British India. Agency Territories, with an area of 44,345 square miles , composed of tracts which had, from time to time, been acquired by lease or otherwise brought under control and been placed directly under British officers.This agency consisted...
  
  
• Baluchistan States Union
  Baluchistan States Union
  The Baluchistan States Union existed between 3 October 1952 and 14 October 1955 in southwest Pakistan. It was formed by the states of Kalat, Kharan, Las Bela and Makran with the capital at the town of Kalat. The area of the Union was roughly the western half of the modern province of Balochistan...