Babbar (tribe)

Babbar Tribe
Regions with significant populations
Balochistan, Sindh, Punjab
Languages
Balochi, Sindhi, Siraiki, Brahui
Religion
Islam

Babbar, Babur, Babar is a Baloch tribe[1] which lives in Northern Sindh, Balochistan and Dera Ghazi Khan division of Punjab.[2] It is also found in the Pishin District of Rask County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.[3] The Mughal author "Yūsuf Mīrak" described the Babbars in his historical account of Sindh the "Tareekh-e-Mazhar-e-Shah-e-Jahani", as a rebellious Baloch tribe inhabiting the Kirthar mountains westwards of the present day Jamshoro district of Sindh.[4]

Babbars of Balochistan and Sindh are a sub-tribe of the Jamali tribe[5][6][7], whereas in the Dera Ghazi Khan District, Babbars also exist as a section within the Leghari tribe.[8]

  1. ^ Zaidi, Sunita. The Mughal State and Tribes in seventeenth century Sind. Jamia Millia Islamia. p. 350. The nomadic pastoral tribes of Baloch Bareja and Baloch Babar were located around pargana Bubakan and the eastern hill tracts of sarkar Chakarhala respectively.
  2. ^ M H Panhwar (2003-01-28). An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Soomra Kingdom of Sindh. Babar also calling them Balochis, were settled in present Kotri taluka in the seventeenth century. It seems that most of these tribes settled in Sindh in the thirteenth century under Mongol pressure
  3. ^ "سردارجاهد در همايش شهداي دفاع‌مقدس و شهداي وحدت: سپاه آماده ارائه خدمات متنوع به عموم مردم سيستان و بلوچستان است انتظار مردم از سپاه ادامه راه شهيد شوشتري است". Iranian Students' News Agency. 2008. علي‌رغم تهديدي كه پيش از اين گروه تروريستي ريگي در منطقه انجام داده بود اما ششمين همايش وحدت سران طوايف سيستان و بلوچستان به همت مردم منطقه و با حضور با شكوه اعضاي طايفه ببر و ساير طوايف پيشين در امنيت كامل برگزار شد. در پايان اين همايش لوح زريني توسط سران طوايف سيستان و بلوچستان به فرزند شهيد شوشتري اهدا شد
  4. ^ 2674 Tarikh E Mazhar Shahjahani (1962). 1959.
  5. ^ Chandrashekhar, R (2016). Understanding Balochistan (2nd ed.). New Delhi: Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS). p. 10. ISBN 978-93-84492-15-1.
  6. ^ The Baluch and the Brahui and their Rebellions (1st ed.). Tribal Analysis Center, LTD. 2009. p. 26.
  7. ^ Shamsi, Waseem (2023-01-31). "Six IDPs gunned down, five wounded in attack on camps in Jacobabad village". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-02-14. some families belonging to the Babbar Jamali sub-tribe were among hundreds of people who had moved into Jacobabad to escape drowning at the outset of the unprecedented rains and floods that hit Balochistan (and Sindh)
  8. ^ Baluchistan (Pakistan) (1900). Administration Report of the Baluchistan Agency, Including the Districts of Quetta, Pishin, Thal Chotiali, and Sibi. New Quetta Book Stall.