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| pop = 1,000,000 (20%) <ref>{{Cite book |last1=Long |first1=Roger D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzivCgAAQBAJ&dq=omani+baloch&pg=PA129 |title=State and Nation-Building in Pakistan: Beyond Islam and Security |last2=Singh |first2=Gurharpal |last3=Samad |first3=Yunas |last4=Talbot |first4=Ian |date=2015-10-08 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-44820-4 |language=en}}</ref>
| pop = 1,000,000 (20%) <ref>{{Cite book |last1=Long |first1=Roger D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzivCgAAQBAJ&dq=omani+baloch&pg=PA129 |title=State and Nation-Building in Pakistan: Beyond Islam and Security |last2=Singh |first2=Gurharpal |last3=Samad |first3=Yunas |last4=Talbot |first4=Ian |date=2015-10-08 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-44820-4 |language=en}}</ref>
| regions = [[Muscat]], [[Al Batinah Region|Al Batinah]], [[Al Buraimi]], [[Dhofar]], [[Ash Sharqiyah Region (Oman)|Ash Sharqiyah]], [[Dhahirah]]
| regions = [[Muscat]], [[Al Batinah Region|Al Batinah]].
| langs = [[Arabic]], [[Balochi language|Balochi]], [[Jadgali]]<ref name=Peterson/>
| langs = [[Balochi language|Balochi]], [[Jadgali]]<ref name=Peterson/>
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| rels = [[Islam]] [[Sunni Islam]]
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'''Omani Baloch''' are the residents of the [[Sultanate of Oman]] who are of [[Baloch people|Baloch]] ancestry. Around 20% of non-citizens are of Baloch descent whose ancestors migrated to Oman from Pakistan, Iran, and are now considered native.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Long |first1=Roger D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzivCgAAQBAJ&dq=omani+baloch&pg=PA129 |title=State and Nation-Building in Pakistan: Beyond Islam and Security |last2=Singh |first2=Gurharpal |last3=Samad |first3=Yunas |last4=Talbot |first4=Ian |date=2015-10-08 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-44820-4 |language=en}}</ref> Baloch form the largest non-Arab (non-citizens) community in Oman.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nicolini |first=Beatrice |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kVwhcDDhHQkC&pg=PA8 |title=Makran, Oman, and Zanzibar: Three-Terminal Cultural Corridor in the Western Indian Ocean, 1799-1856 |date=2004-01-01 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-13780-6 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=Peterson>{{cite web|url=http://www.jepeterson.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/oman_diverse_society_northern_oman.pdf |title=Oman's Diverse Society: Northern Oman|website= JE Peterson}}</ref>
'''Omani Baloch''' are the [[nationality|nationals]] of the
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[[Sultanate of Oman]] who are of [[Baloch people|Baloch]] ancestry. Around 20% of [[Omanis]] are of Baloch descent whose ancestors migrated to Oman centuries ago, and are now considered native.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Long |first1=Roger D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzivCgAAQBAJ&dq=omani+baloch&pg=PA129 |title=State and Nation-Building in Pakistan: Beyond Islam and Security |last2=Singh |first2=Gurharpal |last3=Samad |first3=Yunas |last4=Talbot |first4=Ian |date=2015-10-08 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-44820-4 |language=en}}</ref> Baloch form the largest non-Arab community in Oman,<ref name=Peterson/> and most of them have [[Al-Balushi]] as surname.<ref name="RH">{{cite web|url=http://rhawker.me/zayed-university/more-reflections-on-teaching-at-zayed-university/a-beginners-guide-to-society-in-the-uae/ |title=A Beginner's Guide to Tribes in the UAE |first=Ron |last=Hawker |work=Digital Heritage in the UAE |date=2015 |access-date=23 July 2016 |quote=Some htribes trace roots to other ethnic groups. Among the most important of these are the Baluch (or in Arabic, the Al Balooshi). Their ancestors came from the Baluchistan district split between [[Iran]] and [[Pakistan]] in the late 19th century. |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314205941/http://rhawker.me/zayed-university/more-reflections-on-teaching-at-zayed-university/a-beginners-guide-to-society-in-the-uae/ |archive-date=14 March 2016 }}</ref> Baloch served as mercenary soldiers for Oman between 18th and 20th century. The first modern army of Oman was exclusively Baloch,<ref name=Peterson/> and even today around 40% of [[Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces|Omani Army]] consists of Baloch people.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/10161/16932/Lutfi_duke_0066D_14612.pdf|title="Conquest without Rule: Baloch Portfolio Mercenaries in the Indian Ocean." by Ameem Lutfi Department of Cultural Anthropolo - DukeSpace - Duke University|website=DukeSpace}}</ref> A significant population of Omani Baloch is of [[Jat Muslim|Jat]] (called [[Jadgals|Zadjalis]] in Oman) origins.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nicolini |first=Beatrice |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kVwhcDDhHQkC&pg=PA8 |title=Makran, Oman, and Zanzibar: Three-Terminal Cultural Corridor in the Western Indian Ocean, 1799-1856 |date=2004-01-01 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-13780-6 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=Peterson>{{cite web|url=http://www.jepeterson.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/oman_diverse_society_northern_oman.pdf |title=Oman's Diverse Society: Northern Oman|website= JE Peterson}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Al-Lawatia]]
*[[Al-Lawatia]]
*[[Al-Balushi]]
*[[Baloch diaspora]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 07:02, 11 March 2024

Baloch People in Oman
Total population
1,000,000 (20%) [1]
Regions with significant populations
Muscat, Al Batinah.
Languages
Balochi, Jadgali[2]
Religion
Islam Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Baloch, Jadgals, Jats

Omani Baloch are the residents of the Sultanate of Oman who are of Baloch ancestry. Around 20% of non-citizens are of Baloch descent whose ancestors migrated to Oman from Pakistan, Iran, and are now considered native.[3] Baloch form the largest non-Arab (non-citizens) community in Oman.[4][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Long, Roger D.; Singh, Gurharpal; Samad, Yunas; Talbot, Ian (2015-10-08). State and Nation-Building in Pakistan: Beyond Islam and Security. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-44820-4.
  2. ^ a b "Oman's Diverse Society: Northern Oman" (PDF). JE Peterson.
  3. ^ Long, Roger D.; Singh, Gurharpal; Samad, Yunas; Talbot, Ian (2015-10-08). State and Nation-Building in Pakistan: Beyond Islam and Security. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-44820-4.
  4. ^ Nicolini, Beatrice (2004-01-01). Makran, Oman, and Zanzibar: Three-Terminal Cultural Corridor in the Western Indian Ocean, 1799-1856. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-13780-6.
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