Jalal Khan


Jalal Khan is a legendary figure in the history of the Baloch people who led the Baloch from Persia to Makran.
Jalal Khan had four sons, Rind Khan, Hoth Khan, Lashar Khan, and Kora Khan, and a daughter, Bibi Jato, who was married to his nephew Murad. Jalal Khan also had two known brothers, Mir Ali and Mir Nos. One of his known grandsons is Mir Aalii, son of King Hoth and his great grandsons include Mir Dostein Hoth from the story/folklore “Sassui Punnuh”. Baloch tribes derive their eponymous names from Jalal Khan's children, these five are believed to be the founders of the main Balochi divisions: Rind, Lashari, Hoth/Hooth, Korai and Jatoi.
He may be the same as Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu, the last ruler of the Khwarezmian Empire.
Not much is known about his ancestry and the origins of Baloch people in general.
All 150+ tribes/sub tribes/clans of the Baloch are his direct descendants.

Ancestry and history

It’s widely believed that Jalal Khan is a descendant of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad’s uncle, Ameer Hamza. After the fight against second Ummayad Caliph Yazid I at Karbala in 680, descendants of Ameer Hamza went off to settle at the east or southeast of the central Caspian region, specially toward Sistan, Iran. It’s also believed that his ancestors were distantly related to the Oghuz Turks, Seljuks and the Kurds. Because of the belief that Baloch people’s ancestral home was Aleppo, second largest city in modern day Syria, it’s theorised that they possibly could also be very close to the Ayyubids and one point in history.