The Kasrani are a Baluch tribe who dwell in the extreme north of the Dehra Ghazi Khan district, a portion of the south of the Dehra Ismail district, and in the hills to the immediate west of these tracts. Their hills extend from the Korah pass downwards for a distance of about fifty miles. They have many subdivisions, and their fighting men are estimated at about 668. There are about 3314 of this tribe in the plains of the Dehrajat, and they graze large herds of cattle on the sandy plains between Kot Kasrani and Vihowa. They are the most northerly of all the Baluch. They made an inroad on British territory in 1852, and were punished • by the police ; and in '1853 Brigadier Hodgson moved against them with 1000 sepoys and police, and destroyed some villages. The hill Kasrani and their neighbours the Bozdar long had a bitter feud, but by British influence a truce was arranged. In 1868 Lieut. Gray attempted to seize Jahangir Khan, but he was himself made a prisoner and carried off, and only released after a force of the Bozdar and the Panjab cavalry had been sent in pursuit.
Khastai, a small tribe of Pathans beyond the Dehra Ghazi Khan border. They are peaceful and quiet, agricultural and pastoral.
Luni, a Pathan tribe west of the Dehra Ghazi frontier. Their neighbours on the north are the Kakar and the Musa Khel, on the south are Murree Tarin, with the Khetran on the east. Their adult men are 1200. They speak a mixture of Pushtu and Baluch. The Chumalang range of hills pro duces a valuable coal, also sulphur.
Border, a Baluch tribe who occupy the hills on the Dehra Ghazi Khan frontier. Their country extends on the north as far as the Saugor pass and Drug, where they touch the Kasrani, Esot, and Jafar ; on the east to the foot of the hills on the Saugor border ; on the south to the Vidor pass and the Majvel Sham (plain), where they meet the Hadiani and Khetran ; and on the west to the crest of the Kala Roh, where they are bounded by the Luni and Musa Khel Pathans. Their country is about 40 miles long by 30 broad, and is entirely mountainous, formed of the outer spurs of the great Suliman range. They number about 27 20 fighting men, as under :— Dulani, . . 850 I Chakrani, . 400 Jalani, . . 120 Ladwani, . 360 Sihani, . . 150 Jafarani, . 300 Gholamani, . 300 Shahwani, . 140 Rustamani,. 100 and they have numerous subdivisions,—accord ing to Major Minchin, 64, with 3776 fighting men. Their country is a series of bare and sterile ridges, divided by bare ravines with small patches of cultivation. They are friendly with the British. Their greatest enemies were the Ushtar ana Pathans, and at times the Khetran. They fight with matchlocks. They have few horses, and
about 100 horsemen. They purchase the coarser grains, cloth, tobacco, and oil in the markets of British India. They claim to be of Rind Baluch origin ; and their name, from Boz, a sheep, was given because of their possession of large flocks of sheep. From 1850 to 1856 they were frequently troublesome to the British, and in 1857, an ex pedition, 2369 strong, under General Chamberlain, was moved against them. The Bozdar numbered 1700, and lost 20 to 30 killed and 50 to 70 wounded. More than all the frontier tribes, the Bozdar had for years previously plundered and murdered in the plains and the hills. They re commenced plundering in 1861, but later on they behaved better.
Esot, a small tribe of Afghans near the Dehrajat frontier. Balfarat, a small clan of Esot Pathans on the Vihowa border of Dehra Ghazi Khan.
The Jafar is a tribe of Pathans with 500 fight ing men. They dwell to the N.W. of the Bozdar hills, between the Buj spur of the Suliman and the Bozdar tribe. They have twelve branches, and possess a few camels and horses.
The Khutran or Khetran are a Baluch tribe inhabiting the hills to the west of the Dehra Ghazi Khan district. The Khetran are curiously inter mixed with the Baluch tribes, and farther south are the Kosa, Laghari, Gurchani, Murree, and Bugti, occupying the frontier line of the Dehra Ghazi Khan district down to its point of junction with the Sind border ; on the north the Musa Khel and Luni Pathan, the Bozdar on the N7E., the Hadiani Laghari on the east, and the Durkani section of the Gurchani occupy the high crests of the Kula Rob and the Morunj plain. The 3iurrea are on the IV. and S.W. West of the Kolu valley is the small tribe of Zarkhan Pathans, west of whom again are the largo tribe of the Tarin, and N.W. are the Uslitarana and Shandozai. It is a large extent of country. Their boundaries can with difficulty be marked out, and they lay claims to portions of the adjoining lands. Their sections are the Ganjura, Chacha or Dariwal, Huard, and Nahr, with many clan subdivisions, and their fighting men have been stated at from 3000 to 6000. They all live inside forts. They are the wealthiest of the Baluch tribes, are not warlike, do not plunder, and are largely engaged in culti vation, but are recipients of all the plunder on the border. They seem to have been formed by branches of other broken tribes. They are at feud with the Murree, Bozdar, and Durkani, and with the Luni and Musa Khel Pathans. They carry on a large trade with the British territory. A branch of the Khetran live round Vihowa in the Dam Ghazi Khan district, who can raise 300 lighting men.