Wadela
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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. Migrating from Wadh
brought them the name Wadela, as it is found with any other tribe in Balochistan that a tribe keeps changing its name as it moves on to find a new settlement.
Wadela tribe tribes was one of the important tribes in resisting the English army from capturing Makuran. This war was fought in the nineteenth century in the Gokprosh
mountains. The Baloch fiercely defended their motherland. This defeat led the English army to retreat. The head of the Wadeyla tribe Meer Mubarik Wadela was given the name of Meer A Ne Salaar.
, Dashtyari, Karachi, Kulanch, Gwadar, Turbat, Pasni, Chahbhar, Oman, Thar (Near the border of India in Sindh). The headquarters of the Wadela tribe has remained Kolanch in Makuran since their migration from Wad.
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. Migrating from Wadh
brought them the name Wadela, as it is found with any other tribe in Balochistan that a tribe keeps changing its name as it moves on to find a new settlement.
Wadela tribe tribes was one of the important tribes in resisting the English army from capturing Makuran. This war was fought in the nineteenth century in the Gokprosh
mountains. The Baloch fiercely defended their motherland. This defeat led the English army to retreat. The head of the Wadeyla tribe Meer Mubarik Wadela was given the name of Meer A Ne Salaar.
, Dashtyari, Karachi, Kulanch, Gwadar, Turbat, Pasni, Chahbhar, Oman, Thar (Near the border of India in Sindh). The headquarters of the Wadela tribe has remained Kolanch in Makuran since their migration from Wad.
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. Migrating from Wadh
brought them the name Wadela, as it is found with any other tribe in Balochistan that a tribe keeps changing its name as it moves on to find a new settlement.
Wadela tribe tribes was one of the important tribes in resisting the English army from capturing Makuran. This war was fought in the nineteenth century in the Gokprosh
mountains. The Baloch fiercely defended their motherland. This defeat led the English army to retreat. The head of the Wadeyla tribe Meer Mubarik Wadela was given the name of Meer A Ne Salaar.
, Dashtyari, Karachi, Kulanch, Gwadar, Turbat, Pasni, Chahbhar, Oman, Thar (Near the border of India in Sindh). The headquarters of the Wadela tribe has remained Kolanch in Makuran since their migration from Wad.
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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....
tribe in Balochistan, Makran
Makran
The present day Makran is a semi-desert coastal strip in the south of Sindh, Balochistan, in Iran and Pakistan, along the coast of the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman. The present day Makran derived its name from Maka, a satrap of Achaemenid Empire....
.
They are simply an offshoot of the greater 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...
tribe who had to migrate westwards during the reign of Abdullah Khan
Abdullah Khan
Abdullah Khan is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. The Department of Defense estimates he was born in 1956....
of Kalat in the early 18th century. Migrating from Wadh
Wadh
Wadh is a town in the Khuzdar District of Balochistan, Pakistan. The population of the town was 48.950 according to the 1998 census. Most of the inhabitants of the sub-district belong to the Mengal tribe...
brought them the name Wadela, as it is found with any other tribe in Balochistan that a tribe keeps changing its name as it moves on to find a new settlement.
Wadela tribe tribes was one of the important tribes in resisting the English army from capturing Makuran. This war was fought in the nineteenth century in the Gokprosh
Gokprosh
Gokprosh is a ridgeline of hills, part of the Coast Range of Baluchistan, Pakistan. The area is noted for being the site of engagements between the British and Baloch rebels in the 1898 Baloch uprising.-Physical description:...
mountains. The Baloch fiercely defended their motherland. This defeat led the English army to retreat. The head of the Wadeyla tribe Meer Mubarik Wadela was given the name of Meer A Ne Salaar.
Clans
The clans of the Wadela tribes are as following:- Saeet zai
- Bukkar zai
- Mahmad zai
- Gami zai
- Kaurkuchi
- Shahbek zai
- Bijar zai.
Settlements
This tribe is living in majority in BahuBahu
Bahu or Bahuka was a king of the Ikshvaku dynasty or the Suryavamsha . According to the Puranas, he was son of Vrika. But the Ramayana mentions him as Asita, son of Bharata. According to this text, he had two queens, one of them was Kalindi...
, Dashtyari, Karachi, Kulanch, Gwadar, Turbat, Pasni, Chahbhar, Oman, Thar (Near the border of India in Sindh). The headquarters of the Wadela tribe has remained Kolanch in Makuran since their migration from Wad.
Notable Wadelas
- Shaheed Mehboob Ali Wadela 11 September 1973 - 23 February 2011 was a member of Baloch National Movement(BNM) and a Baloch freedom fighter (Sarmachar),who fought against Pakistani occupying forces for several years in Balochistan and killed by Pakistan military in custody after ten months of detention.He is buried in Malir,Karachi.
- Meer Mubarak WadelaMubarak WadelaMubarak Wadela Balochi is the principal Kauhda or head man of Kulanch, Balochistan, Pakistan. He is a Mengal by origin, his ancestors having migrated from Wad...
Nok Bur Makuran, - Meer Mohammad Umer Wadela, contractor in Balochistan, grandsom of Mubarak Wadela
- Rasool Bakhsh Wadela in Malir KarachiKarachiKarachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
, GadapGadapGadap is one of the neighbourhoods of Gadap Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.There are several ethnic groups including Muhajirs, Punjabis, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochis, Memons, Bohras, Ismailis, etc. Over 99% of the population is Muslim. The population of Gadap Town is... - Ghullam Murtaza wadela Nazim, Gadap TownGadap TownGadap Town is a town located in the northwestern part of Karachi with the Hub River on its western limits also forming the provincial border between Sindh and Balochistan, while to the north and east are Dadu District and the Kirthar Mountains....
of Gadap town in Malir, Karachi. - Abdul Hakim Wadela Baloch, Member of Pakistan People's Party andprovincial minister for revenue in Sindh in 1988
- Hussain Wadela leader of the National Party from Gawadar and also ex vice chairman of BSO
Wadela واديلا also spell as Wadhela is the name of a 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....
tribe in Balochistan, Makran
Makran
The present day Makran is a semi-desert coastal strip in the south of Sindh, Balochistan, in Iran and Pakistan, along the coast of the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman. The present day Makran derived its name from Maka, a satrap of Achaemenid Empire....
.
They are simply an offshoot of the greater 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...
tribe who had to migrate westwards during the reign of Abdullah Khan
Abdullah Khan
Abdullah Khan is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. The Department of Defense estimates he was born in 1956....
of Kalat in the early 18th century. Migrating from Wadh
Wadh
Wadh is a town in the Khuzdar District of Balochistan, Pakistan. The population of the town was 48.950 according to the 1998 census. Most of the inhabitants of the sub-district belong to the Mengal tribe...
brought them the name Wadela, as it is found with any other tribe in Balochistan that a tribe keeps changing its name as it moves on to find a new settlement.
Wadela tribe tribes was one of the important tribes in resisting the English army from capturing Makuran. This war was fought in the nineteenth century in the Gokprosh
Gokprosh
Gokprosh is a ridgeline of hills, part of the Coast Range of Baluchistan, Pakistan. The area is noted for being the site of engagements between the British and Baloch rebels in the 1898 Baloch uprising.-Physical description:...
mountains. The Baloch fiercely defended their motherland. This defeat led the English army to retreat. The head of the Wadeyla tribe Meer Mubarik Wadela was given the name of Meer A Ne Salaar.
Clans
The clans of the Wadela tribes are as following:- Saeet zai
- Bukkar zai
- Mahmad zai
- Gami zai
- Kaurkuchi
- Shahbek zai
- Bijar zai.
Settlements
This tribe is living in majority in BahuBahu
Bahu or Bahuka was a king of the Ikshvaku dynasty or the Suryavamsha . According to the Puranas, he was son of Vrika. But the Ramayana mentions him as Asita, son of Bharata. According to this text, he had two queens, one of them was Kalindi...
, Dashtyari, Karachi, Kulanch, Gwadar, Turbat, Pasni, Chahbhar, Oman, Thar (Near the border of India in Sindh). The headquarters of the Wadela tribe has remained Kolanch in Makuran since their migration from Wad.
Notable Wadelas
- Shaheed Mehboob Ali Wadela 11 September 1973 - 23 February 2011 was a member of Baloch National Movement(BNM) and a Baloch freedom fighter (Sarmachar),who fought against Pakistani occupying forces for several years in Balochistan and killed by Pakistan military in custody after ten months of detention.He is buried in Malir,Karachi.
- Meer Mubarak WadelaMubarak WadelaMubarak Wadela Balochi is the principal Kauhda or head man of Kulanch, Balochistan, Pakistan. He is a Mengal by origin, his ancestors having migrated from Wad...
Nok Bur Makuran, - Meer Mohammad Umer Wadela, contractor in Balochistan, grandsom of Mubarak Wadela
- Rasool Bakhsh Wadela in Malir KarachiKarachiKarachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
, GadapGadapGadap is one of the neighbourhoods of Gadap Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.There are several ethnic groups including Muhajirs, Punjabis, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochis, Memons, Bohras, Ismailis, etc. Over 99% of the population is Muslim. The population of Gadap Town is... - Ghullam Murtaza wadela Nazim, Gadap TownGadap TownGadap Town is a town located in the northwestern part of Karachi with the Hub River on its western limits also forming the provincial border between Sindh and Balochistan, while to the north and east are Dadu District and the Kirthar Mountains....
of Gadap town in Malir, Karachi. - Abdul Hakim Wadela Baloch, Member of Pakistan People's Party andprovincial minister for revenue in Sindh in 1988
- Hussain Wadela leader of the National Party from Gawadar and also ex vice chairman of BSO
Wadela واديلا also spell as Wadhela is the name of a 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....
tribe in Balochistan, Makran
Makran
The present day Makran is a semi-desert coastal strip in the south of Sindh, Balochistan, in Iran and Pakistan, along the coast of the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman. The present day Makran derived its name from Maka, a satrap of Achaemenid Empire....
.
They are simply an offshoot of the greater 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...
tribe who had to migrate westwards during the reign of Abdullah Khan
Abdullah Khan
Abdullah Khan is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. The Department of Defense estimates he was born in 1956....
of Kalat in the early 18th century. Migrating from Wadh
Wadh
Wadh is a town in the Khuzdar District of Balochistan, Pakistan. The population of the town was 48.950 according to the 1998 census. Most of the inhabitants of the sub-district belong to the Mengal tribe...
brought them the name Wadela, as it is found with any other tribe in Balochistan that a tribe keeps changing its name as it moves on to find a new settlement.
Wadela tribe tribes was one of the important tribes in resisting the English army from capturing Makuran. This war was fought in the nineteenth century in the Gokprosh
Gokprosh
Gokprosh is a ridgeline of hills, part of the Coast Range of Baluchistan, Pakistan. The area is noted for being the site of engagements between the British and Baloch rebels in the 1898 Baloch uprising.-Physical description:...
mountains. The Baloch fiercely defended their motherland. This defeat led the English army to retreat. The head of the Wadeyla tribe Meer Mubarik Wadela was given the name of Meer A Ne Salaar.
Clans
The clans of the Wadela tribes are as following:- Saeet zai
- Bukkar zai
- Mahmad zai
- Gami zai
- Kaurkuchi
- Shahbek zai
- Bijar zai.
Settlements
This tribe is living in majority in BahuBahu
Bahu or Bahuka was a king of the Ikshvaku dynasty or the Suryavamsha . According to the Puranas, he was son of Vrika. But the Ramayana mentions him as Asita, son of Bharata. According to this text, he had two queens, one of them was Kalindi...
, Dashtyari, Karachi, Kulanch, Gwadar, Turbat, Pasni, Chahbhar, Oman, Thar (Near the border of India in Sindh). The headquarters of the Wadela tribe has remained Kolanch in Makuran since their migration from Wad.
Notable Wadelas
- Shaheed Mehboob Ali Wadela 11 September 1973 - 23 February 2011 was a member of Baloch National Movement(BNM) and a Baloch freedom fighter (Sarmachar),who fought against Pakistani occupying forces for several years in Balochistan and killed by Pakistan military in custody after ten months of detention.He is buried in Malir,Karachi.
- Meer Mubarak WadelaMubarak WadelaMubarak Wadela Balochi is the principal Kauhda or head man of Kulanch, Balochistan, Pakistan. He is a Mengal by origin, his ancestors having migrated from Wad...
Nok Bur Makuran, - Meer Mohammad Umer Wadela, contractor in Balochistan, grandsom of Mubarak Wadela
- Rasool Bakhsh Wadela in Malir KarachiKarachiKarachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
, GadapGadapGadap is one of the neighbourhoods of Gadap Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.There are several ethnic groups including Muhajirs, Punjabis, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochis, Memons, Bohras, Ismailis, etc. Over 99% of the population is Muslim. The population of Gadap Town is... - Ghullam Murtaza wadela Nazim, Gadap TownGadap TownGadap Town is a town located in the northwestern part of Karachi with the Hub River on its western limits also forming the provincial border between Sindh and Balochistan, while to the north and east are Dadu District and the Kirthar Mountains....
of Gadap town in Malir, Karachi. - Abdul Hakim Wadela Baloch, Member of Pakistan People's Party andprovincial minister for revenue in Sindh in 1988
- Hussain Wadela leader of the National Party from Gawadar and also ex vice chairman of BSO
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