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 - speakers of an Indo-Aryan language Khetrani, while to the south are found the Bugti Baloch.[1]

Today the marri tribe is modernized and only a few groups are left with true cultural identity, the marri people like other Baloch tribes were nomads and used to earn their livelihood from grazing animals.[2]

Early History[]

The early history of the tribe centers round the Mir Chakar Khan,the Rind hero of Baloch romance.After his quarrels with Lasharies and after he had been driven out of Sibi by the Arghuns.Mir Chakar took refuge in what is now the present Marri country near the Manjara river.A defile on which the Chakar Thank,still bears the name.Shortly after raids the main body of the Rinds migrated to the country east of the Indus,but a small scetion of the Puzh Rinds detached itself from Mir Chakar and elected to remain behind in the Sewistan hills.The leader of this section was Bijar Khan,and had with him Ali Khan,Mando Khan and Kalu Khan,Rinds a blacksimth (Lohar), a gardener called Kangra,and a negro (Sedi) named Shaheja.These men were the founder of Marri tribe,which thus commenced to gather with in the first quarter of the sisteenth century.[3]

The particular spot where Bijar Khan from Mir Chakar is known as Bijar Wad to the present day. [4]

The Marri tribe consists of the following sections (as of 1940):[5]

  • Ghaznni (which in turn is made up of the Thingiani, Badani, Mandani, Chhalgari, Zhing, Langani, Aliani, Mazarani ,Nozbandgani, Lori Kush, Bahwalanzai, Murgiani, Isfani and Jarwar)
  • Bijarani (with subsections Pawadi, Kungrani, Shaheja ,Kalwani, Kalandrani, Salarani, Somrani, Pirdadani, and Ramkani )
  • Loharani (with the three subsections of the Mohamadani, Sherani, and the eponymous Loharani).

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. ^ The Gazetteer of Baluchistan SIBI. Quetta: Government of Balochistan. 1906. p. 271.
  4. ^ D’Accone, Frank A. (2001), "Marri, Ascanio", Oxford Music Online, Oxford University Press, retrieved 2021-07-10
  5. ^ The Gazetteer of Baluchistan SIBI. Quetta: Government Of Balochistan. 1906. p. 311.

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