Bugti

Bugti (Balochi: بگٹی), is a Baloch tribe located in Balochistan, Pakistan. They are divided into various clans such as Rahija, Mandawani, Kalpar, Nauthani, Masuri, Ferozani, Salamaan Zai, Mundarani, Qasimani, Shambani, Sobazai, Pahi, Maretha and Moharkanzai etc., numbering around 300,000.

On a bigger scale the Bugti tribe are claimed to be a clan of the Rind tribe. A military expedition against the Bugti was organized by Sir Charles Napier in 1845, but the British could not control the tribe till later when Sir Robert Sandeman ruled Baluchistan. It is claimed that the construction of the Sukkur-Quetta railway line bifurcated the territory of the Bugtis and made them adopt to modern ways of life. They are thought to have settled in their present location around 1500 AD when Mir Chakar (a 16th-century Baluch king) settled in the barren terrain of the present Bugti territories in Baluchistan, i.e., the large area around the town of Dera Bugti.