Lund (Baloch tribe)

Lond (Balochi: لُنڈ ) is a Baloch tribe of Pakistan.Lond is Balochi word meaning "warrior". They are a subtribe of the greater Rind Baloch Tribe. They originally came from Balochistan and are now settled in Sindh and Punjab.

Languages

People of this tribe speak Balochi, Saraiki and Sindhi.

Location

Members of this tribe reside in province Sindh in Ghotki, Dadu and Hyderabad. Some are found in Balochistan and southern Punjab also. Their main inhabitants are near the mountains of Koh-e-sulaiman range in Shadan Lond (Dera Ghazi Khan), Tibbi Lundan (Rajanpur) and in Sindh (Mainly Ghotki and Dadu) and Balochistan. Most Londs are also located in city Setharja district Khairpur, Sindh.

History

They came at Dera Ghazi Khan and defeated Pathans at Salar near the mountain of Koh-e-Sulaiman. Their chief family is Haiderani which is the branch of this tribe. Haiderani is due to the name of their Sardar Haider Khan Lond who is the father of chief family named Haiderani of Sori Lond tribe. The fort of Sardar Haider Khan Lond could be seen in Zindah peer at the mountain of Koh-e-Sulaiman. Sardar Muhammed Khan Lond which was the Tumandar of Lond built two forts at Zinda peer and one in Kandi Walla.

A large tribe divided into two Tumans, both in Dera Ghazi Khan the Londs of Sori and the Londs of Tibbi. Both claim descent from All, son of Behan, Mir Chakur's cousin. Sori Londs are a large tribe living in the plains, with their headquarters at Kot Kandiwala but after migration of Sardar Mir Ghulam Hussain Khan Lond to Shadan Lond headquarters of Lond tribe had changed. This tribe contains a clan of Gurchanis. The Tibbi Londs are a small tribe with a clan of Londs and one of Khosas, to which a third clan, called Rind, but of impure blood, is also attached. Shadan Lond is about 10 km from the Indus River, Pakistan. Shadan Lond is in District Dera Ghazi Khan.

AND other tribe of lond are located in disst d.g khan at shoria