^"Karāčī". Encyclopaedia of Islam, First Edition. Brill. 24 April 2012. doi:10.1163/2214-871x_ei1_sim_3913. The name does not appear to be of great antiquity, and is probably due to the settlement of a Dodāī Balōč tribe called Kulāči, originally Rād̲j̲pūt
^Khan, Sabir Badal (2013). Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore. Università di Napoli, "l'Orientale". p. 42. As such, many Baloch tribes adopted tribal names taken from place names in Makran, such as the Lashari, Gishkauri, Magasi, Bulaidai, Kalmati, Kolachi, Dashti, Zahri, and many many others.