Buledi

The Buledi, Buledai, Baladi or Burdi (Balochi: بلیدی) are a western Baloch tribe of the Pakistani provinces of Sindh and Balochistan. They are among the major tribes that settled in the Jacobabad District of Sindh during Charles Napier's time. The word Buledi derived from the Buleda valley of Makran. In Sindh province they are also known as Burdi. The tribe is further divided into 51 subtribes including the Clans

There are seven(7) Sardar (Chieftains) among Buledis, namely Sundrani. Bijarani, Suhriyani, Teghani, Pitafi, Hajija, and remaining Buledis in Buleda. Among all the seven above mentioned groups, Sundrani is the Chief Sardar of all Buledi tribes. Among all "Sundrani" is the largest clan of Buledis, and Bijarani is the second largest clan of Buledi commanding 37 tribes on both sides of the border. All the tribes which come in the clan of Sundrani and Bijarani are called Buledi / Burdi. The chieftain, Sardar, of this tribe commands about 15 sub-clans of Buledis, namely Bijarani, Jagirani, Nindwani, Gajani, Bakhrani, Bahlkani, Dahani, Bajkani, Gujrani, Banglani, Jaffery, Kanrani, Kambrani, Gadihi, and few Baloch (Jamote) tribes. Nearly 95% of Bijaranis live in tehsils Tangwani& Kandhkot of district Kashmore and some are living in Jacobabad, Shikarpur districts and also in parts of Balochistan. There are about 136 villages of Bijaranis. All tribe has o2n Sardar. Sundrani is the eldest brother of all Sardars and Meer Abid Khan Son of Meer Sunder Khan Sundrani is the Chief Sardar of all Buledi Sardars...and Jagirani is younger brother of Sundrani so they are directly under command of Chief Sardar Meer Abid Khan Sundrani....Mostly Jagirani lives in Qambar Shahdadkot, Larkana, Khairpur, Ghokti, Sukkur, Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Kashmore, NawabShah, Hyderabad, Karachi, Sibi, Bhag Nari Balochistan, Guwadar and Buleda.

History[]

The Buledi divided the country amongst the Baloch tribes of Makran and declared their chief the head of the "Federation" with a title of Malik (which means "king" in Arabic) . Capt. E.C. Ross in his "Memorandum on Makran", published in 1868 mentioned the inscriptions on certain tombs in Kech valley of the Buledi rulers and especially Sheh Billar, who ruled Makran in 1729 A.D. The last ruler was Sheh Qasim (the nephew of Sheh Billar) who was killed by the Gichki chief, Malik Dinar.^[1]

Religious sects[]

The Dhikri creed spread through Makran in the seventeenth century with the rise of the Bulidayi dynasty, although Dhikri sources highlight the conversion of members of the Malik dynasty of Kèc in the early sixteenth century. The creed's positions were strengthened in the early eighteenth century when the Gichkis established their dominance under Mulla Murad, the group's charismatic political and religious leader. After wavers of persecution from hinterland Sunni Baloch, the Dhikris fled to remote desert areas in Makran and to the coast of Balochistan and Sindh. Originally present throughout Makran, from the 1930 they have been concentrated in the Turbat area, where most of their historical sanctuaries are, and in the Las Bela region, northwest of the delta of the Indus river. Dhikrism has come to be identified with the Baluchi speaking population of nomadic or maritime background, as opposed to the šahri peasant stratum of Hanafi Sunni affiliation, who sometimes call themselves namází (that is, those who make the ritual prayer, namaz). In Iranian Balochistan, Dhikri historiography focuses on the life and work of Shaykh Muhammad Darafshan (1630 - 1708). A figure of the creed in Qasr-i Qand, Shaykh Muhammad claimed paternal descent from the famous late ninth-century gnostic master Junayd of Baghdad and, through his mother to the sardar and Persian language poet Abd - Allah Jangi of the Bulidayi tribe.^[2]

Notable Personalities[]

• Muhammad Yakoob Dahani is member of the Buledi tribe through him being Dahani, which is a sub-tribe. He himself is an accomplished lawyer as he is a public prosecutor of the Sindh Government. He is the current Deputy District Attorney of the District .^[3] Before being a Government prosesutor, he has had an accomplishing career as a private lawyer.
• Shahnawaz Dahani, A internaional cricketer, Presently playing for Pakistan. He hails from the sub-tribe of buledi which is Dahani.^[4]

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