Gichki

Gichki [(Baluchi: گچکی ) is a Baloch tribe in Balochistan, Pakistan. Some historians say that they were native inhabitants of Gichk tehsil in Panjgur.

They mostly live in the Makkuran area of Balochistan, and ruled the region from 1740 till 1974. The land was distributed among Gichki clans from Kech to Panjgur. The tribe is supposedly the Royal family of Makkuran. "Gichk" is a place in Panjgur this place called Gichk. It has relations with many other Royal families of Balochistan including the Jam of Lasbela, Khan of Kalat and Chiefs of the Mengal tribes.

The Gichkis of are commonly divided into three subtribes, the Esahzai, Dinarzai and Qasimzai. The Esahzai are the clan of Miresah.They ruled Panjgur and Sami and Sharak. Clan chief Gazi Mir Shahdad was the maternal grandfather of Khan of Kalat and Prince Kareem was popular for revolting against the British. The Qasimzai are a clan of Qasim. They ruled Kech. Dinarzai are a clan of Mir Malik Dinnar who ruled the Iran border areas of Tump and Mand. Mir Malik Dinnar was popular for his bravery.^[1] In 1739, Admiral Taqi Khan, commander of Nadir Shah Afshar's naval forces, invaded Gwadar balochistan on his way to Sindh. In search of provisions for his starving forces, he ventured into Kech balochistan where the Baloch forces under the leadership of the ruler of Makran Mir Malik Dinar Gichki Baloch heavily defeated the Persians, and they were forced to withdraw from Gwadar Taqi Khan had to pull back to Bandar ʿAbbās Iran Reference book (Lockhart, 1938).

The tribal chiefs are called Sardars. When Makran was declared a separate state, the Sardar of Kech, Sardar Mir Bhai Khan was made the Nawab of Makran State against the will of the people. The rivalry started between the Esahzai and subordinate clans and Esahzai accepted the de facto domination of Qasimzai.

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