The Baluch, who in the tenth century lived in the desert country north of the Qufs mountains between Kerman, Sistan and Makran, were broken as road-robbers by the Seljuk Qavurt but remain a camel- and goat-herding people of the desert margins round Bazman, Bampur and the oases of the Makran border, moving east and south into Makran through these centuries.
No chief is named for 1200.
Who holds it
- Name
- Not named
- Title
- Baluch chiefs
- Since
- Not pinned
- Confidence
- low
Overlord
None effective.
What it holds
- The desert and oases round Bazman, Bampur and Fahraj of Makran (Iranshahr)
- The margins of the Jaz Murian basin
- The country round Khash
How things stand that morning
Self-governing; no record for the year.
Customs
Tribal herders under their own chiefs.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: General statements of the geographers and of Bosworth (CHI) on Qavurt's campaigns.
On the map: Rough; their range in 1200 is not pinned.
Sources and studies
- C. E. Bosworth, 'The Political and Dynastic History of the Iranian World (A.D. 1000-1217)', Cambridge History of Iran 5 (1968), pp. 167-175, 184-185
- G. Le Strange, The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate (1905), chapters XVII-XXIV (Fars, Kirman, Makran) after Istakhri, Muqaddasi, Ibn al-Balkhi, Yaqut and Mustawfi
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.