Kalmati

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

History

Kalamati is a Baloch tribe and Hammal Kalmati is a notable baloch hero from Kalamati clan who fought against Portuguese forces in Makran.

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

The Mughals had invaded Sindh and dealt with Kalmati and Nizamani Baluch tribes, who had a powerful force of 20,000 ^{[page needed]}

Dayaram Gidumal writes that a Baloch legend is backed up by the medieval Qarmatians. ^{[page needed]}

References

↑ Al Nahyan, Jamal Hussain, ul Ghafoor, Mansoor Bin Tahnoon, Asad (2019). Tribes of Pakistan. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 112. ISBN 9781527534391.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ Iqbal, Kashif (2023). The Struggle for Political Power in Balochistan. Pencil. ISBN 9789356673984.
↑ Badalkhan, Sabir (2013). Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore. Balochistan Monograph Series, V. Naples, Italy: Universita degli studi di Napoli. p. 42. ISBN 978-88-6719-060-7.
↑ Dashti, Naseer (2012). The Baloch and Balochistan. Trafford Publishing. p. 42. ISBN 9781466958968.
↑ Lashari, Kaleem (1996). A study of stone carved graves. Karachi, Pakistan: Kaleem Lashari for Sindh Exploration and Adventure Society. OCLC: 36891967.
↑ Roy, Kaushik (12 February 2015). War and Society in Afghanistan: From the Mughals to the Americans, 1500–2013. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-908944-4. Retrieved 23 May 2025 – via Google Books.
↑ Gidumal, Dayaram (1888). History of Alienations in the Province of Sind: Compiled from the Jagir and Other Records in the Commissioner's Office on the Authority of Bombay Government, Resolution No. 12, Dated 2nd January 1878, Revenue Department. Printed at the "Commissioner's Press".

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[:tribe-1] Al Nahyan, Jamal Hussain, ul Ghafoor, Mansoor Bin Tahnoon, Asad (2019). Tribes of Pakistan. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 112. ISBN 9781527534391.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Iqbal, Kashif (2023). The Struggle for Political Power in Balochistan. Pencil. ISBN 9789356673984.

[:Two_Essays_on_Baloch_History_and_Folklore2-3] Badalkhan, Sabir (2013). Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore. Balochistan Monograph Series, V. Naples, Italy: Universita degli studi di Napoli. p. 42. ISBN 978-88-6719-060-7.

[:dashti-4] Dashti, Naseer (2012). The Baloch and Balochistan. Trafford Publishing. p. 42. ISBN 9781466958968.

[5] Lashari, Kaleem (1996). A study of stone carved graves. Karachi, Pakistan: Kaleem Lashari for Sindh Exploration and Adventure Society. OCLC: 36891967.

[6] Roy, Kaushik (12 February 2015). War and Society in Afghanistan: From the Mughals to the Americans, 1500–2013. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-908944-4. Retrieved 23 May 2025 – via Google Books.

[7] Gidumal, Dayaram (1888). History of Alienations in the Province of Sind: Compiled from the Jagir and Other Records in the Commissioner's Office on the Authority of Bombay Government, Resolution No. 12, Dated 2nd January 1878, Revenue Department. Printed at the "Commissioner's Press".