Dodai (tribe)

Baloch tribe in Pakistan

Dodai is Baloch tribe. In Balochistan, Dodais are also included in Brahuis.[1] Tribesmen of Dodai went on to found the towns of Dera Ismail Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan and Dera Fateh Khan. The Dodai rule lasted till the middle of the 18th century.[2]

## Origin and branches

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The Dodai claim descent from Doda, a Soomro king of Sindh. The main branches of Dodais are Gurchani,[3] Mirani[4] and Kulachi.[5][4]

It has been described as a Rajput tribe of probably Sindhi origin, which assimilated into the Baloch tribesmen and became a part of the Baloch confederation.[6][7]

## See also

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* Malik Sohrab Dodai
* Gurchani
* Mirani

## References

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1. ^ Field, Henry (1959). "An Anthropological Reconnaissance in West Pakistan, 1955". Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology. 52. Cambridge: Harvard University: 55.
2. ^ "G̲h̲āzī K̲h̲ān". Encyclopaedia of Islam, First Edition. Brill. 24 April 2012. doi:10.1163/2214-871x_ei1_sim_2474.
3. ^ "Balōčistān". Encyclopaedia of Islam, First Edition. Brill. 24 April 2012. doi:10.1163/2214-871x_ei1_com_0035. "the Gičkī of Makrān who are believed to be of Indian origin, and the Dōdāī, a mixed Balōč and Rād̲j̲pūt race, who claim descent from Dōdā, a Sumrā king of Sindh, and are now found in the South Pand̲j̲āb. Their principal existing branch is the Gurčānī tribe of Dēra G̲h̲āzī Ḵh̲ān."
4. ^ a b Gilmartin, David (5 June 2015). "Blood and Water: The Indus River Basin in Modern History". Notes. Berkeley: University of California Press: 233. doi:10.1525/9780520960831-021.
5. ^ Guimbretière, A. (2012), "Karāčī", Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Brill, doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_sim_3899
6. ^ Spooner, Brian J.; Shaffer, Jim G.; Elfenbein, Josef; Masʿūdīya, Moḥammad-Taqī; Azadi, Siawosch (30 August 2020). "BALUCHISTAN". Encyclopaedia Iranica Online. Brill. doi:10.1163/2330-4804_EIRO_COM_6516. "In the 9th/15th century another wave carried the Balōč into southern Punjab. This was the period of Mīr Čākar (Čākor) Rind, the greatest of Baluchistan heroes. Some groups from the Rind tribe migrated from Sibi to Punjab, and spread up the valleys of the Chenab, Ravi, and Satlej rivers. Meanwhile, the Dōdaī (probably a Sindhi tribe assimilated during the previous 200 years) and Hōt moved up the Indus and the Jhelam."
7. ^ "Durkānī". Encyclopaedia of Islam, First Edition. Brill. 24 April 2012. doi:10.1163/2214-871x_ei1_sim_2168. "The Durkānīs are descended from the Dōdāīs, a Rād̲j̲pūt tribe absorbed at an early date into the Balōč confederation."

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