Lehri tribe () is a Baloch () tribe in

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. ...

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. They are descended from the Rind Baloch and have emerged from the Domki tribe. The Lehris originally had their headquarters in Narmuk,

Kalat District Kalat or Qalat ( Balochi and Brahui: ; ur, ) is a district in Balochistan, Pakistan. It is one of 26 in that province, and encompasses an area of . The population of the district is estimated to be over 400,000 in 2005. The district is governe ...

.Malik Saleh Mohammad Khan Lehri (M.A, L.L.B – Aligarh University, India). Balochistan (Before One Unit), Pages - 44 and 45, Published on 31 December 1955 by Islamia Electric Press QuettaHittu Ram, Rai Bahadur. Tarikh-i-Balochistan (Pages - 401 - 404) Nawal Kishore Press, Lahore, 1907 They are spread in and around,

Sibi Sibi ( Sindhi: سيوي ur, ) is a city situated in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. The city is the headquarters of the district and tehsil of the same name. Etymology The origin of the town's name is attributed to Rani Sewi, a Hindu la ...

, Dadar,

Usta Mohammad Usta Muhammad ( Balochi: اوستہ محمد, Sindhi: اوسته محمد) is a city and sub-division of the Usta Muhammad District of Balochistan Province, Pakistan. Geography The city has an area of 978 km2. Demographics According to ...

, Mastung, Kalat,

Kachhi District Kachhi District or Kacchi ( bal, کچی, Sindhi: ڪڇي, ur, ), known until 2008 as Bolan District ( bal, ),( Sindhi: بولاڻ), is a district in central Balochistan, Pakistan. The Bolan area remained under one district Kacchi until 31 Dec ...

and

Quetta Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه‎) is the tenth List of cities in Pakistan by population, most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in Geography of Pakistan, south-west of the country close to the ...

History

During Mir Abdullah Khan Wai's rule Sardar Kakkar Khan Brahimzai Lehri Baloch lost his life in

Bibi Nani Bibi Nani is an area in the road between the towns of Quetta and Sibi, in Balochistan, Pakistan, and is located at 29°41'60N 67°22'60E. The area name is most probably derived from a Sufi figure that was buried in its suburbs and is also the loca ...

whilst fighting the

Kalhora The Kalhora () is a Sindhi tribe of Sindh, Pakistan, they claim Arab origin and direct descendants from Al-Hakim I and ultimately Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, companion and paternal uncle of Islamic prophet Muhammad. They founded the Kalhora Dy ...

tribe from

The

were forced to leave

when a retaliatory attack was launched on them by a collection of Baloch tribes (

Battle of Kachhi Battle of Kachhi was fought between His Highness The Khan of Kalat Mir Abdullah Khan Brauhvi and Main Noor Mohammad Kalhoro Amir of Sindh to establish their rule in Kachhi. In the year 1142 AH (1729 AD) Murad Kaleri , was appointed by Main No ...

). Sardar Mir Jahangir Khan Lehri Baloch actively assisted the

Khan of Kalat The Khanate of Kalat ( bal, کلاتءِ ھانات) was a Baloch Khanate that existed from 1512 to 1955 in the centre of the modern-day province of Balochistan, Pakistan. Its rulers were Brahui speakers. Prior to that they were subjects ...

(Mir Khudaidad Khan) in controlling rebels in Kadh region of Mastung and lost his life in the process. After his death Sardar Mir Dost Mohammad Khan Lehri supervised the tribe until his death in the year 1905. Sardar Mir Dost Mohammad Lehri was succeeded by Sardar Mir Mohammad Bahram Khan who was well loved and respected by the Lehris as well as Baloch from other tribes. In the past, the Lehris were mostly land owners; agriculture being the main means of their livelihoods.Sarawān - The Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 22, p. 99.
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References

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