Another Baluch tribe, which has now strangely
The Nohani
tribe.
declined and almost disappeared, is the Nohani,[1] the
hereditary enemy of the Hots.
But their power in the 17th century was strong
enough to cause anxiety to the government.
Aurangzib at first tried to win over Alam, the
Nohani chief, whose lands adjoined those of
the Hots and lay across one of the shortest roads
from Multan to Qandahar. But his friendly
letter produced no effect; the proud chieftain
refused to wait on the Governor at Multan. So
Aurangzib took steps to expel him by force, after
getting sanction from the Emperor.[2]
In the Kirthar and Lakhi hills separating Sindh from Baluchistan, dwelt many lawless men of the Nahmardi and Jukia tribes.Imperial authority recognised in the Baluch hills beyond the Indus, In Akbar's time the former clan could place in the field more than 7,000 men.[3] Their strongholds were Bela, (the capital of the district of Las), and Kahra, from which
- ↑ "Noh or Nuhani.—Not now found. Said to have been on the side of the Lasharis against the Rinds" (Dames's Baloch Race, p. 56). "Throughout the Brahui, Baloa, and Lasi tribes, and even among the Sibi Afghans, sections or sub-sections called Nodh, Nodhani, and Nothani, &c. are to be found" (H. Buller's Census of Baluchistan, p. 83).
- ↑ Adab-i-Alamgiri, 3a, 3b, 4a, 5a.
- ↑ Ain, ii. 337. The Adab-i-Alamgiri mentions Kahra and Bela as 10 stages from the frontier of Tatta, and as the
