Sanjrani
The Sanjrani (Balochi: سنجرانی) are a Baloch tribe of Rind origin settled in Balochistan and Sindh provinces of Pakistan and are also present in Afghanistan and Iran. They are mostly settled in Chagai District in Balochistan.[1]
| Languages | |
|---|---|
| Balochi, Saraiki and Sindhi | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Baloch people |
The Chief of Chagai belongs to Sanjrani tribe here in Dalbandin. In the British colonial era, District Chagai was known as western Sanjrani.[2] Although now there is significant Pakhtun population in Chagai.[3] The present chief of Chagai and Sardar of Sanjrani tribe is Sardar Hakeem Ali Sanjrani.[4]
References
- Saleem Shahid (12 March 2018). "Sadiq Sanjrani: a little-known politician from Chagai". DAWN.
- Dames, M. L. (1914). "Census Report of Baluchistan . Census of India, 1911, vol. iv. By Denys Bray, I.C.S. Calcutta, 1913". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland. 46 (2): 456–459. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00046712. S2CID 163749678.
- Khan, Mubarak Zeb (2017-09-11). "Number of Balochi-speaking people in Balochistan falls". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- "Chief of Chagai Sardar Taj Mohammad Khan Sanjrani passes away". Daily Balochistan Express. 2020-08-28. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
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