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BUGTI

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 761 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BUGTI  , a Baluch tribe of Rind (Arab) origin, numbering about 15,500, who occupy the hills to the

east of the
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Sind-Peshin railway, between
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Jacobabad and
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Sibi, with the Marris (a cognate tribe) to the north of them . Like the Marris, the Bugtis are physically a magnificent
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race of
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people,
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fine horsemen, good swordsmen and hereditary robbers . An expedition against them was organized by
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Sir C . Napier in 1845, but they were never brought under control till Sir Robert Sandeman ruled
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Baluchistan, Since the construction of the railway, which completely outflanks their country, they have been fairly orderly .

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