Shirani (Baloch tribe)

For the Pashto-speaking tribe, see Shirani. For places in Iran, see Shirani, Iran.

Shirani (Balochi: بلوچ ) is a Baloch tribe in Sistan and Baluchestan Province in Iran. They are said to derive from the Narouie tribe. After Mir Sardar Hossein Khan Shirani, all his descendants took the name Shirani as the tribal name. Sardar MirHossein Khan Shirani raised a major revolt against the Persian Qajar dynasty and took control of the Bampour castle in 1897. The Baloch Shiranis of Sistan and Baluchestan Province reside mainly around the Lashar area and specifically in the town of Fanouj (Panouch).