The BulediorBuleidi (Balochi: بلیدی) is a Balochi-speaking tribe in the Pakistani provinces of Sindh and Balochistan. The tribe derives its name from the Buleida valleyinKech.[1]
Buledi descend from a certain Bu Said or Buledi, whom they claim to have come in the 18th century from Oman in the southern Arabian peninsula.[1] However, according to the Italian anthropologist Ugo Fabietti [it] it is possible that in reality the Buledi tribe came from the Helmand region of Afghanistan.[2] For a time, Buledi ruled Kech with the support of Nader Shah of Persia. However, they lost Kech to the Gichkis after a power struggle in the 18th century, and whole eastern Makran came under control of the Gichkis.[2]
