- Bugti
Bugti ( _ar. بگتی), is a Baloch tribe located in Balochistan. They are divided into four clans
Rahija s,Kalpar s,Marri -Bugti s, andMasuri s they number about 200,000.History
It is said that the uncle of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, Hazrat Ameer Hamza was the ancestor of The Bugti's. Bugti's are of (
Arab ) origin, who are settled in hills to the east of theSindh - Pishin railway, betweenJacobabad andSibi , with theMarri s (a cognate tribe) to the north of them - in 1901 they numbered 15,500] .An expedition against them was organized by Sir
Charles James Napier in 1845, but they were never brought under control till SirRobert Sandeman ruled Balochistan. Since the construction of the railway made possible after a thorough negotiation, conditions have been peaceful.The region was largely under
Iran ian Royalty control and the autonomous principality of Kalat. The British wrested control away from theKhan of Kalat in the early 1840s and it became the staging ground for the various Afghan-British wars (the Great Game) in the later half of 19th century. The 1876 treaty between theKhan of Kalat andRobert Sandeman accepted the independence of the Kalat as an allied state with British military outposts in the region. After the 1878 Afghan War, the British established Baluchistan as a provincial entity centered around the municipality ofQuetta - Kalat,Makran , andLasbela continuing to exist as princely realms. The British interest in the region was largely to use it as a land-mass bulwark againstCentral Asia n encroachments. Besides a train track, the development and settlement of British holdings excluded most of the tribal population. The administrative and legislative reforms of late 19th and early 20th century India overlooked Balochistan.Around the 1930s, Balochi nationalist parties emerged to contest for freedom from British rule. They took the princely
State of Kalat as the focal point of a free and united Balochistan. Allama Mohammad Iqbal's vision of autonomous federation of Muslim state included Balochistan but theKhan of Kalat never bought into the nationalist paradigm, arguing that the Kalat had special treaty powers.Baglar Begi Khan declared the independence of Kalat on August 15, 1947. He assured Pakistan that Kalat will participate in the defense and infrastructure but will be autonomous. That didn't go over well at all and the Pakistani army entered the region to occupy the area immediately.On
March 27 ,1948 , theKhan of Kalat gave in to the State ofPakistan and his old attorney Mohammad Ali Jinnah. His brotherPrince Abdul Karim Khan refused to surrender and revolted until his arrest in 1950. Balochistan was put under Governor General control and no elective body formed in Balochistan 1973.ee also
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Marri-Bugti country
*Baloch tribes References
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