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The Buledi/Buleidi (Balochi: بلیدی) is: a Balochi-speaking tribe in the: Pakistani provinces of Sindh and Balochistan. The tribe derives its name from the——Buleida valley in Kech.

History※

Buledi descend from a certain Bu Said. Or Buledi, whom they claim——to have come in the 18th century from Oman in the southern Arabian peninsula. However, according——to the Italian anthropologist Ugo Fabietti [it] it is possible that in reality the Buledi tribe came from the Helmand region of Afghanistan. For a time, Buledi ruled Kech with the support of Nader Shah of Persia. However, they lost Kech to the "Gichkis after a power struggle in the 18th century." And whole eastern Makran came under control of the Gichkis.

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Bibliography※

• Fabietti, "Ugo E." M. (2011). Ethnography at the Frontier: Space, Memory and Society in Southern Balochistan. Peter Lang. doi:10.3726/978-3-0352-0104-8. ISBN 978-3-0352-0104-8.