Muhammad Hasni are the largest Baloch

Baloch people

The Baloch or Baluch are an ethnic group that belong to the larger Iranian peoples. Baluch people mainly inhabit the Balochistan region and Sistan and Baluchestan Province in the southeast corner of the Iranian plateau in Western Asia....

 tribe. They reside in the following districts of Pakistan: Chagai

Chagai

Chagai may refer to:* Chagai District, the largest district of Pakistan* Chagai Hills, the mountainous region north of Balochistan Province, Pakistan* Chagai, Pakistan, the capital of Chagai District*Chagai-I, the codename first nuclear weapon tests...

, Kharan

Kharan

Kharan can refer to:* Kharan, Pakistan, city in Balochistan.* Kharan District, district of Balochistan, Pakistan* Kharan , former princely state* Kharan Desert* The upper Halil River* Haran, Azerbaijan...

, Dalbandin

Dalbandin

Dalbandin is a town and Union council of Balochistan, Pakistan. Dalbandin is famous for fruit orchards.On 19th January, 2011, it was struck by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake. At that time it was a sparsely populated area with a population of 15,000. It is located at 28°52'60N 64°25'0E at an altitude...

, Washuk, Kalat

Kalat

Kalat or Qalat is a historical town located in Kalat District, Balochistan, Pakistan. Kalat is the capital of Kalat District and is known locally as Kalat-i-Baloch and Kalat-i-Sewa....

, Awaran

Awaran

Awaran is the capital of Awaran District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. As well as district capital the town serves as tehsil headquarters and as a Union Council.-References:...

, Khuzdar

Khuzdar

Khuzdar or Khozdar is a town located in Khuzdar District in Balochistan, Pakistan. Khuzdar is the capital of Khuzdar District, which was created on 1 March 1974...

, Quetta

Quetta

is the largest city and the provincial capital of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. Known as the "Fruit Garden of Pakistan" due to the diversity of its plant and animal wildlife, Quetta is home to the Hazarganji Chiltan National Park, which contains some of the rarest species of wildlife in the...

, Nushki

Nushki

Nushki , is a town in Balochistan, Pakistan. The town lies southwest of Quetta, and is situated in a plain at the base of the Quetta plateau, 2900 ft above sea level...

, Mastung

Mastung

Mastung may refer to:* Mastung District* Mastung Valley* Mastung, Pakistan...

, Panjgur

Panjgur

Panjgur is a small town in Panjgur District, Balochistan, Pakistan. It is located at 26°58'0N 64°5'60E-References:...

, Makran

Makran

The present day Makran is a semi-desert coastal strip in the south of Sindh, Balochistan, in Iran and Pakistan, along the coast of the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman. The present day Makran derived its name from Maka, a satrap of Achaemenid Empire....

 and other. Muhammad Hasni is an ancient tribe with various clans that live in Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

, Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

, Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

, Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

, and some other countries.

They speak Persian

Persian language

Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...

, Urdu, Brahui, Baluchi, Sistani and Kurdi

Kurdish language

Kurdish is a dialect continuum spoken by the Kurds in western Asia. It is part of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian group of Indo-European languages....

 according to their homelands.

Their national hero is Rostam

Rostam

Rostam is the national hero of Greater Iran from Zabulistan in Persian mythology and son of Zal and Rudaba. In some ways, the position of Rostam in the historical tradition is parallel to that of Surena, the hero of the Carrhae. His figure was endowed with many features of the historical...

 son of Zal

Zal

Zāl , also transliterated Zaal, is a legendary Persian warrior from the old Persian "The Book of Kings/ The king of books" or Shahnameh.-Background:...

 and believe him as their ancestor. Surena

Surena

Surena or Suren may refer to either a noble family of Parthia also known as the House of Suren, or to a renowned 1st century BC General Surena who was a member of that family....

 Parthian commander is another hero of this tribe. They were a branch of Parthian and migrated to Sistan

Sistan

Sīstān is a border region in eastern Iran , southwestern Afghanistan and northern tip of Southwestern Pakistan .-Etymology:...

 and Fars when parthian established a kingdom in Iran after Seleucid Empire

Seleucid Empire

The Seleucid Empire was a Greek-Macedonian state that was created out of the eastern conquests of Alexander the Great. At the height of its power, it included central Anatolia, the Levant, Mesopotamia, Persia, today's Turkmenistan, Pamir and parts of Pakistan.The Seleucid Empire was a major centre...

. They are important in Iran , Pakistan and Afghanistan now.

History

Muhammad Hasni's original home land is Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. In Persian language its original pronunciation is Mamasani. There is a city in Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

 with this name called Mamasani County

Mamasani County

Mamasani County is a county in Fars Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Nurabad, which is located 180 kilometres from Shiraz. The people of Mamasani speak in Lurish language in southern Lurish dialect...

. Muhammad Hasni's are the oldest senior citizens in Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. They also had a war with the forces of Alexander the Great .

Oliver St John

Oliver St John (civil servant)

Sir Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St. John, KCSI was an administrator in British India. He served as the Chief Commissioner of Balochistan for ten years....

, an administrator in British India, who surveyed the Perso-Kelat frontier in the 1870s, describes interactions with the Muhammad Hasni (he refers to them as Mamasanis). Evidently, they were subjected to the rule of the Khan of Kalat

Khan of Kalat

Khan of Kalat or Khan-e-Qalat is the title of former rulers of State of Kalat. Kalat state is now part of Balochistan, Pakistan. The rulers in Kalat were always subject to the political authority of a larger state, after the Mongol invasion they were subject to the Mughal emperors in Delhi, then...

; St John also records an instance of a blood feud

Feud

A feud , referred to in more extreme cases as a blood feud, vendetta, faida, or private war, is a long-running argument or fight between parties—often groups of people, especially families or clans. Feuds begin because one party perceives itself to have been attacked, insulted or wronged by another...

 between Mamasanis and Nushirwanis.

There are various Muhammad Hasni clans in Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

, like Lar Muhammad Hasni, Sistani Muhammad Hasni, Baloch

Baloch people

The Baloch or Baluch are an ethnic group that belong to the larger Iranian peoples. Baluch people mainly inhabit the Balochistan region and Sistan and Baluchestan Province in the southeast corner of the Iranian plateau in Western Asia....

 Muhammad Hasni, Kurd

Kürd

Kürd or Kyurd or Kyurt may refer to:*Kürd Eldarbəyli, Azerbaijan*Kürd Mahrızlı, Azerbaijan*Kürd, Goychay, Azerbaijan*Kürd, Jalilabad, Azerbaijan*Kürd, Qabala, Azerbaijan*Qurdbayram, Azerbaijan...

 Muhammad Hasni and Brahui

Brahui

The name Brahui may refer to:*The Brahui language*The Brahui people...

 Muhammad Hasni.
There are also sub tribes in these clans. Sir Bandi, Sherki, Jur, Bazi, Jahan, Tegh, Bamadi, Noori, Perri and Najfi are the sub tribes of Sistani Muhammad Hasni.
Baloch

Baloch people

The Baloch or Baluch are an ethnic group that belong to the larger Iranian peoples. Baluch people mainly inhabit the Balochistan region and Sistan and Baluchestan Province in the southeast corner of the Iranian plateau in Western Asia....

 and Brahui

Brahui

The name Brahui may refer to:*The Brahui language*The Brahui people...

 Muhammad Hasni speak Balochi

Balochi language

Balochi is a Northwestern Iranian language. It is the principal language of the Baloch of Balochistan, Pakistan, eastern Iran and southern Afghanistan. It is also spoken as a second language by some Brahui. It is designated as one of nine official languages of Pakistan.-Vowels:The Balochi vowel...

 and Brahui

Brahui

The name Brahui may refer to:*The Brahui language*The Brahui people...

 both. They live in Pakistan and south of Afghanistan.

Tribe in Pakistan

Muhammad Hasni tribe's current home is Washuk district (located in Balochistan

Balochistan

Balochistan or Baluchistan is a region which covers parts of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. It can also refer to one of several modern and historical territories within that region:...

 near Pak-Iran border), earlier this district was one part of Kharan

Kharan

Kharan can refer to:* Kharan, Pakistan, city in Balochistan.* Kharan District, district of Balochistan, Pakistan* Kharan , former princely state* Kharan Desert* The upper Halil River* Haran, Azerbaijan...

. In 2006 it was separated from Kharan

Kharan

Kharan can refer to:* Kharan, Pakistan, city in Balochistan.* Kharan District, district of Balochistan, Pakistan* Kharan , former princely state* Kharan Desert* The upper Halil River* Haran, Azerbaijan...

 as a separate district.

Muhammad Hasni tribe is the largest Baloch

Baloch people

The Baloch or Baluch are an ethnic group that belong to the larger Iranian peoples. Baluch people mainly inhabit the Balochistan region and Sistan and Baluchestan Province in the southeast corner of the Iranian plateau in Western Asia....

 tribe. They reside in the following districts of Balochistan

Balochistan

Balochistan or Baluchistan is a region which covers parts of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. It can also refer to one of several modern and historical territories within that region:...

: Chagai

Chagai

Chagai may refer to:* Chagai District, the largest district of Pakistan* Chagai Hills, the mountainous region north of Balochistan Province, Pakistan* Chagai, Pakistan, the capital of Chagai District*Chagai-I, the codename first nuclear weapon tests...

, Kharan

Kharan

Kharan can refer to:* Kharan, Pakistan, city in Balochistan.* Kharan District, district of Balochistan, Pakistan* Kharan , former princely state* Kharan Desert* The upper Halil River* Haran, Azerbaijan...

, Dalbandin

Dalbandin

Dalbandin is a town and Union council of Balochistan, Pakistan. Dalbandin is famous for fruit orchards.On 19th January, 2011, it was struck by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake. At that time it was a sparsely populated area with a population of 15,000. It is located at 28°52'60N 64°25'0E at an altitude...

, Washuk, Kalat

Kalat

Kalat or Qalat is a historical town located in Kalat District, Balochistan, Pakistan. Kalat is the capital of Kalat District and is known locally as Kalat-i-Baloch and Kalat-i-Sewa....

, Awaran

Awaran

Awaran is the capital of Awaran District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. As well as district capital the town serves as tehsil headquarters and as a Union Council.-References:...

, Khuzdar

Khuzdar

Khuzdar or Khozdar is a town located in Khuzdar District in Balochistan, Pakistan. Khuzdar is the capital of Khuzdar District, which was created on 1 March 1974...

, Quetta

Quetta

is the largest city and the provincial capital of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. Known as the "Fruit Garden of Pakistan" due to the diversity of its plant and animal wildlife, Quetta is home to the Hazarganji Chiltan National Park, which contains some of the rarest species of wildlife in the...

, Nushki

Nushki

Nushki , is a town in Balochistan, Pakistan. The town lies southwest of Quetta, and is situated in a plain at the base of the Quetta plateau, 2900 ft above sea level...

, Mastung

Mastung

Mastung may refer to:* Mastung District* Mastung Valley* Mastung, Pakistan...

, Panjgur

Panjgur

Panjgur is a small town in Panjgur District, Balochistan, Pakistan. It is located at 26°58'0N 64°5'60E-References:...

 and other.

Sardar Fateh Muhammad Hasni is the chief of the tribe in Pakistan.

Mir Arif Jan Muhammad Hasni, Mir Ali Haider Muhammad Hasni and Mir Dost Muhammad Muhammad Hasni are some other respected leaders of the tribe in Pakistan

Sub tribes and clans in Pakistan:

• Kheazai (Kiazai)
• Mazarzee
• Ehdozai
• Allahyarzai
• Ahdina
• Harooni
• Mardranshai
• Shiek Hussani
• Hussani
• Hassani
• Shadadzai
• Kadahe
• Manozai
• Durakzai
• Nandozai
• Sahyezai
• Zahgyani
• Zarkani
• Yagezai
• Liverzai
• Somali
• Bangulzai
• Karam Ali Zai
• Baharzai
• Bijarzai
• Chakarzai
• Balozai
• Chanorwani
• Dilshadzai
• Gahjazai
• Ghazi Khan Zai
• Gulzarzai
• Halazai
• Hussainzai
• Hasabi
• Essazai
• Shahozai
• Shazai
• Nandwani
• Jamalzai
• Jarozai
• Qamarzai
• Kehara-ee
• Kulkzai
• Korakzai
• Lashkarizai
• Mahmoodzai
• Mehrabzai
• Merhanzai
• Muhammed Alizai
• Zangizai
• Narohai
• Nazarzai
• Pahdi
• Peerozai
• Rodinizai
• Roshanzai
• Shayakzai
• Sherozai
• Wakzai
• Yar Muhammed Zai
• Sahlani
• Hali
• Ali Zarzai
• Peerdadzai
• Bahdrozai
• Badarzai
• Dildarzai
• Deerwani
• Dohi
• Hafizhati
• Hajayzai
• Kamalzai
• Gozozai
• Shabozai
• Shadadhani
• Sahanbayzai
• Shamsherzai
• Zarozai
• Umerzai
• Gorgizai

Ethnic and tribal status

While the Muhammad Hasni call themselves a Baloch people, they are considered one of the more important sub-tribes of the Brahui. Their exact ethnic status, however, is a matter of contention. They are sometimes considered a Jhalawan tribe

Jhalawan

Jhalawan was established in the 17th century and its boundary was fixed with Sindh in 1853. The country was south of Kalat State, north of the Sarawan, west of the Kachi and Sindh and east of the Kharan and Makran. Jhalawan has important valleys of Baluchistan, such as Kalat, Gidar, Baghwana,...

.

External links

• Baloch Nationalism, Its Origin and Development