1880.] 



BALOCnf LANGUAGE. 



135 



Pheroz o Bijar Rehan 



Miran EindaH zahm-jan en 

 Sohba, Miban, Alf, 



Jam, Sahak o Alan en 

 Haivtare Bivaray/t ma« Rindare 



Mir Hassan go Braliim en 

 Shair ki sheraw joii 



Mir Jalal Han surphadh eti. 

 Translation. 



Tlianks and praise to God ; himself he is Lord of the land. When 

 the rest of the word becomes dust and claj, alone He remains with serene 

 heart. 



We are the offspring of Mir Hamza ; victory is in the worship of 

 God. Trom Halab do we arise, there are lights with the unbelievers. 

 Foi'emost is Mir Jakil Xhin, there are four and forty tribes. By stages 

 (we march) from Kalabala (Karbala?) to Bompur and the cities of Sistan. 

 We came to Harun's band, on the right side of Kech. The Hots settle 

 in Makran, the Khosas in the land of Kech. From Halab come the 

 Cliandyas, near the home of the Kalamthis. Dividing out running water 

 and dry land, the chief of all is Shailiak. 



In Nali the Nobs settle, close to the Jistkanis. The Phuzbes, 

 Miralis and Jatois, all in Sevi and Dhadar. The Drishaks, Khans and 

 Mazaris are one with the Rinds. In origin the Phuzhes are Rinds, they 

 were with Mir Cbakar. The Golos, Gopangs and Dashtis are outside the 

 Rind circle (dish). The other very numerous Baloches are all included in 

 the Rinds. Distinguished for wealth among the Gorgezes are those in the 

 country of Thali. The Nobs and Korais are mixed together, they are one 

 with the Rinds. The Rinds settle in Shoran, the Lasharis in Gandava. 

 This is our foot-print and track, this is the Baloch record. Por thirty 

 years we are engnged in battle, this is the Baloch struggle. 



In the time of Shaihak and Shahdad, Chakar was chief of the whole. 

 Forty thousand come at the Mir's call, all descendants of one ancestor. 

 All with armour upon their forearms, all with bows and quivers ; with silk 

 scarves and overcoats, and red boots on their feet; with silver knives and 

 daggers, and golden rings on their hands. There were Bakr and Gwaharam 

 and Riimen, and the gold-scattering Nod//hdmh\//h. Of the Phuzhes was 

 Jaro, venemous in reply, and Hadde his brother by religion. There were 

 Pheroz, Bijar, Rehan, and Miran, the swordsman of the Rinds. There 

 were Sohba, Miliiuj, Ali, Jam, Ishak and Alan ; Haibat Han and Bivaray^ 

 of the Rinds, and Mir Hassan with Brahini. 



It is the poet that composes the songs, and Mir Jalal Khm compre- 

 hends them. 



