Nushki District

Nushki District (Urdu: ضلع نوشکی‎) is one of the districts of Balochistan province, Pakistan. The administration of the Nushki district was taken over from the Khan of Kalat by the Indian government in 1896, and was leased from him on a perpetual quit rent in 1899.

Nushki District
District
Map of Balochistan with Nushki District higlighted
CountryPakistan
ProvinceBalochistan
DivisionQuetta Division
HeadquartersNushki
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total178,796
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils1

Demographics

Nushki drew from two Balochi words "Nosh-Koh" which stands for finishing work. In fact from 852 till 1764, the ancient Baloch tribe Mandai was ruling over Nushki. In 1546-47, Mandai along with Rakhshani tribes including Jamaldini, Hooth, Badini, Jeehandzai, Makaki, Lajahi and Badozai fought against Kamaran Mirza the brother of Naseer u Deen Hummyaun, where they defeated Mughals under the leading of Mir Mandai Khan and Mir Bijar Khan. When they backed from battle field, people asked them "What happened? They answered, we finished them", means (Nosh-Koh) with the passage of time, this word converted in "Nushki".

Mandai tribe ruled over Nushki for approximately 1000 years. In 1763-64, Mir Naseer Khan Noori was leaving for Mashahad, Iran to help Ahmed Shah Durrani against Persians. When he arrived Nushki, where Rakhshani tribes welcomed him, and served him for 25 days. Before leaving for Mashahad, he asked Mandai the leading tribe and other Rakhshanis to help him in Mashahad war. Mandqi's Sardar refused and other Rakhshanis as well, beside of Jeehandzai tribe. Therefore, Naseer Khan used force against them and killed many of them. Nominated Jeehandzai as chief of Rakhshan. In short, Mandai was the tribe, who ruled Nushki, Garam sail, Showrawak and Chaghi around 1000 years. But their own Baloch brothers (Noori Naseer Khan) demolished their kingdom.

In 1998, Nushki (then a subdivision of Chagai District) had a total population of 98,000. During the 1998 census, 92% of the population reported their first language as Brahvi/Balochi, while 4.8% opted for Pashto.[2]

The following tribes are found in the district:

  • Mandai
  • Badini
  • Jalamdini
  • Mohammad Hassani
  • Sarparah
  • Syed
  • Barech
  • Mengal
  • Pirkani
  • Sasoli
  • Sumalani
  • Rodeni
  • Yallanzai
  • Hassanzai

References
  1. "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-29.
  2. 1998 Census report, p. 84.

Bibliography
  • District Gazetteer 1905
  • 1998 District census report of Chagai. Census publication. 38. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.

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