Jats of Balochistan

Jats of Balochistan
Regions with significant populations
Balochistan, Sindh, Punjab
Languages
Balochi, Sindhi, Saraiki and Jadgali languages
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Baloch people • Jat Muslims

The Jats of Balochistan are tribes of Indo-Aryan origin, usually from Sindhi Jats[1] or Jadgals,[2] found in Balochistan, Pakistan.[3][4] However, regardless of their origins, they are still generally seen as Baloch.[5] They are estimated to be around 10% of the total population of Balochistan, making up the fourth largest ethnic group in the area. Many of these Jats are camel herders by trade.[6]

List of tribes

The major tribes include:

History

By the time of the Umayyad conquest of Sind in the 8th century, Arab writers described agglomerations of Jats throughout the newly conquered lands of Sind[12] and Makran. The Arabs referred to these Jats as "Zutts" (Arabic: الزُّطِّ), although this term was also used for several other groups—such as the Sāyabija, Andāghar, and Qufs—not all of whom were necessarily ethnic Jats.[13] The Jats of Makran (with their name being synonymous with cameleers in that area)[14] reportedly reared fine-quality camels which were in demand as far as Khurasan; these camels were also presented to Mu'awiya I.[15]

The Jats were present in Makran and Lasbela long before the migration of ancestors of the Baloch from Kerman, Khorasan and the Sistan and Baluchistan provinces of present-day Iran.

See also

References

  1. ^ Khan, Sabir Badal (2013). Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore: Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore. Università di Napoli, "l'Orientale". p. 61.
  2. ^ "Oman's Diverse Society: Northern Oman" (PDF). JE Peterson.
  3. ^ Baluchistan (Pakistan) (1979). Balochistan Through the Ages: Tribes (reprint ed.). Nisa Traders (sole distributors Gosha-e-Adab).
  4. ^ Sir Richard Francis Burton (1898). William Henry Wilkins (ed.). The Jew, The Gypsy and El Islam. H. S. Stone. p. 215.
  5. ^ Spooner, Brian (1975). "Nomadism in Baluchistan". In Leshnik, Lawrence S.; Sontheime, Günther-Dietz (eds.). Pastoralists and Nomads in South Asia. Wiesbaden, Germany: O. Harrassowitz. pp. 171–182. ISBN 3-447-01552-7.
  6. ^ Westphal-Hellbusch, Sigrid; Westphal, Heinz (1986). The Jat of Pakistan. Lok Virsa.
  7. ^ a b c d Baluch, Muhammad Sardar Khan (1977). History of Baluch Race and Baluchistan. Gosha-e-Adab : distributors Nisa Trader. p. 268. ...Bizanjo, Mengal, Sajdi and Zehri as Jadgal or Jats...
  8. ^ Breseeg, Taj Mohammad (2004). Baloch Nationalism: Its Origin and Development. Royal Book Company. p. 106. ISBN 978-969-407-309-5.
  9. ^ Sumra, Mahar Abdul Haq (1992). The Soomras. Beacon Books.
  10. ^ Hafeez Tunio (30 December 2014). "Dastar bandi: Zardari takes over as chief of his own tribe". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Retrieved 17 August 2021. Other sub-castes of the Jat community living in Sindh include the Lasharis, Zuhranis, Malkanis, Lanjwanis, Pahores and Kalwars, among others.
  11. ^ ʻAlī, Anṡārī ʻAlī Sher (1901). A Short Sketch, Historical and Traditional, of the Musalman Races Found in Sind, Baluchistan and Afghanistan, Their Genealogical Sub-divisions and Septs, Together with an Ethnological and Ethnographical Account. Printed at the Commissioner's Press.
  12. ^ Mayaram, Shail (2003). Against history, against state : counterperspectives from the margins. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-12730-8. OCLC 52203150.
  13. ^ Zakeri, Mohsen (1995). Sāsānid Soldiers in Early Muslim Society: The Origins of ʻAyyārān and Futuwwa. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-03652-8. Pg. 123, 195, 196.
  14. ^ Wink, André (2002). Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World: Early Medieval India and the Expansion of Islam 7Th-11th Centuries. BRILL. ISBN 978-0-391-04173-8. Pg. 142.
  15. ^ Wink, André (2002). Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World: Early Medieval India and the Expansion of Islam 7Th-11th Centuries. BRILL. ISBN 978-0-391-04173-8. Pg. 160, 172.
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