Jats of Balochistan: Difference between revisions

The ”’Jats of Balochistan”’, also spelt Jath,<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-28 |title=Indus Delta’s unique ‘Kharai’ camels on verge of extinction |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/131780/indus-deltas-unique-kharai-camels-verge-extinction/ |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Daily Times |language=en-US |quote=Jatt (Also Jat or Jath) is an ingenious community in lower Sindh, Makran and Katch (or Kachh) area of India.}}</ref> are tribes of [[Sindhi people|Sindhi]] origin, usually from [[Lari dialect (Sindhi)|Lari]] [[Sindhi Jats]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Khan |first=Sabir Badal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8N1JCgAAQBAJ&dq=Jats+of+Balochistan&pg=PA61 |title=Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore: Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore |date=2013 |publisher=Università di Napoli, “l’Orientale” |pages=61 |language=en}}</ref> [[Jadgal people|Jadgals]],<ref name=”Peterson”>{{cite web |title=Oman’s Diverse Society: Northern Oman |url=http://www.jepeterson.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/oman_diverse_society_northern_oman.pdf |website=JE Peterson}}</ref> and [[Jamote people|Jamotes]],<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=biUFE3_JQywC&q=khaskheli |title=1998 District Census Report of Malir |date=1999 |publisher=Population Census Organisation, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan |pages=11 |language=en |quote=Among Sindhis the tribes are Syed, Jokhia, Khaskheli , Palari , Bareja , Bhabra , Dhars , Sirhindi , Jamot and Mohanas.}}</ref> found in [[Pakistani Balochistan]], specifically in the [[Kacchi Plain]]s, [[Las Bela (princely state)|Las Bela]], and [[Makran]].<ref>{{Cite book |author=Baluchistan (Pakistan) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RQANAAAAIAAJ&q=Jats |title=Balochistan Through the Ages: Tribes |publisher=Nisa Traders (sole distributors Gosha-e-Adab) |year=1979 |edition=reprint}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VHUWAAAAYAAJ&dq=Jats+of+Balochistan&pg=PA215|title=The Jew, The Gypsy and El Islam|author=Sir Richard Francis Burton|editor=William Henry Wilkins|publisher=H. S. Stone|year=1898|page=215}}</ref> They are also found in lower [[Sindh]] and [[Kutch district|Kutch]].<ref name=”:1″ /> However, regardless of their origins, they are generally seen as [[Baloch people|Baloch]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Spooner |first=Brian |date=1975 |author-link=Brian J. Spooner|chapter=Nomadism in Baluchistan|editor-first=Lawrence S.|editor-last= Leshnik|editor-first2=Günther-Dietz|editor-last2= Sontheime |chapter-url=https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/1516 |title=Pastoralists and Nomads in South Asia |language=en |issue=76 |pages=171–182|isbn=3-447-01552-7|publisher=[[Harrassowitz Verlag|O. Harrassowitz]]|location=Wiesbaden, Germany }}</ref> They are estimated to be around 10% of the total population of Balochistan, making up the fourth largest ethnic group in the area. Most of these Jats are [[nomadic]] [[Pastoralism|pastoralists]] who specialize in raising [[Camel|camels]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Westphal-Hellbusch |first1=Sigrid |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XKQfAAAAMAAJ&q=Jat |title=The Jat of Pakistan |last2=Westphal |first2=Heinz |date=1986 |publisher=Lok Virsa |language=en}}</ref>

The ”’Jats of Balochistan”’, also spelt Jath,<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-28 |title=Indus Delta’s unique ‘Kharai’ camels on verge of extinction |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/131780/indus-deltas-unique-kharai-camels-verge-extinction/ |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Daily Times |language=en-US |quote=Jatt (Also Jat or Jath) is an ingenious community in lower Sindh, Makran and Katch (or Kachh) area of India.}}</ref> are tribes of [[Sindhi people|Sindhi]] origin, usually from [[Lari dialect (Sindhi)|Lari]] [[Sindhi Jats]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Khan |first=Sabir Badal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8N1JCgAAQBAJ&dq=Jats+of+Balochistan&pg=PA61 |title=Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore: Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore |date=2013 |publisher=Università di Napoli, “l’Orientale” |pages=61 |language=en}}</ref> [[Jadgal people|Jadgals]],<ref name=”Peterson”>{{cite web |title=Oman’s Diverse Society: Northern Oman |url=http://www.jepeterson.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/oman_diverse_society_northern_oman.pdf |website=JE Peterson}}</ref> and [[Jamote people|Jamotes]],<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=biUFE3_JQywC&q=khaskheli |title=1998 District Census Report of Malir |date=1999 |publisher=Population Census Organisation, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan |pages=11 |language=en |quote=Among Sindhis the tribes are Syed, Jokhia, Khaskheli , Palari , Bareja , Bhabra , Dhars , Sirhindi , Jamot and Mohanas.}}</ref> found in [[Pakistani Balochistan]], specifically in the [[Kacchi Plain]]s, [[Las Bela (princely state)|Las Bela]], and [[Makran]].<ref>{{Cite book |author=Baluchistan (Pakistan) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RQANAAAAIAAJ&q=Jats |title=Balochistan Through the Ages: Tribes |publisher=Nisa Traders (sole distributors Gosha-e-Adab) |year=1979 |edition=reprint}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VHUWAAAAYAAJ&dq=Jats+of+Balochistan&pg=PA215|title=The Jew, The Gypsy and El Islam|author=Sir Richard Francis Burton|editor=William Henry Wilkins|publisher=H. S. Stone|year=1898|page=215}}</ref> They are also found in lower [[Sindh]] and [[Kutch district|Kutch]].<ref name=”:1″ /> However, regardless of their origins, they are generally seen as [[Baloch people|Baloch]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Spooner |first=Brian |date=1975 |author-link=Brian J. Spooner|chapter=Nomadism in Baluchistan|editor-first=Lawrence S.|editor-last= Leshnik|editor-first2=Günther-Dietz|editor-last2= Sontheime |chapter-url=https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/1516 |title=Pastoralists and Nomads in South Asia |language=en |issue=76 |pages=171–182|isbn=3-447-01552-7|publisher=[[Harrassowitz Verlag|O. Harrassowitz]]|location=Wiesbaden, Germany }}</ref> They are estimated to be around 10% of the total population of Balochistan, making up the fourth largest ethnic group in the area. Most of these Jats are [[nomadic pastoralists]] who specialize in raising [[]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Westphal-Hellbusch |first1=Sigrid |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XKQfAAAAMAAJ&q=Jat |title=The Jat of Pakistan |last2=Westphal |first2=Heinz |date=1986 |publisher=Lok Virsa |language=en}}</ref>

Jaths (pronounced with a soft ‘t’) are considered distinct from [[Jats]] (pronounced with a hard ‘t’)<ref>{{cite book |title=The Jats of Punjab and Sind: Their settlements and migrations (c. 5th-12th AD) |year=2004 |volume=1 |last=Raza |first=S. Jabir |author-link=S. Jabir Raza}}</ref> who are [[farmer]]s found in Central Sindh, the Kacchi Plains, and beyond.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pirzada |first=Din Ali |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XHzjAAAAMAAJ |title=Growth of Muslim Nationalism in Sindh: Parting of Ways to Pakistan |date=1995 |publisher=Mehran Publishers |language=en}}</ref>

Jaths (pronounced with a soft ‘t’) are distinct from [[Jats]]<ref>{{cite book |title=The Jats of Punjab and Sind: Their settlements and migrations (c. 5th-12th AD) |year=2004 |volume=1 |last=Raza |first=S. Jabir |author-link=S. Jabir Raza}}</ref> who are [[farmer]]s found in Central Sindh, the Kacchi Plains, and beyond.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pirzada |first=Din Ali |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XHzjAAAAMAAJ |title=Growth of Muslim Nationalism in Sindh: Parting of Ways to Pakistan |date=1995 |publisher=Mehran Publishers |language=en}}</ref>

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