The Kojah are a section of the Kakar Afghans who have settled in the district of Sibi in N. Cutchi. They have attained to great power, and in 1840 had 700 fighting men. Their country is richly cultivated.
The Barozai or Barozhi, a clan of Patbans, reside in the town of Kurk in Sibi, a semicircular bay 25 miles across, in the hills N.E. of Dadar, and irrigated by canals from the Narra river. They number 700 men. They are living between the Brahni, Murree, and Kakar, and have adopted the Branch manners and customs. They pay tribute yearly to Kandahar.
The Bugti is a sub-tribe of Rind Baluch who occupy the hilly country to the W. of the Rajanpur border. Their six divisions, and the number of their fighting men, have been stated as under :— Thus the total number of the Bugti fighting men has been variously estimated at from 1300 to 4000. Their country is chiefly rugged and barren, but contains much good pasture land and some fertile valleys. They sell cattle and sheep to the people of Sind. Their Kaheja, Kalpar, Nothani, and Phong clans inhabit the hills on the N.W. frontier of Sind and Cutchi and the S. part of the Mazari country on the Panjab. The lands of the Shambani and Masuri clans extend along the Panjab frontier, between the British military posts of Banduwala and Sabzil-ki-Kot on the E., adjoining the Mazari and Dreshuk, with the Gurchani on the N., and the Loharani Murree on the IV. The Bugti and Murree were incessantly at war through a prolonged period. In 1839 the Bugti made predatory attacks on the British army as it advanced on Afghanistan, and were then defeated by Major Billamore. In 1844-45, Sir Charles Napier moved against them with a force of 7000 of all arms, besides a number of Murree Baluch auxiliaries, but only about 3500 Bugti seem to have opposed. The campaign lasted fifty-five days, with little loss to the Bugti. Major Jacob, in 1847, was subsequently engaged against them, and they suffered much distress for food ; and on the 1st October 1847, Lieutenant Merewether killed GOO of them, with a loss on his side of 9 killed and wounded. They have since made several inroads on British territory ; but they were broken up, and removed to lands near Larkhana. Such of them as wished returned in 1851 to their own country, and are now orderly, industrious, and contented. Their valley of Mutt is well cultivated, and pro duces excellent wheat and millet, and they sell their sheep and wool. The original Hindu in habitants of the Moir and Bugti hills were driven out by their present occupants, hut the natives of Barkban (the Khetran), inhabiting the more mountainous district to the northward, were able to hold their own. The whole are nominally
subject to the khan as chief of all, but his power appears to vary with his potiula ri ty. Dehra Dibrak, or Debra Bugti, is the capital of the Bugti. It is in the Siaf valley, and is their only town, for they are essentially nomade. Major Billamore's force captured it. in 1839, and again in 1845 General Simpson's column. Bugti occupy also the southern portion of the Suliman mountains, a tract of extremely hilly, stony, and barren country beyond the British frontier on the west, and south west of, Mithenkot in the Panjab, and north of Shikarpur in Sind. They acknowledge the Khan of Kalat. Their valleys are numerous and fertile, with streams flowing through them. They have nine subsections. They can muster 1000 fighting men.
The Mazari, a sub-tribe of Rind Baluch, occupy the tract of country on the right bank of the Indus, between Mithenkot and Burdeka, partly in the Panjab, partly in Sind. They are south of the Dreshuk. The adult males are about 2500. They long continued predatory, and were the most expert cattle-stealers on the border. They are now orderly, and sided with the British in the Indian mutiny of 1857. They have 39 sub-sections.
The Murree sub-tribe of Rind Baluch inhabit the outer hills which surround Cutchi on the east, north, and north-west sides. They aro subjects of the Khan of Kalat. They have the Tarin and Luni on the north, the Khetrani and Bugti on the east, the Bugti on the south, and Kakar on the west. Their districts are Kahun, Mundahi, Jantali, Phailawar, and Nisao. Their four sections arc Ghazani, Loharani, Bijarani, and Mazarani. They number 8000 souls, with about 2000 to 3000 fighting men. They are predatory. Their opposition to Captain Browne of the 5th Bombay N.J., who defended Kahun, and to Major Clibborn in 1839, is matter of history. In 1859, an expedition under Major Henry Green was sent against them. Many of this clan settled in Lower Sind, in the Khyr pur country, and in the districts near Sukker, but these have not for several generations had communication with the independent hill Mali. The country of the bill Murree is mostlybarien hill, with many extensive valleys and fertile spots ; it extends from the neighbourhood of the Bolan pass on the west to the Bugti and Khetrani country on the east about 100 Miles, and from Surtoff on the south to the Afghan territory on the north about 80 miles. The Narra river and its large tributary the Lar, also the Lharce, run through it. Their chief town is Kahun.