Boharzai is a predatory tribe in the Chiru Nal valley in Jhalawan.
Khozdar, a sub-district of Jhalawan, has the Mardui Brahui tribe. They smelt lead from a carbonate ore.
The Mingal, a powerful Brahui tribe, dwell in the southern hills of Jhalawan, from the limits of Khozdar to Bela in Las. Their manners are rude and their habits predatory. The Shahi-zai and Phailwan-zai are their two great divisions. They pretend to be able to raise 18,000 fighting men.
Ziggar Mingal dwell in Nushki to the west of Saharawan. They are hospitable, and adhere to their promises. The Ziggar Mingal and Rakshaui of Nushki have no proper towns or villages, hut reside in tents, though not migratory. Their river, the Kaisar, is useless for irrigation, and is lost amongst the sands. They cultivate wheat at the skirts of the bill ranges supporting the plateau of Saharawan. snow seldom falls. The Ziggar Mingal at one time occupied the Dasht-i-Goran near Kalat, but their increasing numbers com pelled them to emigrate into Nushki, dispossess ing the Ilakshani, of whom two tontaus or clans still reside at Nushki. They have a much-valued breed of horses, caned Tarji. Their flock,' are very numerous.
The Nuaherwani, the ruling tribe in Kharani, extend into Nusliki, others into Baluch Makran, Panjgur, and Kolwah.
Sageti (Sajadi ?) have about 700 adult men. They inhabit the valley of Graisha in Jhalawan. They are supposed to be descendants from a portion of the force that marched southwards with Alexander. The chief family of the tribe are the Saki, distinctly of Scythian origin. They are of those Saks.; who formed part of Alexander's army, and whose country is stated by Dr. Wilson to have been that lying between the Paropamisan mountains and the Sea of Ural. It is not im probable that they accompanied Alexander as far as the south of Sind, and, returning with Craterus up the Moolla pass, settled in their present position. Sake still occupy the borders of the Caspian.
Zahri or Jahri, a Brahui tribe in Jhalawan.
Nushke is an extensive province west of Jhala wan. It has several towns and castles, and is inhabited, by Mehmasani, Nusherwani, and 31irwari.
Mirwari Brahui are in Nushki, Jao, and Kohvah in Baluchistan.
The Mehmasani have branches in Seistan and in the hills of Luristan.
Kalat town, in lat. 29° N., and long. 66° 40' E., is the capital of Baluchistan. It is 7000 feet above the sea, in a narrow valley, with the hills of Cutch Gandava on its east. Its soils are rich, and it has one permanent stream, with several of the karez aqueducts. Kalat district is the principal district of the Brahui race. The town was taken by storm by the British Indian army on the 13th November 1839, from the northern or Mustung gate. The population consists of the dominant Brahui, and of Baluch, Dehwar, Babi, Afghans, Ghilzae, and slaves. The miri or citadel has the palace of the khan. The Babi suburb is on the south side ; Brahui, Ghilzae, Afghans, and others dwell in the Past-i-Shahr, and Afghans are in all the suburbs. The number of the inhabitants has been stated at 12,000, and that of its houses at 800. The Ahmadzai branch of the Kamburani is the section of the Brahui to which the Khan of Kalat belongs. It is said to be descended from Kambur, son of the Imam Kambar ; but Kambur, in Baluchki, means an Abyssinian, and the dominant tribe is believed to have come from that country, and to have been ruling since tho middle of the 17th century.
Gadad are the slaves (Khanazad, household guards) of the Brahui rulers. Every family of consideration in Baluchistan has slaves either of African origin or of captives taken in predatory excursions.
Dehwar speak pure Persian. They arc the settled inhabitants of towns and on culturable lands. They are called Tajak in Persia, Sart in Bokhara, and Dehgan in Afghanistan, Dehwar and Dehgan meaning villagers. They are a quiet, orderly people. In Baluchistan they have about thirty sections, in five grand divisions. Dr. Cook says their language is nearly pure Persian: they inhabit the Deli or villages, and do not migrate, are an agricultural people, hard-working and poor. The Babi or Ababi are a wealthy trading class in the Shal district and at Kalat. They are stout, well-made men, with good features and pleasant manners. They appear to have come originally from Afghanistan. They have four khel or sections,—Umar, Hija, Chur, and Ganga.