Buzdar (tribe)

Buzdar (Balochi: بزدار) is a clan of Baloch tribe of Rind, living in Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan.

They mostly live in the mountainous areas of Koh Suleiman.The estimated population of the tribe is 300,000 people.

The word, literally meaning one who keeps or tends the goats, a shepherd, is a reference to the traditional occupation of Buzdars.

[2][3] Buzdar, is a clan of Rind tribe, and usually associated with the mountainous districts of the frontier near Dera Ghazi Khan.

[4] They are also to be found in Musakhail District of Balochistan in Rara Sham, Andarpur, Behu, Jhandi , Karkana and as well as in Kingri, while the majority of the population live in the tribal area of Dera Ghazi khan mainly in Fazla Kach Zinda pir Barthi & Karrar Buzdar The Buzdar community in Rahra Sham and Andarpur divide Bozdar into two main clans: They are usually ranchers, and the name Buzdars probably derived from Buz, the Persian name for goat.