Locations
In Balochistan the Marri tribes are settled in the Kohlu, Sibi, Jaffarabad and Nasirabad districts. These districts are on the floor or the neighboring hills of a broad, dry valley that slopes gradually upward from the Sindh plains to the Bolan Pass, a route through the mountains to Quetta and Afghanistan. SibiCoordinates: 29°33′N 67°53′E / 29.55°N 67.883°E / 29.55; 67.883 is the gateway to the Bolan Pass. The Marri are also settled in the Sanghar, Mirpurkhas and ShikarpurNawab shah,Noshahro feroz, Sukkur, khair pur Merus, districts of Sindh. The Marri-Bugti country is classed as a tribal area in Balochistan, politically controlled from Sibi, but enjoying a large measure of autonomy under its own chieftains, with a total area of 7,129 square miles (18,460 km2). It consists of the Sibi, Kohlu and Dera Bugti districts. The total population in 1901 was 38,919, almost equally divided between the two tribes of Marris and Bugtis. In the census of 1901 the Marri in the adjacent Dera Ghazi Khan District, now in Punjab, numbered 19,161 with a fighting strength of about 3,000.
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