Buledi

Template:Pp-move-indef The Buledi or Buleidi (Template:Langx) is a Balochi-speaking tribe in the Pakistani provinces of Sindh and Balochistan. The tribe derives its name from the Buleida valley in Kech.Template:Sfn

History

Buledi descend from a certain Bu Said or Buledi, whom they claim to have come in the 18th century from Oman in the southern Arabian Peninsula.Template:Sfn However, according to the Italian anthropologist Template:Ill it is possible that in reality the Buledi tribe came from the Helmand region of Afghanistan.Template:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn