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Gichki or Gitchki is a Balochi and Brahui-speaking tribe living in Makran in the Pakistani province of Balochistan. The tribe, which derives its name from the Gichk valley in Panjgur, formed the ruling class of the Makran state until 1955.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Pastner (1978), pp. 248–.
  2. ^ Fabietti (2011), pp. 81–.

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.
  • Pastner, Stephen (1978). "Conservatism and Change in a Desert Feudalism: The Case of Southern Baluchistan". In Weissleder, Wolfgang (ed.). The Nomadic Alternative: Modes and Models of Interaction in the African-Asian Deserts and Steppes. De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 247–260. doi:10.1515/9783110810233.247. ISBN 978-3-11-081023-3.