Jatoi (clan)

The Jatoi (Balochi: جتوئی) is a Baloch tribe[1][2] in Sindh and the Kacchi Plain in the east of Balochistan.[3]

History

Balochi traditional ballads tell of a leader named Mir Jalal Khan who had four sons, Rind, Lashar, Hot, and Korai, and a daughter Jato, who married his nephew Morad. According to these ballads, These five are the eponymous founders of Rinds, Lasharis, Hoth, Korai, and Jatoi Tribe .[3][4]

The subclans of the Jatoi are Shar, Aterani, Nichrani, Perozani, Jafrani, Bullani, Lahorzai, Bullo, Misrani, Kharoos, Zangeja, Kosh, Baghani, Tarrt, Shadinja, Birhamani.

Members of the Jatoi tribe mainly speak Saraiki and Sindhi.

References

  1. ↑ Ibbetson, Sir Denzil; Maclagan (1990). Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North West Frontier Province. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-0505-3.
  2. ↑ Cheesman, David (2013-12-16). Landlord Power and Rural Indebtedness in Colonial Sind. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-79449-0.
  3. 1 2 Spooner, Brian (2010). "BALUCHISTAN i. Geography, History and Ethnography". Encyclopedia Iranica.
  4. ↑ Ram, Hutto (1907). Tareekh Balochistan. p. 10.
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