Kulachi (tribe)

Kulachi or Kolachi (

Urdu: کولاچی) is a tribe of Dodai Rajput origins^[1]^[2] that got its name from the Kolach or Kolanch area of Makran.^[3] The city of Karachi in Sindh may have derived its name from this tribe.^[4]^[2]

References

doi:10.1163/2214-871x_ei1_sim_3913
. The name does not appear to be of great antiquity, and is probably due to the settlement of a Dodāī Balōč tribe called Kulāči, originally Rād̲j̲pūt

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doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_sim_3899

^ Khan, Sabir Badal (2013). Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore. Università di Napoli, "l'Orientale". p. 42. As such, many Baloch tribes adopted tribal names taken from place names in Makran, such as the Lashari, Gishkauri, Magasi, Bulaidai, Kalmati, Kolachi, Dashti, Zahri, and many many others.

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[1] :10.1163/2214-871x_ei1_sim_3913
. The name does not appear to be of great antiquity, and is probably due to the settlement of a Dodāī Balōč tribe called Kulāči, originally Rād̲j̲pūt

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doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_sim_3899

[3] Khan, Sabir Badal (2013). Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore. Università di Napoli, "l'Orientale". p. 42. As such, many Baloch tribes adopted tribal names taken from place names in Makran, such as the Lashari, Gishkauri, Magasi, Bulaidai, Kalmati, Kolachi, Dashti, Zahri, and many many others.

[4] ISBN 9780192556462
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