Lashari

Lashari — One of the main original sections, said to have settled in Gandava after the war with the Rinds, and to be now represented by the Magsi of Jhal in Kachhi. Lasharis in Kachhi keep their own name, and form the largest clan-of the Magsi tribe. Others are found in Mekran and Sistan, where they are identified with the Magsi. The Jistkanis also are of Lashari descent. There is a strong sub tuman of Lasharis in the Gurchani tribe, and other Lasharis of Drigri in Dera Ghazi Khan are apparently Jatts and Lasharis only in name. Lasharis are found wherever the Baloches settled in the Panjab, chiefly in Dera Ghazi Khan, Dera Ismail Khan, Muzaffargarh and Multan.

According to Baloch folklore, Mir Jalal Khan, son of Jiand, is said to have been ruler over all the Baloches. He left four sons, named Rind, Lashari, Hoth, and Korai, and a daughter named Jato, who was married to his nephew Murad. These five are the eponymous founders of the five great divisions of the race, the Rinds, Lasharis, Hoths, Korais, and Jatois. There are, however, some tribes which cannot be brought within any of these divisions, and accordingly we find ancestors duly provided for them in some genealogies. Two more sons are added to the list—Ali and Bulo. From Bulo are descended the Buledis, and from Ali’s two sons, Ghazan and Umar, are derived the Ghazani Marris and the Umrani (now scattered among several tribes). I may here note that the genealogies given in the ‘Tuhfatu’l-Kiram seem to be apocryphal, and are not in accordance with Baloch tradition.