Marri (tribe)

The Marri are a Balochi-speaking tribe of the Baloch people, who inhabit a large arid region in northeastern Balochistan, Pakistan. The Marri area is bounded to the west by the plains of Sibi, to the north are the Kakar and Loni tribes of the Pashtuns, to the east lie the lands of the Khetrans - speakers of an Indo-Aryan language Khetrani, while to the south are found the Marri's traditional enemies, the Bugti Baloch.

The Marri tribe consists of the following sections (as of 1940):

• Ghazeni (which in turn is made up of the Bahawalanzai, Nozbandagani, Murgiani, Samwani, Lodhiani, Aliani, Ispani and Langhani, possibly others)
• Bijarani (with subsections Tingiani, Mazarani, Kalandrani, Kaisrani, Rahmkani, Piradani-Marri, Salarani, Somrani, Kalwani, Shaheja, Powadhi and Kungrani)
• Loharani (with the three subsections of the Mohamadani, Sherani, and the eponymous Loharani).

See also

• Marri-Bugti Country

Further reading

• Pehrson, Robert H.; Barth, Fredrik (1966). The Social Organization of the Marri Baluch. Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology. Vol. 43. New York: Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• PAK Institute for Peace Studies 19-04-2006: Baloch Insurgency – A backgrounder
• Newsline Sept 2004: Edging Towards Anarchy?
• New York Times April 2, 2006: In Remote Pakistan Province, a Civil War Festers