Kulachi or Kolachi (Balochi: کولاچی) is a Baloch and Brahui tribe of Dodai Rajput origins[1][2][3] that got its name from the Kolach or Kolanch area of Makran.[4] The city of Karachi in Sindh may have derived its name from this tribe.[5][2]
References
edit- ^ "Karāčī". Encyclopaedia of Islam, First Edition. Brill. 24 April 2012. doi:10.1163/2214-871x_ei1_sim_3913.
The name does not appear to be of great antiquity, and is probably due to the settlement of a Dodāī Balōč tribe called Kulāči, originally Rād̲j̲pūt
- ^ a b Guimbretière, A. (2012), "Karāčī", Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Brill, doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_sim_3899
- ^ Field, Henry (1959). "An Anthropological Reconnaissance in West Pakistan, 1955". Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology. 52. Cambridge: Harvard University: 55.
- ^ Khan, Sabir Badal (2013). Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore. Università di Napoli, "l'Orientale". p. 42.
As such, many Baloch tribes adopted tribal names taken from place names in Makran, such as the Lashari, Gishkauri, Magasi, Bulaidai, Kalmati, Kolachi, Dashti, Zahri, and many many others.
- ^ Everett-Heath, John, ed. (2017). Concise Dictionary of World Place Names. Oxford University Press. p. 855. ISBN 9780192556462.
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