Jalal Khan

Jalal Khan (Urdu: جلال خان‎) is a legendary figure in the history of the Baloch people who led the Baloch from Persia to Makran.[1]

For other uses of Jalal Khan, see Jalal Khan (disambiguation).
Jalal Khan
Known forBeing the founder and former leader of the Baloch
Notable work
Leading the Baloch from Persia to Makran
SuccessorKing Hoth Baloch
Children5 (possibly more) King Hoth Baloch, Rind Khan , Lashar Khan, Kora Khan and Bibi Jato
RelativesMir Ali (Brother), Mir Nos (Brother), Mir Aalii (grandson), Mir Dostein (great grandson)

Jalal Khan had four sons, Rind Khan, Hoth Khan, Lashar Khan, and Kora Khan, and a daughter, Bibi Jato, who was married to his nephew (and her cousin) Murad.[2] Jalal Khan also had two known brothers, Mir Ali and Mir Nos.[3] One of his known grandsons is Mir Aalii, son of King Hoth and his great grandsons include Mir Dostein Hoth from the story/folklore “Sassui Punnuh”.[4] Baloch tribes derive their eponymous names from Jalal Khan's children, these five are believed to be the founders of the main Balochi divisions: Rind, Lashari (Laashaar), Hoth/Hooth, Korai and Jatoi.

He may be the same as Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu, the last ruler of the Khwarezmian Empire. Not much is known about his ancestry and the origins of Baloch people in general.

All 150+ tribes/sub tribes/clans of the Baloch are his direct descendants.

Ancestry and history

It’s widely believed that Jalal Khan (similarly to all Baloch people) is a descendant of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad’s uncle, Ameer Hamza. After the fight against second Ummayad Caliph Yazid I at Karbala (in which Ameer Hamza’s descendants supported and fought alongside Husayn ibn Ali) in 680, descendants of Ameer Hamza went off to settle at the east or southeast of the central Caspian region, specially toward Sistan, Iran. It’s also believed that his ancestors were distantly related to the Oghuz Turks, Seljuks and the Kurds. Because of the belief that Baloch people’s ancestral home was Aleppo, second largest city in modern day Syria,[5] it’s theorised that they possibly could also be very close to the Ayyubids and one point in history.

See also

References
  1. Sabir Badal Khan, Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore, (Università di Napoli, "l'Orientale", 2013), 49-50.
  2. Sabir Badal Khan, Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore, 20.
  3. "Mir Jalal Khan". baask.com. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  4. "Historical significance of Punnu Fort". Daily Times. 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  5. "Baluchi | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2020-06-14.


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