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The Bulfati, also known as the Burfat or Bulfat are a baloch tribe living in different areas of Pakistan and Iran.

[edit] History & Origin

In the large block of hill country between Sehwan, Kotri and Karachi the principal inhabitants are the Numrias or Burfats, of predominantly baloch stock, as apparently are the Jokhias who occupy the skirts of the hills to the south of them, towards Malir and Tatta. Both these tribes were at one time associated more closely with Las Bela than with Sind, the Numrias having for a short period in the seventeenth century supplied the ruling dynasty of the country.The baloch derivation of these tribes is demonstrated by the style of the carved stone tombs which are such a feature of the country in which they have been predominant, from Jherrak as far north as Hinidan on the right bank of Hab river.

The tribe of Bulfat originated in Lasbela in Balochistan. The first female ruler of this part of Balochistan in 16th century was "The Great Mychagli. She became ruler of the state after the death of her father. There is a cultural prejudice among the Baloch against accepting a female ruler, and soon after her father's death, she faced a challenge from the rival Brohi tribes, who had settled surrounding areas of Khuzdar, Wadh, and Kalt.

She was defeated and killed by rival forces, and the rest of the Bulfat tribe migrated from Lasbela towards todays Iran, and are now found scatterd in Iranian Baluchistan, Sindh and Pakistani Baluchistan. The chief of the Bulfat tribe is called "Malik", and the current chief is Malik Asad Sikndar Khan.

[edit] Distribution

In Iran, they are found in Bahu, Dashtyari and Chahbar, while in Pakistan, they are found in the mountains of Khirthar in Sindh and also to Punjab. The Bulfati have also emigrated to Zanzibar, Oman, and Mombasa in East Africa. In the Iranian province Sistan and Balochistan, people call these refuges Jadgal. Jadgal means "the different language speaker", even though Lasbela residents today speak the lasi language.

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