Baloch people in Sindh

The Balochs of Sindh, (Sindhi: سنڌي ٻروچ‎, Balochi: سندی بلۏچ), is a community of Sindhi-speaking Baloch tribes living throughout the Sindh province of Pakistan.

Settling in the region for centuries, Baloch tribes own large agricultural land and related businesses in Sindh, a large part of them being landlords in Sindh.

Talpur dynasty

The Talpurs were a Sindhi-speaking Baloch tribe, and were descendants of Mir Sulaiman Kako Talpur, who had arrived in Sindh from Choti Bala in southern Punjab. They were Shia Muslims by faith. They ruled from 1783 until 1843, when they were defeated by the British at the Battle of Miani and Battle of Dubbo. The northern Khairpur branch of the Talpur dynasty however, continued to maintain a degree of sovereignty during British rule as the princely state of Khairpur. Its ruler joined the new Dominion of Pakistan in October 1947 as an autonomous region in Pakistan.

History

It is believed that the Balochs migrated from Balochistan during the Little Ice Age. The Little Ice Age is conventionally defined as a period extending from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, or alternatively, from about 1300 to about 1850. Although climatologists and historians working with local records no longer expect to agree on either the start or end dates of this period, which varied according to local conditions.

According to Dr Akhtar Baloch of the University of Karachi, the climate of Balochistan was very cold and the region was uninhabitable during the winter so the Baloch people migrated in waves and settled in Sindh and Punjab.

Language

Balochs of Sindh mostly migrated from Balochistan to Sindh from 16th to 19th century. Majority of Balochs in Sindh historically speak Siraiki as their mother tongue, that was the reason that in old times "Balochki" term was used interchangeably for Siraiki dialect by Sindhis.

See also

• Baloch people in Punjab
• Baloch people in India

References

1. Baloch people
2. Uzair Baloch
3. Baloch people in Punjab
4. Baloch diaspora
5. Med people
6. Jadgal people
7. Nabi Bakhsh Baloch
8. Sindhis
9. Anmol Baloch
10. Ethnic groups in Pakistan
11. Zarina Baloch
12. Baloch genocide
13. Insurgency in Sindh
14. Ghulam Murtaza Baloch
15. Jamote People
16. Farzana Hanif Baloch
17. Babbar (tribe)
18. Pakistani folklore
19. Insurgency in Balochistan
20. Hyderabad, Sindh