Buledi

The Buledi or Buleidi (Balochi: بلیدی) is a Balochi-speaking tribe in the Pakistani provinces of Sindh and Balochistan. The tribe derives its name from the Buleida valley in Kech.[1]

History

Buledi descend from a certain Bu Said or Buledi, whom they claim to have come in the 18th century from Oman in the southern Arabian Peninsula.[1] However, according to the Italian anthropologist Ugo Fabietti [it] it is possible that in reality the Buledi tribe came from the Helmand region of Afghanistan.[2] For a time, Buledi ruled Kech with the support of Nader Shah of Persia. However, they lost Kech to the Gichkis after a power struggle in the 18th century, and whole eastern Makran came under control of the Gichkis.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Fabietti 2011, pp. 95, 100.
  2. ^ a b Fabietti 2011, pp. 100–101.

Bibliography

  • Fabietti, Ugo E. M. (2011). Ethnography at the Frontier: Space, Memory and Society in Southern Balochistan. Peter Lang. doi:10.3726/978-3-0352-0104-8. ISBN 978-3-0352-0104-8.