Jats of Balochistan

' By the time of the Umayyad conquest of Sind in the 8th century, Arab writers described agglomerations of native tribes throughout the newly conquered lands of Sind and Makran. The Arabs referred to these tribes as "Zutts", an Arabic word derived from the word Jat, although this term was also applied to several other groups—such as the Sāyabija, Andāghar, and Qufs—not all of whom were necessarily ethnic Jats. The Jats of Makran (with their name being synonymous with cameleers there) reportedly reared fine-quality camels which were in demand as far as Khurasan; these camels were also presented to Caliph Mu'awiya. These cameleers were included under the Zutt label. The Jats were present in Makran and Lasbela before the migration of the Baloch from Kerman, Khorasan, and Sistan and Baluchistan in present-day Iran. The major Jat (or Jath) tribes include: • Bizenjo • Dodai • Gurchani • Lanjwani • Mengal • Zehri == See also ==