RAJANPUR TO D.G. KHAN--BALOCHISTAN, BALOCHISTAN
Written By: Hamid Ali Baloch
The name Dera Ghazi Khan denotes that it was founded by the cousin of Mir Chakar Khan the great, Ghazi Khan Rind. The Mirwani sub-tribe of Rind ruled over Dera Ghazi Khan for approximately two centuries. The area of Rajanpur had been a part and parcel of Dera Ghazi Khan for centuries but Dera Ghazi Khan was bifurcated and Rajanpur was made a new district.
There are several tribes residing on the suburbs of Dera Ghazi Khan and at Rajanpur district, but they are the attached parts of the leading tribes, such as Leghari, Mazaari, Buzdar, Qaisrani, Notkani, Khosagh, Dreshk, Gorchani, Lashari, Malghani, Gishkori, Patani, Tangwani, Balwani, Rahmani and Jawar.?????????
Dera Ghazi Khan had been a part of the Baloch Confederacy during the era of the Khanate of Kalat Mir Naseer Khan Noori, the great Khan of Kalat. In 1872, Raja Ranjeet Singh occupied the plain areas of Dera Ghazi Khan, but the Baloch tribal chiefs of Koh-e- Sulaiman became united and fought against the army of Raja Ranjeet Singh. The army of Ranjeet Singh retreated and went backward but the Baloch armed persons occupied the hill stations to protect their land. The Baloch people still consider the hills as their forts.????????
When the British army occupied most parts of the sub-continent including the Sindh and NWFP, a Jirga system was also implemented for the Baloch tribes of Koh-e- Sulaiman. Meanwhile, the English army constructed a fort in Fort Monroe to make a strategy to occupy the hills of Koh-e- Sulaiman. In Fort Monroe, a Jirga Hall was being constructed for the Balochs of Dera Ghazi Khan, Dera Bugti, Kohlu and Barkhan.???????
The chief tribal leaders reconciled with the English army taking bribes and each tribal leader made an administrative force for themselves that is called Border Military Force. In 1954, the Deputy Commissioner has issued an order to the boot-licker tribal chiefs of English era to sign an agreement of annexing the Dera Ghazi Khan area in to Punjab, but the tribal chief Sardar Manzoor Ahmad Qaisrani rejected this decree from the Deputy Commissioner, meanwhile some other tribal chiefs signed the agreement in fear, because they did not want to lose their land which were in Mian Chunnu, Punjab. These properties were rewarded to the chiefs of Koh-e- Sulaiman by the British men and in return the British men divided the area of Dera Ghazi Khan into two administrative portions, which was called tribal and settled areas. """"""""""
The Koh-e- Sulamian area was considered as tribal area and it was also called as de-excluded area. The total population of Koh-e- Sulaiman, which covers 2500sq/miles of the Koh-e- Sulamian area, speaks Balochi Language, on the Plain areas the population is mixed up into Balochi and Saraiki or Lahenda. The Koh-e- Sulaiman area of Dera Ghazi Khan has neither been a part of Raja Ranjeet Singh’s rule nor the part of British rule. God has bestowed an enrichment of oil and gas stock to this part of land. This may be the second enriched area for oil and gas after Sui of Balochistan.
The areas of Qaisrani tribe, which are called Dhodark, Rodo and Apiband, where a huge stock of crude oil and gas have been explored and these are being used in the factories and Industries of Punjab, but the local people are deprived of this wealth. Besides, a huge number of Uranium, Gypsum, Cement which are the key wealth of Dera Ghazi Khan, but Punjab is enjoying these natural resources in its industries.???????
Some of the high-handed persons have stressed the government to annex the enriched areas of natural resources of Koh-e- Sulaiman to the Saraiki belt and make a new province. It’s a sorry state that the Baloch nationalist leaders are entirely unaware of the historical, geographical, defense and lingual importance of Dera Ghazi Khan, because Balochistan is itself suffering a lot in this scenario and they can not listen to the voices of their brothers of Dera Ghazi Khan. The Balochs of Dera Ghazi Khan have been the part and parcel of the Baloch National Movement, whether it may be in the shape of Haidarabad conspiracy case, or the case of Mir Ghous Bakhsh Bezenjo, either it be the case of Nawab Khair Bakhsh Murree or Sardar Atta Ullah Mengal, in each and every moment the Balochs of Dera Ghazi Khan have been the part of Baloch National Movement and still supporting their brothers of Balochistan morally. ?????????????//
Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal has pointed out that the Baloch will never quit or give up the area of Dera Ghazi Khan. The tribal chief of Qaisrani tribe and the minister of Punjab Assembly, Mir Badshah Qaisrani delivered his speech in the Punjab Assembly and expressed his thoughts that if there would be a province of Saraiki speaking people, the area of Dera Ghazi Khan will never be the part of Saraiki Province, because the Baloch have their own national identity, a vast geography, history and a language from thousand of years and the Dera Ghazi Khan will remain a part of Balochistan.
He has threatened the supporters of the Saraiki province that if there is an idea for a Saraiki Province, then the Saraikis should not forget the history of the Baloch Nation.????????
Ironically, some high authorities from Punjab have boosted up slogans for a Saraiki province to destabilize Balochistan and the Baloch people, because Baloch are suffering a lot in their own province.
Today, the Baloch nation is facing a catastrophic loss and some boot-licker leaders of the Baloch People are in the hidden camps of the enemy to destabilize the Baloch People. It’s a hard time and a challenge for the Baloch leaders to understand the grievances of the Baloch people and try to resolve them and become the part of the same body. It’s also the time to give the Baloch people a national identity on its own land.""""""""""
Written By: Hamid Ali Baloch
The name Dera Ghazi Khan denotes that it was founded by the cousin of Mir Chakar Khan the great, Ghazi Khan Rind. The Mirwani sub-tribe of Rind ruled over Dera Ghazi Khan for approximately two centuries. The area of Rajanpur had been a part and parcel of Dera Ghazi Khan for centuries but Dera Ghazi Khan was bifurcated and Rajanpur was made a new district.
There are several tribes residing on the suburbs of Dera Ghazi Khan and at Rajanpur district, but they are the attached parts of the leading tribes, such as Leghari, Mazaari, Buzdar, Qaisrani, Notkani, Khosagh, Dreshk, Gorchani, Lashari, Malghani, Gishkori, Patani, Tangwani, Balwani, Rahmani and Jawar.?????????
Dera Ghazi Khan had been a part of the Baloch Confederacy during the era of the Khanate of Kalat Mir Naseer Khan Noori, the great Khan of Kalat. In 1872, Raja Ranjeet Singh occupied the plain areas of Dera Ghazi Khan, but the Baloch tribal chiefs of Koh-e- Sulaiman became united and fought against the army of Raja Ranjeet Singh. The army of Ranjeet Singh retreated and went backward but the Baloch armed persons occupied the hill stations to protect their land. The Baloch people still consider the hills as their forts.????????
When the British army occupied most parts of the sub-continent including the Sindh and NWFP, a Jirga system was also implemented for the Baloch tribes of Koh-e- Sulaiman. Meanwhile, the English army constructed a fort in Fort Monroe to make a strategy to occupy the hills of Koh-e- Sulaiman. In Fort Monroe, a Jirga Hall was being constructed for the Balochs of Dera Ghazi Khan, Dera Bugti, Kohlu and Barkhan.???????
The chief tribal leaders reconciled with the English army taking bribes and each tribal leader made an administrative force for themselves that is called Border Military Force. In 1954, the Deputy Commissioner has issued an order to the boot-licker tribal chiefs of English era to sign an agreement of annexing the Dera Ghazi Khan area in to Punjab, but the tribal chief Sardar Manzoor Ahmad Qaisrani rejected this decree from the Deputy Commissioner, meanwhile some other tribal chiefs signed the agreement in fear, because they did not want to lose their land which were in Mian Chunnu, Punjab. These properties were rewarded to the chiefs of Koh-e- Sulaiman by the British men and in return the British men divided the area of Dera Ghazi Khan into two administrative portions, which was called tribal and settled areas. """"""""""
The Koh-e- Sulamian area was considered as tribal area and it was also called as de-excluded area. The total population of Koh-e- Sulaiman, which covers 2500sq/miles of the Koh-e- Sulamian area, speaks Balochi Language, on the Plain areas the population is mixed up into Balochi and Saraiki or Lahenda. The Koh-e- Sulaiman area of Dera Ghazi Khan has neither been a part of Raja Ranjeet Singh’s rule nor the part of British rule. God has bestowed an enrichment of oil and gas stock to this part of land. This may be the second enriched area for oil and gas after Sui of Balochistan.
The areas of Qaisrani tribe, which are called Dhodark, Rodo and Apiband, where a huge stock of crude oil and gas have been explored and these are being used in the factories and Industries of Punjab, but the local people are deprived of this wealth. Besides, a huge number of Uranium, Gypsum, Cement which are the key wealth of Dera Ghazi Khan, but Punjab is enjoying these natural resources in its industries.???????
Some of the high-handed persons have stressed the government to annex the enriched areas of natural resources of Koh-e- Sulaiman to the Saraiki belt and make a new province. It’s a sorry state that the Baloch nationalist leaders are entirely unaware of the historical, geographical, defense and lingual importance of Dera Ghazi Khan, because Balochistan is itself suffering a lot in this scenario and they can not listen to the voices of their brothers of Dera Ghazi Khan. The Balochs of Dera Ghazi Khan have been the part and parcel of the Baloch National Movement, whether it may be in the shape of Haidarabad conspiracy case, or the case of Mir Ghous Bakhsh Bezenjo, either it be the case of Nawab Khair Bakhsh Murree or Sardar Atta Ullah Mengal, in each and every moment the Balochs of Dera Ghazi Khan have been the part of Baloch National Movement and still supporting their brothers of Balochistan morally. ?????????????//
Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal has pointed out that the Baloch will never quit or give up the area of Dera Ghazi Khan. The tribal chief of Qaisrani tribe and the minister of Punjab Assembly, Mir Badshah Qaisrani delivered his speech in the Punjab Assembly and expressed his thoughts that if there would be a province of Saraiki speaking people, the area of Dera Ghazi Khan will never be the part of Saraiki Province, because the Baloch have their own national identity, a vast geography, history and a language from thousand of years and the Dera Ghazi Khan will remain a part of Balochistan.
He has threatened the supporters of the Saraiki province that if there is an idea for a Saraiki Province, then the Saraikis should not forget the history of the Baloch Nation.????????
Ironically, some high authorities from Punjab have boosted up slogans for a Saraiki province to destabilize Balochistan and the Baloch people, because Baloch are suffering a lot in their own province.
Today, the Baloch nation is facing a catastrophic loss and some boot-licker leaders of the Baloch People are in the hidden camps of the enemy to destabilize the Baloch People. It’s a hard time and a challenge for the Baloch leaders to understand the grievances of the Baloch people and try to resolve them and become the part of the same body. It’s also the time to give the Baloch people a national identity on its own land.""""""""""
