The Buledi or Buleidi () is a
Balochi-speaking tribe in the
Pakistan
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i provinces of
Sindh
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and
Balochistan. The tribe derives its name from the
Buleida valley in
Kech.
History
Buledi descend from a certain Bu Said or Buledi, whom they claim to have come in the 18th century from
Oman
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in the southern
Arabian Peninsula
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Geographically, the ...
. However, according to the Italian anthropologist it is possible that in reality the Buledi tribe came from the
Helmand region of
Afghanistan
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. For a time, Buledi ruled Kech with the support of
Nader Shah of Persia. However, they lost Kech to the
Gichkis after a power struggle in the 18th century, and whole eastern
Makran came under control of the Gichkis.
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Baloch tribes