Zarrani

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Zarrani tribe is one of the native Baluchi tribes living for centuries in the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchistan.

They are known as Zarrani after the name of their progenitor Zarra Han. They once lived in the town of Koruk in the Iranian tribal ministate of Bahu Kalat. The relics of the fort of Mir Gul Muhammad Khan Zarrani at Koruk still bear witness to this fact. But endless tribal conflicts and drought coerced this tribe to move out in search of victuals. Some of them headed to Sultanate of Oman while others moved to Pakistani Baluchistan and Sindh. Even today, a lot of these tribesmen live in Oman while a few dwell in Bahu Kalat, Gwadar, Winder (District Lasbela, Pakistani Balochistan) and Malir Karachi. All of these tribesmen speak Baluchi as their mother tongue, no matter wherever they domicile.

The most famous personalities of this tribe are as follows:

1. Haji Dad Rahim s/o Chakar (died on June 7th 1994) who was a prominent landlord of Malir.

1. Mullah Dad Mohammad, who resided in Gwadar and was a learned man of his times. He died in the 70s.

1. Lashkaran, the most prominent of Zarranis in Muscat, Oman who was a top official in the Customs Intelligence at Muscat’s seaport. He died around 1990.