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Khatrans

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Khatrans, a numerous people of Baluchistan, whose territory comprises the hills west of Dera Ghazi Khan. Four main branches - Ganjura, Bariwal, Hasani, and Nahar, with thirty-two minor groups, and collective population, 50,000 to 60,000. The Khatrans are a pastoral people, owners of large herds, and wealthiest of all the Baluch tribes.

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