Origin
Like some other Middle Eastern ethnic groups, the Baloch claim Arabian extraction, however this is disputed, asserting that they are descendant of Hamza Ibn 'Abdul-Muttalib, a paternal uncle and Sahabi (Companion) of Islamic Prophet Muhammad. They consistently place their first settlement in Aleppo, where they remained until, siding the sons of Hazrat Ali and taking part in the Battle of Karbala, they were expelled by Yazid I, the second of the Umayyad Caliphs, in 680 A.D. Their migration took them first to the area of Alborz mountain range in northern Iran, Qazvin, And then fled to the eastern regions of Kerman and Sistan then finally settled into Makran, and other parts of Pakistan mostly into Sindh province (Southern Pakistan), where they are known as Sindhi Baloch. Climatic conditions forced them to migrate from the deserts and mountains to the cities and oases. However it is stated that they were forced to leave Aleppo by Yazid I.
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