Rodini (tribe)
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The Rodini are a Brahui
Brahui people
The Brahui or Brohi are ethnic Baloch group of about 2.2 million people with the majority found in Kalat, Baluchistan, Pakistan, but they are also found in smaller numbers in neighboring Afghanistan and Iran. The Brahuis are almost entirely Sunni Muslims.-Origins:The ethnonym "Brahui" is a very...

 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 in Pakistan
Pakistan
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, Iran
Iran
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, Afghanistan
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 and Turkmenistan
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.

In Pakistan they are mostly in Balochistan
Balochistan (Pakistan)
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 and some areas of Sindh
Sindh
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(Nawab Shah, shikar poor, Hyader Abad) . In Balochistan they live in Surab
Surab
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, Giddar, 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...

, 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....

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

, 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...

, Kanak and other areas.

The chiefs of this tribe are chief of Surab (Giddar) Sardar Fakhar ur Zaman Rodini, and in Panjgur Sardar Abdul Hakeem Rodini,and in Kirdgap Haji Sabz Ali Rodini.The rodini tribe mostly speak three languages in panjgur they speak balochi in sindh they speak sindhi and in and in other areas they speak brauhi

There are several clans of the Rodini tribe:
  • Shyhaq Zai(1)
  • Dennar zai (Mir khail)
  • Zaro zai
  • Suumalzai
  • Jeeyand Zai
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