Baloch nation is living in a region which in known as Balochistan i.e., The Land of Baloch.There are many theories and mythologies about the origin and history of Baloch people.Some historians relate Baloch people to the tribes of Arabia and some to the Dravidions of South India.
       In this blog, I will be explaining the origin of Baloch with reference to the works of Longworth Dames and Meer Gul Khan Naseer.According to these Historians, Baloch people are of Kurd origin and they used to live in the Mountains of Al-Burza in kurdistan region which is divided into Iran, Iraq and Syria.Burza is a word in Balochi, Kurdish and Bravi languages which means high.The name of that mountainous region is still Alburz.
       Between 1500 t0 500 B.C. the ruler of Persia started waging war against the Baloch people because Baloch were in conflict with Persians for centuries. Baloch and Kurd had their empire known as mede or median empire .Their empire was destroyed by the Persian King Cyrus The Great. About 200000 Balochs were killed and rest left the region and migrated to different other regions.
        The first group under the leadership of Meer Qambar migrated to the mountains of Masthung,Kalat and Khuzdar.At that time Dravidion people used to live in these regions.They started calling the Baloch as Burz-kohi, which means people of Alburz mountain,  which with the passage of time changed into Bravi.The Baloch used to speak a language similar to Kurdish but their language got mixed with the languages of Dravidian people and a new language emerged called Bravi.
        The second group migrated to the region of Kerman and zaabol.They speak Balochi language which has a Persian influence on it.
       The third group migrated to Allepo region and baghdad etc.It is said that this group of Balochs supported Hazrat Imam Hussain R.A. in the battle against Yazeed.But After the Martyrdom of Imam Hussain R.A.,  this group migrated to the coastal areas of iran and with the passage of time they reached Makran region in the leadership of Meer Jalal Khan.This group of Baloch tribes, under the leadership of Meer Chakar and Meer Guharam, migrated to Sibbi and Kohe Suleman regions.
       Although these migrations took place between 1500 to 500 b.c but there are signs of baloch traditions in the Mehrgarh civilizations, discovered in the Boaln Valley of Balochistan which dated back to 8000 to 12000 years.According to some historians Baloch people were the inhabitants of Mehrgarh civilization and after the destruction of Mehrgarh civilization they migrated to Kurdistan.But when they were in trouble then they came back to their original homeland and the balochs already living here welcomed them.
              It is said that the Baloch people under the leadership of Shahsawar Baloch  defeated the Persian army with the help of Arabs and avenged the killing of thousands of Balochs. After that Persian Empire was destroyed and Arab rule got strength in the region.
      Balochs are nomadic people that's why we find migrations throughout the Baloch history. That is the reason Baloch people are found in differ regions besides Balochistan. Baloch tribes constitute a major region in Sindh and Punjab. The countries like Oman, Qatar, U.A.E,Turkmenistan etc have a great Baloch population.
       The nomadic nature of baloch people diversified their culture and it is the reason behind richness of Baloch Culture. Due to this characteristic, Baloch people speak several languages and dialects. The major languages of Baloch people are Balochi, Bravi, laasi, dhehwari, Khetrani etc. And these languages include many dialects spoken by Baloch people. Besides their own languages, Baloch people also speak the language of the region they are living in. The Baloch of Sindh and Punjab speak Sindhi, Siraiki and Punjabi etc.