Marri (tribe)

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The Marri are a Balochi-speaking tribe of the Baloch people, who inhabit a large arid region in northeastern Balochistan, Pakistan. The Marri area is bounded to the west by the plains of Sibi. To the north are the Kakar and Loni tribes of the Pashtuns; to the east lie the lands of the Khetrans, to the south the Bugti tribe. [1]

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Traditionally, the Marri people, like other Baloch tribes, were nomads and earned their livelihood from grazing animals and fighting and raiding. [2] Many of them hold key high positions in Pakistan both in Provincial and Federal levels of Government.

Early history

The early history of the Marri centers around the Mir Chakar Khan, the folk hero of many Baloch romances and leader of the Rind tribe. After his quarrels with the Lasharies, and after he had been driven out of Sibi, Mir Chakar went to what is now the present Marri country near the Manjara River.

The particular spot where Bijar Khan parted ranks from Mir Chakar is known as Bijar Wad into the present day. [3]

The sub-tribes of Gazini:

1. Bahawalanzai (chief Nawab Changez Khan Marri)

2. Mehandani (chief Wadera Mir Alam Zaib Mahanadani)

3. Langani (chief Wadara Nazir)

4. Zing (chief Wadara Rab Nawaz)

5. Jarwar (chief Farari Abid Ali Jarwar of Shahdadkot Sind)

6. Aaliani (chief Wadera Mirzihan)

7. Tagani (chief Wadara Ali Gul)

8. Nozbadgani (chief Haji Khair Mohammad Rahzin)

9. Chalgari (chief Wadara Sharbat Khan)

10. Badini (chief Wadra Soba Khan)

11. Mazarani (chief Wadara Qadir Khan)

The sub-tribes of Bijarani:

1. Qalandrani (Mir Mohabbat Khan)

2. MisriZai (Mir Ahmed Khan)

3. Kalwani (Chief Wadara Ghulam Hussain Matiari Sindh)

4. Shaheja (wadara mehrab khan)

5. Pavadi (wadara karim dad Diva khan)

6. Ramkani (Wadera Safar Khan)

7. Sumrani (wadara Mir Miro khan Marri Baloch)

8. Nihalanzai (mir bahar khan)

The sub-tribes of Loharani:

1. Sherani (wadara habib, juma khan)

2. Mohmadani (wadara sohbat khan)

3. Jalambani (wadara mian khan)

4. Gowasrani

5. Loharani (wadara habiat khan)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pehrson & Barth 1966, pp. 1–2.
  2. ↑ "Lifestyle of a Nomad", An Element of Luck, The Radcliffe Press, 1993, ISBN   978-1-85043-739-0 , retrieved 2021-07-10
  3. ↑ D’Accone, Frank A. (2001), "Marri, Ascanio", Oxford Music Online, Oxford University Press, retrieved 2021-07-10

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