Jats of Balochistan

The Jats of Balochistan are tribes of Indo-Aryan origin, usually from the Sindhi Jats,^[1] Jadgals,^[2] or Jamotes,^[3] found in Balochistan, Pakistan, specifically in the Kacchi Plains, Las Bela, and Makran.^[4][5] However, regardless of their origins, they are still generally seen as Baloch.^[6] They are estimated to be around 10% of the total population of Balochistan, making up the fourth largest ethnic group in the area. Many of these Jats are camel herders by trade.^[7]

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By the time of the Umayyad conquest of Sind in the 8th century, Arab writers described agglomerations of Jats throughout the newly conquered lands of Sind^[8] and Makran. The Arabs referred to these Jats as "Zutts" (Arabic: الزُّطِّ), although this term was also used for several other groups—such as the Sāyabija, Andāghar, and Qufs—not all of whom were necessarily ethnic Jats.^[9] The Jats of Makran (with their name being synonymous with cameleers in that area)^[10] reportedly reared fine-quality camels which were in demand as far as Khurasan; these camels were also presented to Caliph Mu'awiya.^[11]

The Jats were present in Makran and Lasbela long before the migration of ancestors of the Baloch from Kerman, Khorasan and the Sistan and Baluchistan provinces of present-day Iran.^{[citation needed]}

The major tribes include:

• Bizenjo^[12]
• Dodai^[13]
• Gurchani^[14]
• Lanjwani^[15]
• Mengal^[12]
• Sajdi^[12]
• Sardarzahi^[16]
• Zehri^[12]

• Baloch people
• Sindhis of Balochistan
• Sindhi Sammat