Lashari

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Lashari, sometimes also spelt Lasharie, is a Baloch tribe. Balochistan is the current home of the Baloch people but they are also found in large numbers in UAE, Iran, Iraq and other places of the world. A distinction needs to be made between the Baloch and the Balochi people; the former being the race while the later being the people of Balochistan regardless of race.

In 1487 a great Baloch Kingdom was formed under Mir Chakar's rule which however was later destroyed owing to a civil war between the Lashari and Rind baloch tribes.

Mir Gouhram Khan lashari and Mir Chakar khan Rind leading were leading their tribes.

After this war, the Lashari and rind tribe settled mostly in Sindh, Punjab and North West Frontier Province. Dera Ismail Khan in the NWFP and Dera Ghazi Khan in Punjab are two examples of places where the Lashari tribe settled after the civil war. They were joined by other assiciate tribes e.g. the Leghari, Gorchani, Buzdar and others.