Kalmati

Baloch clan settled in Pakistan

This article is about the Baloch clan settled in Pakistan. For the village in Iran, see Kalmati, Iran. For the village in India, see Kalmati, India.

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Kalmati or Kalmat is a Baloch clan settled in Balochistan, Pakistan. Members of the clan also live in Iran and Afghanistan.

Kalmatis mostly work in cultivation and business. The famous graveyard called Chaukhandi tombs in Karachi, is associated with this tribe.^[1]

History

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Baloch migration to Sindh and Punjab

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According to Dr. Akhtar Baloch, Professor at University of Karachi, the Balochs migrated from Balochistan during the Little Ice Age and settled in Sindh and Punjab. The climate of Balochistan was very cold during this epoch and the region was inhabitable during the winter so the Baloch people migrated in waves and settled in Sindh and Punjab.^[3]

References

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^ Lashari, Kaleem (1996). A study of stone carved graves. Karachi, Pakistan: Kaleem Lashari for Sindh Exploration and Adventure Society. OCLC: 36891967.
^ Dashti, Naseer (2012). The Baloch and Balochistan. Trafford Publishing. p. 42. ISBN 9781466958968.
^ From Zardaris to Makranis: How the Baloch came to Sindh