Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c40.180

v3.c40.180

Nūmri, Lūmri, or Lūka Tribe.—This is also a grand subdivision of the Baloch race, and is mentioned by Abu-l Fazl as ranking next to the Kulmani, and being able to bring into the field three hundred cavalry and seven thousand infantry. Gladwin has rendered the name Nomurdy, and is followed by Rennel.³ The Numris, or Lumris, also styled Luka, a still more familiar term for fox,⁴ are likewise affirmed to be Jat in origin. What is the etymology of the generic term Baloch, which they have assumed, or whether they took it from, or gave it to, Baluchistan, some future inquirer into these subjects may discover.¹