Al-Balushi

Al-Balushi (Arabic: البلوشي; singular Baloushi, Balooshi, Bloushi, Balushi, Blushi or Blooshi), from the word (Al Balush).^[1][2] One of the Arab tribes branched from Al-Azd^[3][4][5][6]. Members from the tribe are commonly found in those areas, Persian Gulf region, Countries of the Levant. particularly Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco. People carrying this surname trace their tribal origins to the Zaffa clan^[1][7] and their origins of lineage is from the Hijaz (Yemen),^[4][5][8][9] However, there are some of them whose ancestors trace their tribal origins from Coasts of Makran (Omani origin).^[10][11]

They are a part of The Bedouins.^[5] The Al Balushi speak Arabic, however some of them use Balochi or Persian, Who was influenced by other cultures and languages, likely Baloch, But it has no connection to the tribe.^[12][13] They are mainly Sunni Muslims. They are a populous tribe in Oman, UAE, the Kuwait and Bahrain.^[14]

The beginning of the Tribe

One of the Arab^[3] Bedouin tribes traveling in the desert they migrated from Hijaz (Yemen) to the Levant, from the main branches of the (Al-Ahmada) and branched from the Zaffa clan^[7] in the Levant, and later the majority of them left to (Yemen), Later to Coasts Of Makran (It was a part of the Sultanate of Oman).^[15]

Origin of the Tribe name

The Word balshh (Arabic: بلشه)^[16] means (Trouble) in Arabic, a word has been used In the colloquial dialect of the Levant countries, after the tribe migrated from Hijaz to the Levant, and the origin of the word is due to the fact that that word was used because other tribes felt in Trouble when trying to wage wars with them.

Then named (Balush), Later (Al Balush).

While some writers referred the naming of the tribe is back to Ottoman rule^[17]: The word (Balush) means courage^[18] in Turkish origin, and the origin of the word dates back to the periods of Ottoman rule over the branches of the Arab Azd tribes^[9] and their influence on the tribe.

Tribal lineage

Billy bin Amr al-Qahtani and from The Azd.^{[4][7][9][13][19][20][21][22]}

Similarity of Names

The beginning of the Balush tribe is that they branched off from the ancient Yemeni Azd tribes, although at that time they were not the ethnicity that some call them (Baloch).

Then they migrated from Hijaz (Yemen), in a date estimated before the (medieval) period to the Levant countries^[6][22] then Yemen in (medieval) period, then Sultanate of Oman, then finally coast of Majan^[23][24] (now Makran).

The Persians took the word (Balush) "from (Al Balush) Arab tribe" and turned it into (Blwj) then (Baloch) to establish a previously unknown ethnicity of Persian origins who came from somewhere in North East (Zabulistan) to (Sistan) lands, while (Sistan) has been set as a part of Makran by Portuguese during the Portuguese colonization in the (16th century) after the Portuguese colonization, which led to the expansion of Magan and they changed it from Magan to Makran during the colonial period.

Sistan is the original name before Balochistan land.

Until the British colonization in (1812) AD, these regions were ruled separately, so that after the Portuguese were expelled from the lands of Makran, the Persian Empire took control of the lands of Sistan, and it was separated from Makran, and Sistan became under independent rule by the Persian Empire.

There is a difference^[25] linguistically, culturally, in lineage, and origins between the Balush of Makran^[25] at that time. They migrated from the south of the Arabian Peninsula to the coasts of Majan and Majan under the Omani rule over them (which is Makran today). They were originally from branches of the Yemeni Azd tribe.^[10]

As for the Baloch who came from Sistan, who are known today as (Baloch of Balochestan), they are from Sistan of Persian origins, and they came with a language, dialects, and cultures dating back to Persian and Urdu, And they doesn’t relate to the tribe with any relationship, the lineage or anything in the Arab Balush tribe,^[8] only the similarity of names between the (Baloch) ethnicity and the (Balush) tribe.^[15]

This proves that their origins from Al-Azd^[26][27] that the Arab^[28] Balush origin in Makran is based on the Sunni-Hanafi-Shafi'i^[29] doctrine and not as some claim to be Persians, although Iran before it declared an Islamic Republic in 1979, the doctrine of Islam was their Shiites and not the Sunni sect in Iran.

After a period of time, control over the Makran lands was restored, including the Makran coast, which was under The British colonization after a short period until the year (1928) AD.

Makran was annexed with the Persian state under the Persian Empire.

Later it was annexed with Pakistan.^[15]

People

Sportspeople

• Ali Al-Baloshi, Emirati footballer
• Ali Al-Balushi, Kuwaiti boxer
• Ali Mohamed Al-Balooshi, Emirati middle-distance runner
• Ayesha Al-Balooshi, Emirati weightlifter
• Azan Al-Balushi, Omani footballer
• Hamed Al-Balushi, Omani footballer
• Issa Ali Al-Bloushi, Emirati footballer
• Jamal Nabi Al-Balushi, Omani footballer
• Khalid Abdulla Al-Baloshi, Emirati footballer
• Khalid Al-Baloshi, Emirati footballer
• Hamad Al-Baloshi, Emirati footballer
• Mansoor Al-Baloshi, Emirati footballer
• Mohammed Al-Balushi, Omani footballer
• Muheeb Al-Balushi, Omani footballer
• Rayan Al-Bloushi, Saudi Arabian footballer
• Talal Al-Bloushi, Qatari footballer
• Wadha Al-Balushi, Omani sports shooter
• Walid Abbas Al Balushi, Emirati footballer
• Yaqoub Al-Baloshi, Emirati footballer

Miscellaneous

• Ammar al-Balushi, prisoner at Guantanamo Bay detention camp
• Fatima bint Mohammed Al Balooshi, Bahraini politician
• Mai Al Balushi, Kuwaiti actress
• Salama Bint Rashid Al Balushi^[31]
• Salah Abdul Rasool Al Blooshi, Bahraini Guantanamo detainee

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