The Rind () is a

Baloch Baloch, also spelled Baloch, Beluch and in other ways, may refer to: * Baloch people, an ethnic group of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan * Baluch, a small itinerant community of Afghanistan * Balouch, Azad Kashmir, a town in Pakistan * Baloch (s ...

tribe. According to Baloch folklore the tribe was founded by Rind Khan, one of

Mir Jalal Khan Jalal Khan ( ur, جلال خان) is a legendary figure in the history of the Baloch people who led the Baloch from Persia to Makran. Jalal Khan had four sons, Rind Khan, Hoth Khan, Lashar Khan, and Kora Khan, and a daughter, Bibi Jato, who was ...

's four sons.

History

According to Ali Sher Kanei of Tatta in his history, written in 1774 A.D. traces the origin of the Rind tribe from Jalāl Hān, a descendant of Muhammad bin Hārūn, surnamed Makurāni, the Governor of Makurān and of the Indian frontiers under Al- Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ( 705 A.D.) on the accession of Caliph

Al-Walid I Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ( ar, الوليد بن عبد الملك بن مروان, al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān; ), commonly known as al-Walid I ( ar, الوليد الأول), was the sixth Umayyad Caliphate, Umayyad ca ...

. The same author states that Muhammad son of Hărūn was a grandson of Muhammad bin Aban bin Abd - ur - Rahim bin Hamzah ibn Abdul-Muttalib , the paternal uncle of the Prophet of

Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...

At the turn of the 15th century the Rind led by Mir Chakar Rind are believed to have engaged in a 30-year war against the

Lashari The Lashari () is a baloch tribe. According to baloch folklore the tribe was founded by Lashar Khan, one of Mir Jalal Khan's four sons. Lasharis led by Mir Gwahram Khan Lashari, are believed to have engaged in a 30-year war against the Rind, ...

, in which both tribes suffered greatly but most of the Lasharis wiped out. These events are the subject of many Balochi heroic ballads.

Notable people

Kadu Makrani Qadir Baksh Rind Baloch (1811 — November 1887) (famously known as Kadu Makrani) was a 19th-century Indian revolutionary who operated mainly in Kathiawar region of Gujarat but was born and raised in Makran. He is famously known for opposing and ...

, a revolutionary of Gujarat associated with the Indian independence movement * Mir Chakar Rind, a chieftain who aided in the establishment of Mughal hegemony in medieval India *

Yar Muhammad Rind ''Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind is a Pakistani politician who is member of the Provincial Assembly of the Balochistan. He is the President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Balochistan, Pakistan, Balochistan Chapter and Parliamentary Leader of Pakistan Tehre ...

is a Baloch politician who is member of the Provincial Assembly of the Balochistan.

References

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