All About Balochi Culture And Balochistan

Raisani is a Brahui tribe in Balochistan, Pakistan. Nowadays the Raisani tribe is called in the Brahuitribes, but it is wrong. The leader of each tribe is called Sardar. The Raisani tribal chief is called the Chief ofSarawan.The present Chief of Sarawan and Nawab of Raisani Tribe is Nawab Aslam Raisani.

• Nawab Aslam Raisani (Chief of Sarawan) Mr Aslam Raisani born July 5, 1955 in Sarawan, Balochistan. He is most respectable Tribal/political personality in Pakistan. He become MPA from Mastung/Kalat seat(PB-38) in election 2008 & elected Chief Minister of Balochistan in April, 2008. Mr Aslam is attached since 1998 with PPPP.

• Lashkari Raisani: Lashkari also popular political personality of Balochistan. He is son of Shaheed Nawab Ghous Baksh Raisani and brother of Nawab Aslam Raisani. Lashkari Raisani is president of Pakistan Peoples Party Balochistan, since 2002 and ex-MPA of Balochistan in 1993.

The principal sections into which the tribe is divided are the Sirajzai, Rustamzai, Sahizai,Ráhusainzai, and Isiáni, with the exception of the Sardar Khéls, who live at Mithri in Kachi.

Their progenitor named Rais (Arabic for ruler) had five sons, Siraj, Rustam, Ráhusain, Siáhi and Issa. From all the five names the sections are mentioned above.

The Raisani appear to have been in the country before the Brahuis rose to power in the 15th century, and according to tradition assisted the latter in conjunction with the Dehwars to conquer Kalat from the Baloch. The tribe appears first to have acquired land in Mungachar and Chappar and were afterwards granted revenue-free grants in Kahnak and Dulái.

By their close conjunction with the latter, the Raisani have always held a dominant position in theBrahui confederacy, and the Sirajzai, the section of the chief, have been conspicuous for the part they have played in Kalat history.^[