Jadgal people

The Jadgal (also known as Nummaṛ or az-zighālī) are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group who speak the Jadgali language.[2] They are found in the Balochistan region of Iran and Pakistan, also in Oman.[3]

Jadgal
Nummaṛ
نماڑ
الزيغآلي
Regions with significant populations
 Pakistan100,000
 Iran25,000
Languages
Jadgali and Balochi (Makrani dialect)[1]
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Sindhis

History
See also: Sindhis and Sindhi language

Jadgal people are often connected with the Jats of Balochistan.[4] Anthropologist Henry Field notes the origin of the Jadgals to be in western India; they subsequently migrated to Kulanch and are still found in Sindh and Balochistan.[5]

Many historians believe that the Jadgal were the original natives of Balochistan before the Baloch arrived from eastern Iran.[6] The Arwal and Manjotha tribes of Dera Ghazi Khan are of Jadgal origin. When the Arabs arrived in modern day Sindh and Baluchistan, they met the Jadgal at the coast of Makran where the Arab name of az-zighālī comes from.[7] In 1811, Saidi Balochis as well as Jadgal mercenary troops were killed in a battle with the Wahhabis against the Sultanate of Oman.[8]

Demographics

Around 100,000 Jadgals live in Pakistan according to a 1998 census conducted by Pakistan.[9] In Iran, the Sardarzahi ethnic group is of Jadgal origin, claiming to be from Sindh.[10] The rest of the Jadgals number around 25,000 according to a 2008 census conducted by Iran.[7] All of the Jadgals in Iran live in the Sistan and Baluchistan province.[11]

Language
Main article: Jadgali language

Most Jadgals speak their native Jadgali language. It is one of the Sindhi languages and one of the only two native Indo-Aryan languages spoken in Iran.[12] Many linguists believe the Lasi language of the Lasi people may be related to Jadgali.[13]

Tribes

References
  1. Butt, Allah Rakhio (August 15, 1998). Papers on Sindhi Language & Linguistics. Institute of Sindhology, University of Sindh. ISBN 9789694050508 – via Google Books.
  2. Jahani, Carina; Korn, Agnes; Gren-Eklund, Gunilla (2003). The Baloch and Their Neighbours: Ethnic and Linguistic Contact in Balochistan in Historical and Modern Times. Reichert. p. 172. ISBN 978-3-89500-366-0.
  3. "Pakistan Economist". October 1975.
  4. "Oman's Diverse Society: Northern Oman" (PDF). JE Peterson.
  5. Field, Henry (1970). Contributions to the Physical Anthropology of the Peoples of India. University of Michigan. p. 197. Since they appear to be a purely Indian people, it is presumed that they migrated westward. Although the name Jadgals is now confined to Kulanch, the influential Rais-Baluch are connected with them.
  6. Risley, Sir Herbert Hope (August 15, 1908). "The People of India". Thacker, Spink & Company – via Google Books.
  7. Barjasteh Delforooz, Behrooz (August 15, 2008). "A sociolinguistic survey among the Jadgal in Iranian Balochistan". The Baloch and Others: Linguistic, Historical and Socio-Political Perspectives in Pluralism in Balochistan (Conference). Wiesbaden: Reichert: 23–43. ISBN 978-3-89500-591-6 – via uu.diva-portal.org.
  8. Mirzai, Behnaz A. (16 May 2017). A History of Slavery and Emancipation in Iran, 1800-1929 (1st ed.). Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 9781477311868.
  9. "ScholarlyCommons :: Home". repository.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  10. Breseeg, Taj Mohammad (2004). Baloch Nationalism: Its Origin and Development. Royal Book Company. p. 106. ISBN 978-969-407-309-5.
  11. Jahani, Carina (2014). "The Baloch as an Ethnic Group in the Persian Gulf Region". The Persian Gulf in Modern Times. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 267–297. doi:10.1057/9781137485779_11. ISBN 978-1-349-50380-3.
  12. Project, Joshua. "Jadgali in Iran". joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  13. "Glottolog 4.7 - Lasi-Jadgali". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
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