Prelude: If this is correct, the Baluchi, Burhui - Bugtis, Marris, Mengals have no right over the entire Baluchistan as it exists today. These feudal lords were created by the British in the latter half of the nineteenth century to meet their own nefarious designs. Saying that we have mishandled the situation grossly and deprived the other fifty odd tribes of the area of a say in matters, is an understatement of this decade. ~ Col. (Rtd.) Daood Husnain: This old geographic tract of land, Nimroz, is etched in the old mythology of Iran, and references about this region exist even before the Epic Shah Nama-e-Firdausi was penned by Abul Qasim Firdausi, various Arab, Persian and Turkish geographers who wrote their books mention it in their books, namely, Al-Balaziri [883], ibn Khurdad-bih [888]al-Hassan Siraf [916]al-Masudi [943] al-Istakhari [951] who was from the adjoining region with Nimroz, wrote his book ‘Kitab ul Maslik wa Mamalik’,whose works give minor details of the region. This list of authors continues till the times of Maulana Usman, author of Tabakat i Nasiri 1260 AD, who spent 7 months in the court of Zaranj/Zahidan the capital of Nimroz. This was after the invasion of Mongols, He mentions of a Gumbaz e Balluchi in ruins on the Eastern side of Zahidan, zaranj, whereas H.G. Raverty quoting from Maslik va Mamalik of al-Istakhari in Asiatic journal Bengal issue of 1885 discussing the Maliks of Nimroz and Sijistan mentions of Bal-yus an area assigned to Balochi, next to Gumbaz e Balochi. Worth reading the complete article: opinion-maker.org/2013/08/nimroz-abode-of-the-balluchi/
Posted on: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 08:16:27 +0000
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