Lashari

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Lashari, sometimes also spelt Lasharie is a Baloch tribe. Most historians agree that the Baloch people are of an Arab origin. Balochistan is the current home of the Baloch people but they are also found in large numbers in UAE, Iran, Iraq and other places of the world. A distinction needs to be made between the Baloch and the Balochi people; the former being the race while the later being the people of Balochistan regardless of race.

In 1487 a great Baloch Kingdom was formed under Mir Chakar's rule which however was later destroyed owing to a civil war between the Lashari and Rind baloch tribes.

After this war, the Lashari tribe settled mostly in Sindh, Punjab and North West Frontier Province. Dera Ghazi Khan in the NWFP and Dera Ismail Khanin Punjab are two examples of places where the Lashari tribe settled after the civil war. They were joined by other assiciate tribes e.g. the Leghari , Gorchani , Buzdar and others.