Jatoi (tribe)

Jatoi (Urdu: جتوئی‎) is a Baloch tribe settled in Balochistan, Punjab and Sindh provinces of Pakistan. Many Jatoi Baloch people currently live in/near Thatta, Balochistan.[1] The languages spoken by Jatoi tribe are Siraiki, Baluchi and Sindhi according to their area of settlement.


Family, ancestry and history

They are the descendants of Bibi Jato, the daughter of Jalal Khan (the founder and former leader of the Baloch people) and the sister of the other four founders of the main Baloch tribes: King Hoth, Rind Khan, Lashar Khan and Kora Khan. Bibi Jato was married to her father’s nephew Murad.

Being the descendants of Jalal Khan makes them direct descendants of Ameer Hamza, the uncle of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad[2]. After the fight against second Ummayad Caliph Yazid I at Karbala (in which Ameer Hamza’s descendants supported and fought alongside Husayn ibn Ali) in 680, descendants of Ameer Hamza went off to settle in the east or southeast of the central Caspian region, specially toward Sistan, Iran. Though the main ancestral homeland of the Baloch is believed to be Halab (Aleppo) in modern day Syria.

The Jatoi line of succession (ascending order):

1. Amara

2. Ahmed Khan

3. Dost Muhammad Khan

4. Abbas Khan

5. Gul Charag Khan

6. Sultan Piru Khan

7. Noor Surkh Taj Khan

8. Dur Posh Khan

9. Zul Ahed Khan

10. Mubarik Khan

11. Lashkar Khan

12. Noor Hassan Khan

13. Hanan Khan

14. Hassan Khan

15. Jafar Khan

16. Babar Khan

17. Dawood Khan

18. Qaaloo Khan

19. Dawood khan

20. Muhammad Khan

21. Mir Jalal Khan

The tribal Shajra (family tree/line of succession) is still maintained by a tribe name Lori ( Sattaled in chak 87 near kamalia Punjab Pakistan ) which came in Punjab with the fore fathers of the Jatoi.

In modern days

The Jatoi tribe is one of the biggest tribes of Baloch. They originated in Bolan district Balochistan.[3] The Jatoi tribe has been involved in a few armed clashes with a few other tribes in Sindh.[4][5]

Sub tribes and clans

Sheikh Sadik Ali, Sher Ali Ansari have written in book "The Musalman Races found in Sindh, Baluchistan and Afghanistan"

The sub clans of Jatoi Baloch include the following: Arbani, Bula, Badani, Bargani, Birahamani, Bhurgiri, Dayani, Ganb, Gadhi, Gopang, Gishkori, Halelani, Hisbani, Hastani, Kosh, Khira, Khushk, Kharos, Kursi, Khoda, Mazarani, Machi, Nachrani, Notkani, Otera, Shadani, Shar, Zangeja and Tart.[1][6]

See also

References
  1. "Jatoi - Jatland Wiki". www.jatland.com. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  2. Project, Joshua. "Baloch Jatoi in Pakistan". joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  3. "Former caretaker prime minister Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi passes away". The Sindh Times. 21 November 2009. Archived from the original on 26 December 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  4. Correspondent, The Newspaper's (21 September 2013). "Three Jatoi men killed in tribal clash".
  5. "Tribal clash : Youth killed, two women kidnapped". The Express Tribune. 23 February 2013.
  6. The musalman races found in Sindh Baluchistan and Afghanistan By Sheikh Sadik Ali Sher Ali. Ansari

[1]

  1. "ALI SHER KANI". Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
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