Jadgal people
Nummaṛ نماڑ الزيغآلي | |
|---|---|
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Pakistan | 100,000 |
 Iran | 25,000 |
| Languages | |
| Jadgali and Balochi (Makrani dialect)[1] | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Sindhis | |
The Jadgal (also known as Nummaṛ or az-Zighālī) is an
Etymology
The "Jadgal" is a balochi language term, made of two words Jad (Jat) and Gal (speech, organization, group), basically a group of jats. The balochs historically used the Jadgal word for indigenous Sindhis of Balochistan, and Jadgali for their language.[4][5]
The affix Gal and Gali are also used in Afghanistan for non Muslim tribes like Waegal, Baragal, Bashgal etc. The Jadgals also called as Jagdal are also found in southern extreme of Eastern Afghanistan. The places in Afghanistan like Jagdalak in Jalalabad district and Jaldak in Kalati Ghilzi in Kandahar district indicates that Jadgal people inhabited these places.[6]
History
Jadgal people are often connected with the Jats of Balochistan.[7] Anthropologist Henry Field notes the origin of the Jadgals to be in the western Indian subcontinent; they subsequently migrated to Kulanch and are still found in Sindh and Balochistan.[8] The balochs historically used the Jadgal term for indigenous Sindhi tribes of Makran,[9] the term was used to distinguish between a Sindhi and pure baloch.[4]
Many historians believe that the Jadgal were the original natives of Balochistan before the
Demographics
Around 100,000 Jadgals live in Pakistan according to a
Language
Most Jadgals speak their native Jadgali language. It is one of the
Tribes
- Sardarzahi
- Bizenjo
- Zehri
- Sasoli
- Mengal
- Mir[18]
- Hoot[18]
- Band[19]
- Korak[19]
- Rais/Raisi[19]
- Sangar/Sangur[19]
- Kenagzai[19]
- Mehdizai[19]
- Roshanzai[19]
- Zainuzai[19]
References
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- ^ "Pakistan Economist". October 1975.
- ^ a b Central Asia: Belochistan. Barbican. 1995. p. 136.
The word Jadgal is not really a specific term, but is used in Bilöchistan generally to distinguish a Sindi from a true Biloch. It is suggested that the name may be connected in some manner with the word "Jat";
- ISBN 978-90-04-13780-6.
- ^ Bellew, Henry Walter (1891). An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan: Prepared for and Presented to the 9th International Congress of Orientalists (London, Sept. 1891). Oriental Univ. Inst.
- ^ "Oman's Diverse Society: Northern Oman" (PDF). JE Peterson.
- ^ Field, Henry (1970). Contributions to the Physical Anthropology of the Peoples of India. University of Michigan. p. 197.
Since they appear to be a purely Indian people, it is presumed that they migrated westward. Although the name Jadgals is now confined to Kulanch, the influential Rais-Baluch are connected with them.
- ^ Hughes, Albert William (1977). The Country of Baluchistan: Its Geography, Topography, Ethnology, and History. Gosha-e-Adab. p. 37.
the Jadgāls (Sindhi tribes settled in Makrān),...
- ^ Risley, Sir Herbert Hope (August 15, 1908). "The People of India". Thacker, Spink & Company – via Google Books.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-89500-591-6– via uu.diva-portal.org.
- ISBN 9781477311868.
- ^ "ScholarlyCommons :: Home". repository.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
- ISBN 978-969-407-309-5.
- ISBN 978-1-349-50380-3.
- ^ "Documentation of the Jadgali language | Endangered Languages Archive". www.elararchive.org. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ "Glottolog 4.7 - Lasi-Jadgali". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
- ^ a b Bapat, Jyotsna. "India Iran Infrastructure cooperation: Chabahar Port".
the top of the pyramid are superior tribes locally dubbed as Hakom, independent influential tribes are in the middle, and other inferior weak tribes are at the bottom of the pyramid. Hakom are Khans or Sardars, which in outer Chabahar refers to Sardarzahi and Boledehi tribes. Hoot and Mir (Jadgals) are examples of independent, influential tribes.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b c d e f g h Khair Mohammad Buriro Sewhani (2005). ذاتين جي انسائيڪلوپيڊيا (in Sindhi). p. 242.
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