Jatoi (Baloch tribe)

The Jatoi (Urdu: جتوئی ) are a Baloch tribe of Pakistan.

The Jatoi are among the main tribes in the Kacchi Plain in the east of Balochistan.[1] There are also communities in Sindh (specifically in the districts of Shikarpur, Nosheroferoz, Dadu, Larkana, Khairpur Mirs, Sukkur and Jacobabad), and in Punjab (in Muzzafargarh, Jhang, Rahimyar Khan, and Dera Ghazi Khan districts).

Balochi traditional ballads tell of a leader named Mir Jalal Khan who had four sons, Rind, Lashar, Hot, and Korai, and a daughter Jato, who married his nephew Morad. These five are, according to these ballads, the eponymous founders of the five tribes of the Rinds, Lasharis, Hooths, Korais, and Jatois.[1]

Language

Members of the tribe mostly have either Seraiki and Sindhi as their first language, although speakers of Balochi are also to be found.

Subclans

The subclans of the Jatoi are Aterani, Nachrani, Perozani, Jafrani, Bullani, Lahorzai, Bullo, Misrani, Kharoos, Zangeja, Kosh, Baghani, Tarrt, Shadinja, Birhamani.

References
  1. Spooner, Brian (2010). "BALUCHISTAN i. Geography, History and Ethnography". Encyclopedia Iranica.
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