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Baranzai

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Baranzai (Balochi: بلوچ) are a Baloch tribe who live in Sistan and Baluchestan province. Mir Dost Mohammad Khan Baloch was a member of the tribe who ruled Western Balochistan till 1928.[1]

Baranzai is a sub-clan of the Balochi tribe of Mengal, who are a large tribe. Notable sub-clans are Shahizai, Lehri, and Mahmudzai.[2]

References

  1. ^ Titus, Paul Brian (1996). Marginality and Modernity: Ethnicity and Change in Post-colonial Balochistan. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-577633-1.
  2. ^ Nahyan, Mansoor Bin Tahnoon Al; Hussain, Jamal; Ghafoor, Asad ul (2019-05-09). Tribes of Pakistan. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5275-3439-1.