Sanjrani

The Sanjrani (Balochi: سنجرانی) are a Baloch tribe of Rind origin settled in Balochistan and Sindh provinces of Pakistan and are also present in Afghanistan and Iran. They are mostly settled in Chagai District in Balochistan.[1] Sanjrani is one of the most powerful, educated, religious and vastly expanded tribe as it is spread through Turkmenistan and even Russia. They also have a good influence over bureaucracy of Pakistan.

Sanjrani
Languages
Balochi, Saraiki and Sindhi
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Baloch people

The Chief of Chagai title belongs to Sanjrani tribe based in Dalbandin. In the British colonial era, District Chagai was known as State of Chaghai.[2] The present chief of Chagai and Sardar of Sanjrani tribe is Sardar Hakeem Ali Sanjrani.[3] Shahrukh Balach Sanjrani is one of the current intellectual minds and youth icon, who belongs from Dalbandin and currently lives in Islamabad, of Sanjrani tribe.

Sanjrani tribe in Afghanistan

The Sanjrani tribe had settled in the Garmsir region of Afghanistan under the reign of Ahmad Shah Durrani.[4] During the 1790s they began to expand at the expense of the Nurzai tribe. In 1810 their chieftain, Ali bin Khan Jahan Khan Sanjrani Baluch, was granted the Chakhansur region from Fateh Khan Barakzai.[4] In the early 19th century, Khan Jahan Khan Sanjrani was said to have controlled the district of Khash, while his brothers Nawab Khan Sanjrani and Islam Khan Sanjrani controlled forts in the Rudbar region.[4]

Notable people

References
  1. Saleem Shahid (12 March 2018). "Sadiq Sanjrani: a little-known politician from Chagai". DAWN.
  2. Dames, M. L. (1914). "Census Report of Baluchistan . Census of India, 1911, vol. iv. By Denys Bray, I.C.S. Calcutta, 1913". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland. 46 (2): 456–459. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00046712. S2CID 163749678.
  3. "Chief of Chagai Sardar Taj Mohammad Khan Sanjrani passes away". Daily Balochistan Express. 2020-08-28. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  4. Noelle-Karimi, Christine (2014). The Pearl in Its Midst: Herat and the Mapping of Khurasan (15th-19th Centuries). Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. ISBN 978-3-7001-7202-4.
  5. "Senate of Pakistan". www.senate.gov.pk. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  6. "SPEAKER". www.pap.gov.pk. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
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