Jalbani

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Jalbani is a Baloch tribe lived in Sindh. The chief of Jalbani tribe is Sardar Mir Agha Ali Nawaz Khan Jalbani.

History

The Jalbani tribe is a subdivision of the Balochi tribe of Rinds in the Sindh province of Pakistan.[1][2] A Jalbani tribal chief, Rato, encamped in Ratodero.[3] Tribal members lived in the Sindh town of Jhirk and the Karachi district.[4]

Tribal leadership

Sardar Agha Khan Jalbani is the tribal chief of the Jalbani tribe.[5]

Agha Ali Nawaz Khan Jalbani, or Agha Jalbani, was made the tribal leader in the village of Masudero in 2003; He succeeded his father Sardar Allah Bukhsh Khan Jalbani. He urged tribal members to educate their children and put an end to feuds.[6] In 2001 the Jalbani tribal chief, also interested in resolving long-standing disputes, successfully mediated a dispute between the Syeds and the Kohkhars. Eleven people had been killed during the course of the dispute.[7]

Notable members

Zia Ahmed Jalbani is a senior member of the District Bar Association (DBA),[8] and was former president and active member of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) of Ratodero, Larkana District.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Albert William Hughes. A gazetteer of the province of Sindh. 1874. p. 289, 583.
  2. ↑ Anṡārī ʻAlī Sher ʻAlī. A short sketch, historical and traditional, of the Musalman races found in Sind, Baluchistan and Afghanistan, their genealogical sub-division and septs, together with an ethnological and ethnographical account. Printed at the Commissioner's press; 1901. p. 18.
  3. ↑ Sir William Wilson Hunter. Imperial Gazetteer of India.. Clarendon Press; 1908. p. 259.
  4. ↑ Albert William Hughes. A gazetteer of the province of Sindh. 1874. p. 289, 738, 761.
  5. ↑ Sardar Haji Agha Ali Nawaz Khan Jalbani (Chief of Jalbani) With Mohtarma. First Post. Retrieved 2014-1-25.
  6. ↑ "Tribal chief vows to resolve disputes". Dawn.Com. 2003-08-25. Retrieved 2013-12-19. 
  7. ↑ Pakistan: The tribal justice system. Amnesty International. Retrieved 2014-1-24.
  8. ↑ "Attack of lawyer condemned Senior lawyer Zia Ahemd Jalbani Head of Jalbani tribe" Dawn.com. 2009-01-11. Retrieved 2014-03-01
  9. ↑ "Parties final bid to win over voters on Former president of PPP Ratodero Zia Ahmed Jalbani" Dawn.com dated 2002-10-09 Access date 2014-03-01
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