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Brahui people, the Glossary

The Brahui (براہوئی), Brahvi, or Brohi are an ethnic group of pastoralists principally found in Pakistan, and to a smaller extent in Afghanistan and Iran.^[1]

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Dravidian peoples
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Abraham in Islam

Abraham was a prophet and messenger of God according to Islam, and an ancestor to the Ishmaelite Arabs and Israelites.

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.

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The Baloch or Baluch (Balòc) are a nomadic, pastoral, ethnic group which speaks the Western Iranic Baloch language and is native to the Balochistan region of South and Western Asia, encompassing the countries of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. Brahui people and Baloch people are ethnic groups in Afghanistan and ethnic groups in Pakistan.

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Balochi language

Balochi (rtl, romanized) is a Northwestern Iranian language, spoken primarily in the Balochistan region of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan.

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Balochistan

Balochistan (Balòcestàn), also spelled Baluchistan or Baluchestan, is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline.

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Brahui language

Brahui (براہوئی|; also known as Brahvi or Brohi) is a Dravidian language spoken by the Brahui people who are mainly found in the central Balochistan Province of Pakistan, with smaller communities of speakers scattered in parts of Iranian Baluchestan, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan (around Merv) and by expatriate Brahui communities in Iraq, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.

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David W. McAlpin

David Wayne McAlpin (20 February 1945 – 23 December 2023) was an American linguist who specialized in Elamitic and Dravidian languages.

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Dehwar

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Dravidian languages

The Dravidian languages (sometimes called Dravidic) are a family of languages spoken by 250 million people, mainly in southern India, north-east Sri Lanka, and south-west Pakistan, with pockets elsewhere in South Asia.

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Dravidian peoples

The Dravidian peoples are an ethnolinguistic supraethnicity composed of many distinct ethnolinguistic groups native to South Asia (predominantly India).

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Helmand River

The Helmand (also spelled Helmend, or Helmund, Hirmand; Pashto/Persian: هیرمند / هلمند; Greek: Ἐτύμανδρος, Etýmandros; Latin: Erymandrus) is the longest river in Afghanistan and the primary watershed for the endorheic Sistan Basin.

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Hindus

Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.

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Iran

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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Jhalawan

Jhalawan (Brahui: جھالاوان) was an administrative division of the Khanate of Kalat, a princely state of Brahui that acceded to Pakistan in 1947. Brahui people and Jhalawan are Khanate of Kalat.

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Kalat District

Kalat was made a separate district on February 3, 1954.

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Kalat, Balochistan

Kalāt or Qalāt (Brahui/Balochi: قلات), historically known as Qīqān, is a historic town located in Kalat District, in Pakistan's Balochistan province. Brahui people and Kalat, Balochistan are Khanate of Kalat.

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Karnataka

Karnataka (ISO), also known colloquially as Karunāḍu, is a state in the southwestern region of India.

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Khanate of Kalat

The Khanate of Kalat was a Brahui Khanate that originated in the modern-day Kalat region of Pakistan.

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Khash, Iran

Khash (خاش.) is a city in the Central District of Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

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Kurukh language

Kurukh (or; Devanagari: कुँड़ुख़), also Kurux, Oraon or Uranw, is a North Dravidian language spoken by the Kurukh (Oraon) and Kisan people of East India.

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Lasbela District

Lasbela District (لسبیلہ, لسٻيلو, لسبݔله) is a coastal district of Balochistan province of Pakistan.

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Malto language

Malto or Paharia, or rarely Rajmahali, is a Northern Dravidian language spoken primarily in East India by the Malto people.

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Mastung District

Mastung District (مستونگ دمگ; Brahui and ضلع مستونگ) is a district located in the northwest of Balochistan province, Pakistan.

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Merv

Merv (Merw, Мерв, مرو; translit), also known as the Merve Oasis, was a major Iranian city in Central Asia, on the historical Silk Road, near today's Mary, Turkmenistan.

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Nushki District

Nushki District (ضلع نوشکی, locally known as Noshkay نوشکے) is one of the districts of Balochistan province, Pakistan.

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Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.

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Quetta

Quetta (کوئٹہ, ko'eṭa) is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Balochistan.

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Relict (biology)

In biogeography and paleontology, a relict is a population or taxon of organisms that was more widespread or more diverse in the past.

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Sapindaceae

The Sapindaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales known as the soapberry family.

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Saraiki language

Saraiki (سرائیکی.; also spelt Siraiki, or Seraiki) is an Indo-Aryan language of the Lahnda group, spoken by more than 30 million people primarily in the south-western half of the province of Punjab in Pakistan.

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Sarawan

Sarawan (Balochi: سراوان) was a division of the former princely state of Kalat in Baluchistan, Pakistan, with an area. Brahui people and Sarawan are Khanate of Kalat.

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Shah Jahan

Mirza Shahab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram (5 January 1592 – 22 January 1666), also known as Shah Jahan I, was the fifth Mughal emperor, reigning from 1628 until 1658.

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Shorabak District

Shorabak District (also Shorawak) is a remote district situated in the southeastern part of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, 110 km south and east of Kandahar.

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Sindh

Sindh (سِنْدھ,; abbr. SD, historically romanized as Sind) is a province of Pakistan.

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Sistan

Sistān (سیستان), also known as Sakastān (سَكاستان "the land of the Saka") and Sijistan, is a historical region in present-day south-eastern Iran, south-western Afghanistan and extending across the borders of south-western Pakistan.

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South India

South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area and 20% of India's population.

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Stocksia (plant)

Stocksia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

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Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.

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Syria

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.

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Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan is a country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahui_people

Also known as Banulzai, Birahvi people, Brahui (tribe), Brahui Tribe, Brahui Tribes, Brahuis, Brahuistan region, Brahvi people, Brahvi tribe, Brohi people, Dravidians in Pakistan, Genetic studies on Brahui people, History of the Brahui people, Mirwani, Rodeni, Rodeni (tribe), Rodini (tribe), Rodini tribe, Sarpara, Sarparah, Shahwani, Sumalani.

Brahui people, the Glossary

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See also

Dravidian peoples

Khanate of Kalat

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