When theArabs arrived in modern-daySindh and Baluchistan, they met the Jadgal at thecoast ofMakran where theArab name ofaz-Zighālī comes from.[13] In 1811, Saidi Balochis as well as Jadgal mercenary troops were killed in a battle with theWahhabis against theSultanate of Oman.[14] The modern-day Jadgals in Oman claim to be descended fromArabs, however they also accept the folk etymology of them being from Sindh, in the lowerindus valley.[15]
Around 100,000 Jadgals live in Pakistan according to a1998 census conducted by Pakistan.[16] In Iran, theSardarzahi ethnic group is of Jadgal origin, claiming to be from Sindh.[17] The rest of the Jadgals number around 25,000 according to a 2008 census conducted by Iran.[13] All of the Jadgals in Iran live in theSistan and Baluchistan,Hormozgan andKerman provinces.[18][19]
^Jahani, Carina; Korn, Agnes; Gren-Eklund, Gunilla (2003).The Baloch and Their Neighbours: Ethnic and Linguistic Contact in Balochistan in Historical and Modern Times. Reichert. p. 172.ISBN978-3-89500-366-0.
^Field, Henry (1970).Contributions to the Physical Anthropology of the Peoples of India. University of Michigan. p. 197.Since they appear to be a purely Indian people, it is presumed that they migrated westward. Although the name Jadgals is now confined to Kulanch, the influential Rais-Baluch are connected with them.
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