Bugti

Bugti (Balochi: بُگٹی bugṭī) is a Baloch tribe found in eastern Balochistan, Pakistan. As of 2008, it was estimated to comprise over 180,000 people, mostly living in the Dera Bugti region of Pakistan. They are in turn divided into the Rahija, Marhita, Nothani, Perozani, Masori, Mondarani and Kalpar sub-tribes.[2] Their neighbours to the north are the Marri, who were the Bugti's traditional enemies.[3]

For other uses, see Bugti (disambiguation).
Bugti
Languages
Balochi
Religion
Islam (majority), Hinduism and Sikhism (minority)[1]
Related ethnic groups
Baloch people

History

The Bugti is a branch of the Rind. A party of the Baloch settled in a locality called Bug on the border of Persia in Kaich Makran. When they emigrated from there and settled in their present Bugti country, they were called Bugti, which means “old residents of Bug.” The Bugti hills are called after this tribe. Some Baloch songs show that on one occasion a Buledi called Bugti a slave, when the Bugti repudiated the charge in the following couplet:—

بگء مطي ڈيه الڪه فاهي

مان غلام قہ واژہ ٹهامي

translation

1. Bug is my native place, and it is the name of my country.

2. If I am a slave, who is my master?

The Buledi could not prove who was the Bugti’s master, and the charge failed.

Another account says that the term Bugti is a compound of “Bug,” the name of a Pathan, and “thi,” a servant, the whole term meaning “Bug’s servant.” By corruption, the expression became “Bugti,” and by association with Baloch tribes the tribe became a Baloch tribe. The Chief of the tribe is Nawab Shahbaz Khan son of Ghulam Mutaza Khan, Rahejo Bugti. A popular account says that Kahejo, or more commonly called Rahuja, is a Sindhi tribe, to which the great ancestor of the Bugtis belonged, and that by association with the Baloch and settlement in the Bugti hills his descendants became Bugti Baloch. Nawab Shahbaz Khan was granted the title of “Nawab” by the Government of. India in January 1890, and lives in Dero Bibrak in the Bugti hills, but is constantly in touch with the Government officers in Sindh and Baluchistan, as he holds land in the Frontier District of Upper Sindh and was also given a large area of land on the Jamrau canal tor rendering assistance during the Hur outbreaks in 1896-97. The septs of the Bugti Zarkani are:[4]

1. Raheja. 2. Bakshlani. 3. Chakrani.  4. Chandnazai. 5. Dangia. 6. Hamzani. 7. Hezwani. 8. Jiskani. 9. Khalphar: 10. Mundrani.11. Mashori 12. Nothani 13. Notkani 14. Phizhur 15. Phong 16. Ramezai 17. Saidyani 18. Shalwani 19. Sunderani 20. Zarkhani 21. Zimkhani.[4]

The second division of the Bugti tribe is called Bugti Shambani, and their Chief is Kechi Khan, Shambani, who also lives in the Bugti hills, but is not in any way independent of the general control exercised by Nawab Shahbaz Khan. The septs of the Shambani Bugti are: 1. Gadri. 2. Khiazai. 3. Rahamatani.

See also

References
  1. Kamal Siddiqi (30 July 2009). "Hingol Temple Symbolises Baloch Secularism". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  2. Tahir, Muhammad (April 3, 2008). "Tribes and Rebels: The Players in the Balochistan Insurgency". Jamestown.
  3. Pehrson, Robert H.; Barth, Fredrik (1966). The Social Organization of the Marri Baluch. Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology. Vol. 43. New York: Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. pp. 1–2.
  4. Ali., Ansari, Sadik Ali Sher (1901). A short sketch, historical and traditional, of the Musalman races found in Sind, Baluchistan and Afghanistan, their genealogical sub-division and septs, together with an ethnological and ethnographical account. Printed at the Commissioner's Press. pp. 42–113. OCLC 555353750.


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