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Baluchistan Status of the Sardars

The set up of the tribal system is the result of an evolutionary process of hundreds of years. The seed of tribal system was sown in the time of Mir Chakar Khan Rind. In the reign of Ahmadzai Khans, the sardars of Balochistan were strengthened...
The 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis near Hollebeke, Belgium, First Battle of Ypres, October 1914.

129th Duke of Connaught’s Own Baluchis

The 129th Duke of Connaught’s Own Baluchis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army raised in 1846 as the 2nd Bellochee Battalion. It was designated as the 129th Duke of Connaught’s Own Baluchis in 1903, and became 4th...
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Gul Khan Nasir

Mir Gul Khan Nasir(Urdu: میر گل خان نصیر), also widely regarded as Malek o-Sho’arā Balochistan (Urdu: ملک‌ الشعراء بلوچستان; 14 May 1914 – 6 December 1983) was a prominent politician, poet, historian,...

Hani and Sheh Mureed

Hani and Sheh Mureed or Murid (Balochi Hanee-o-Shay Mureed or Hero Šey Murīd) is a beloved epic ballad of Balochi folklore.This tale is to Balochistan what Romeo and Juliet is to English-speaking lands.The story mirrors the life of the Baloch...

Mir Chakar Rind

Mir Chakar Khan Rind or Meer Chaakar Khan Rind or Chakar-i-Azam (1468 – 1565[1]) (Persian or Urdu: میر چاکر خان رند) was a Baloch chieftain in the 15th century. He is considered a folk hero of the Baloch people and an important...