Mazari (Baloch tribe)
The chief of the tribe ruled an area from the town of Bhong all the way to the Sulaiman Mountain Range and from Kashmore to Giamul.
Maharaja Ranjit Singh retaliated by sending Diwan Sawan Mal Chopra, the Governor of Multan to attack Rojhan.
Thereafter, Diwan Sawan Mal Chopra invited Sardar Karam Khan to Multan where they entered into a mutual agreement which was to be ratified at Lahore.
Finally, in 1838, Mir Bahram Khan visited Lahore with 12,000 Mazari tribesmen and officials at the invitation of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
The Maharaja renovated the Mughal-era Naulakha Pavilion (Saman Burj) inside the Lahore Fort for the month-long stay of Sardar Mir Bahram Khan Mazari.
This meeting between the two leaders officially brought an end to the long war between the Mazari Baloch and the Sikh Empire that started with the attack on Mithankot.
Rainfall is scarce, but heavy showers do occur 3-4 times every year which lead to hill torrents from the west.
Crime was severely dealt with, and good order enforced; his word being law to his people, who had entire faith to justice.
He was of the greatest assistance to Sir Robert Sandemen when, he had to bring these troublesome and barbaric tribes under control, and prevent their raids on the British territory.
The Nawab was unquestionably the best of many excellent chiefs whose aid has been so valuable in watching our western border and keeping it free from the ravages of the semi- civilized races living beyond our jurisdiction.
He died in 1903 and his eldest son, Nawab Bahram Khan, who inherited the whole of his jagir, succeeded him as a chief of the Mazari Tribe.
Bahram Khan has won a prestige in his Tuman and in the neighbouring districts in no degree inferior to that which his father enjoyed.
As Musahib Khas to the Honorable Sir Nawab Behram Khan Sahib K.C.I.E, Mazari Chief, gained considerable reputation for having satisfactorily performed a lot of intricate duties.
At the Durbar held for the purpose in April 1933, by the Chief Political Agent several Sardars offered themselves for the duty.
Khan Bahadur is held in universal esteem for being god-fearing, good tempered, hospitable, merciful and as a friend of the poor.
Upon reaching age, Mir Balakh Sher was formally acknowledged as the Chief by the British government and tribal elders.
This was part of an effort to oppose Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's autocratic rule as well as to bring about peace in Balochistan.
The 1977 elections led to a civil agitation movement which ultimately ousted Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's government and brought in Martial Law under General Zia.
The resulting agitation caused widespread commercial disruption in Sindh and parts of Punjab but was brutally suppressed by the army at a cost of many lives.
A strong believer of democracy Sardar Mazari was incarcerated on numerous occasions during both Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and General Zia's rule.
He was one of the few West Pakistani politicians to have opposed the army in what was then East Pakistan, against the Bengali's and the only opponent of Zulfikar Bhutto to have condemned his murder.
He was defeated in the 1988 general elections due to differences within the Mazari Tribe, apparently engineered by "the Establishment," and retired from politics greatly disillusioned.
