Lasi people

The Lasi are a Sindhi tribal group of Balochistan, Pakistan. They form 3.5% of the total population of the province (as of 1961),[1] and are the predominant group in the lowlands of Lasbela District.[2] They occupy a high social position and have traditionally been engaged as agricultural landlords. They speak the Lasi dialect of Sindhi.[3] Although social stratification is found in individual tribes, there is no social hierarchy or rigid tribal structure.[2] The Lasi include the following tribes: Abra, Angaria, Bulfat, Bapra, Baradia, Burra, Channa, Chutta, Doda, Dambi, Gidri, Gunga, Gwaranjo, Jamote, Khaskheli, Kundola, Langha, Mandra, Mangia, Maswhani, Masuni, Moosiani, Runjha, Samot, Shahok, Sinar, Sanger, Sheikh, Sithar and Zuar.[2]

Notable People

Jam Kamal Khan

Fazila Aliani

Jam Ghulam Qadir Khan

References
  1. Scholz 2002, p. 24.
  2. Scholz 2002, p. 29.
  3. Cf. Grierson (1919, p. 158) and Scholz (2002, p. 29)

Bibliography
  • Grierson, George A. (1919). Linguistic Survey of India. Vol. VIII, Part 1, Indo-Aryan family. North-western group. Specimens of Sindhī and Lahndā. Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India.
  • Scholz, Fred (2002) [1974]. Nomadism & colonialism : a hundred years of Baluchistan, 1872-1972. Karachi ; Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-579638-4.
  • Siddiqi, Akhtar Husain (1991). Baluchistan (Pakistan) : its society, resources, and development. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America. ISBN 978-0-8191-8226-5.
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