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s and

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s in southern

Balochistan Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as Baluchistan and Baluchestan) is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. ...

Sarbaz Sarbaz ( fa, سرباز, also Romanized as Sarbāz; also known as Qal‘eh-ye Sarbāz – "Fort Sarbaz") is a city in and the capital of Sarbaz District, in Sarbaz County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran Iran, officially ...

and

Chah Bahar Chābahār ( fa, چابهار, bal, چھبار, čahbàr; ; formerly ''Bandar Beheshtī'') is the capital city of Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. It is a free port (free-trade zone) situated on the coast of the Gulf of ...

provinces of

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. For centuries, Boledehies were the Hakims (princes) of Dashtyari, Bahu and Rask. Their Hakimate in Bahu collapsed due to emigration and the attack of a Sindhi aboriginal tribe known as the

sardarzahi Sardarzahi or Sardarzāi (Persian: سردارزهی) ( Balochi: سددازهی) ( حمید الله سردارزهی) refers to sardars , rulers or Hakomzāts in south eastern province of Baluchistan of Iran. Sardarzahis were originally from Jadga ...

(or saddazahi), but they remained as influential hakims in Sarbaz and

Nikshahr Nik Shahr ( fa, نیک‌شهر, also Romanized as Nīk Shahr; also known simply as Nīk; formerly, Geh and Keh) is a city in and the capital of Nik Shahr County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic R ...

References and further reading

# (In Persian): ''Chabahar va Daryaei Pars, Iraj Afshar Sistani'', Siddiqi Publication, Zahedan, pages 267, 268, 271 # Philip Carl Salzman, ''Politics and Change among the Baluch in Iran'', June 20, 2008: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mesh/papers/ Geography of Iran Sistan and Baluchestan Province Baloch people