Indische Palaographie von circa 350 a. Chr. – circa 1300 p. Chr. c48.s7.10

c48.s7.10

§ 107. **Balūc.** A line drawn from Dēra Ghāzī Khān through the Sulaimān range due west to Quettah demarcates approximately the Paṭhān on the north, from the Balūc on the south; but the latter have advanced considerably to the north of this limit in the Indus valley, and have also established large colonies in upper and middle Sindh. The Balūc statement of their origin is to the effect that they belong to Aleppo, and were expelled from Syria on sectarian grounds. They found their way through Baghdād and Kirmān to Makrān, where they lived for many generations before they occupied Khalāt and the south Sulaimān hills, which they took from the Paṭhān. A large section of their community was expelled from Balūcistān in a tribal dispute, and settled in Sindh. Members of these exiled clans joined with their