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The study of the case of Baluch nationalism

Having given a few samples of an immense body of literature on nationalism, it is necessary to review the literature on our case study as well. While the Balochi national movement in Pakistan has been able to establish  itself both politically and militarily as one of the most organized national movement in the region, it’s counterpart in Iran  has less successful in the retards. As a result, the bulk of literature on the subject has focused on the Balochi nationalism in Iran. In this regard, this study would serve to fill the gap in knowledge about the case under discussion.

A survey of the existing literature on the subject indicates that early information on Baluchi history is scattered in the works of the medieval Muslim historians (of both Arab and Persian origins). These are followed by an extensive range of studies produced by the British scholars, contributions, which are the first systematic studies of their kind; include historical, geo-political, anthropological, linguistic, and archeological studies on the subjects. The post-colonial era in the Pakistani Baluchistan has also witnessed an upsurge in works written in English, Urdu, and Baluchi dealing with the general history of the Baluch and Baluchistan which reflected the growing concern over Baluchi nationalism in the aftermath of the British departure in 1947. In this category, the words of Muhammad S.K. Baluch, Mir Khudabux B.Marri, Ahamad Yar Khan, and Gul Khan Nasir are but a few examples. There are also several general works written by Iranian authors in Farsi dealing specifically with the historical and the general socioeconomic conditions of the Baloch in western Baluchistan. These works however, do not deal directly with the issue of Balochi nationalism; and as such they are not reviewed here. However, they will be used as such, they are not first chapter dealing with the basis of Baluchi nationalism particularly in the section on its history.

The two pioneering works on the subject works on the subject of the Baluchi nationalism, are by selig Harrison and Inayatuallah Baluch.*8*  Harrison’s work’s the most comprehensive and up-to-date study of the case of Balochi nationalism, it’s inner dynamics, and its regional and international implications.  Nevertheless, the work’s focus of analysis is more geared toward the Baloch movement in Pakistan than that Iran. That is even more so with the work of Inayatollah Baloch. The only other political study of the case is by Akhardad baloch, an Iranian baloch. This work however, is useful only in analyzing the Balochi national movement and its organization in western Balochistan after Iranian revolution in 1979, while hardly touching upon the movement prior to that time. *9*  Other major contribution on the history of Balochi nationalism are several work by Jnayatt Baluch, a historian,  in west germany. These and other historical work to which reference will be made in the next chapter are indispensable in any study of Balochi nationalism from a historical perspective. Another article dealing specifically with the issue is by Nader Entesar, Which is also geared more toward Baluch nationalism in Pakistan and Afghanistan than that in Iran.*10* 

(1)     Selig S. Harrison, In Afghanistan’s shadow, Baloch nationalism and Soviet Temptations.. Washengton D.C, Caregie Endowment for international peaw, December 1980

(2)     Akhrdad baluch, Politics in balochistan 1983

(3)     Nader Entesar Baloch Nationalism,  Asian Affairs, An American Review (Nov-Dec 1979