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History of the Selj uks Els iatic fi ocietg monographs . L IV . V O . E A E TH B L O CH R AC . 21 h istorical ano E t h nological S ketch . N TH D A M . GWO R M E LO S . LOND ON PU BLISHED BY THE ROYAL ASIA IC SOCIE Y T T , 22 B MAR E S REE w . , AL E L T T , 1 904 . THE BA L O CH RA CE A HIS TORICA L A N D ETHN OLOGIC’AL SK E TCH THE n ame B aloch is used in two distinct ways by tra vellers an d a . a a in histori ns In the first pl ce , it is employed s cluding all the ra ces inh abiting the geographic al area shown o n o ur m aps under the n ame of B a lochista n ; an d in the a a s a a i second pl ce , denoting one especi l r ce , known to them an d a s selves their neighbours the B aloch . It is in the a a la tter signific tion th at I employ the word . I t ke it a s a a a a s pplying to the B loch r ce proper , not comprising Brah oi s Numri s a n d of a O an , other tribes Indi n rigin , nor y other ra ces which m ay be found within the limits of the ’ a o f a e or Kh n Kil t territory , the Province of British a a . a o B lochist n On the other h nd , it does c mprise the a true B loch tribes outside those limits , whether found in a on an d a a Persi the west , or in Sindh the P nj b on the a . a a a e st In the n tive use of the word , p rt from modern a a a ta a a politic l bound ries , B lochis n includes Persi n B loch a a a a an d ist n , the Kh n t of Kil t , the British Districts of a a a - a a a Der Gh zi Kh n (with the djoining mount ins) , J cob n d f a a a a o a a s far a s . b d , p rt Shik rpur the Indus Applying of a a Baloch e s m a the test l ngu ge , the true y be considered a s those whose n ative l anguage is (or wa s till recently) a an d n ot Brah oi a a a . B lochi , , Persi n , Sindhi , J tki , or P shto The spelling an d pronuncia tion of the n ame h ave varied a Balo ch e s consider bly , but the themselves only use one a — a a a pronunci tion B loch , with the Short in the first syll ble 1 3 9 8 8 5 8 "T H E BALOC H RACE an d 0 Th f the in the second . e tendency o Modern Persian to substitute 17, for an older 0 everywhere h a s h ad its effect a a a a in Western B lochist n , where the pronunci tion B luch a . 0 a an d is , I believe , he rd The sound is historic lly older , 1 a a is recognised in old Persi n dictionaries . Other trib l a as o a are a n mes , such Koch , Hot , D d i , lso frequently a u a s . given wrongly Kuch , Hut , D d i The pronunciation of the vowel in the first sylla ble a s a i a short is unknown mong the people themselves , but Bil h common in India .