JAHANI / KORN / TITUS (EDS.) THE BALOCH AND OTHERS
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THE BALOCH AND OTHERS
Linguistic, Historical and Socio-Political Perspectives
on Pluralism in Balochistan
Carina Jahani, Agnes Korn and Paul Titus (eds.)
Reichert
Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
In memoriam Abbas Parvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
In memoriam Abdolhossein Yadegari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Part I. Language
A Sociolinguistic Survey among the Jadgal in Iranian Balochistan . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Behrooz Barjasteh Delforooz
Some Transitional Features of Eastern Balochi:
An Areal and Diachronic Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Elena Bashir
On Agent Clitics in Balochi in Comparison with Other Iranian Languages . . . . . 83
Mohammad Dabir-Moghaddam
The Sweet Tongue: Metaphor in Balochi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Tim Farrell
Restrictive Relative Clauses in Balochi and the Marking of the Antecedent –
Linguistic Influence from Persian? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Carina Jahani
The Nominal Systems of Balochi: How Many Grammars? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Agnes Korn
Part II. Sociology and Anthropology
Social, Demographic and Cultural Change in Iranian Balochistan:
Case Studies of the three urban regions of Zahedan, Iranshahr and Chabahar . . . 197
Hassan Afrakhteh
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Traditionalism Versus Modernity in the Methods of Measuring Time
in Iranian Balochistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Abbas Parvin
Plurilocality in Balochistan: A Case Study of Kinship, Marriage and Belonging . 235
Doreen Schindler
Pluralism and Change in Iranian Balochistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Abdolhossein Yadegari
Part III. Religion, History and Political Sciences
Phoenix From The Ashes?
The Baloch National Movement and Its Recent Revival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Martin Axmann
Zikri Dilemmas: Origins, Religious Practices, and Political Constraints . . . . . . . 293
Sabir Badalkhan
The 19th Century Slave Trade in the Western Indian Ocean:
The Role of the Baloch Mercenaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Beatrice Nicolini
Change and Continuity: Power and Religion in Iranian Balochistan . . . . . . . . . . 345
Hoshang Noraiee
Pluralism in Pre-colonial Kalat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Nina Swidler
To Join the Caravan of History:
External Influences on the Baloch Nationalist Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Paul Titus
Appendix:
List of Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
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Maps:
Location of Jadgali / Sindhi dialects according to GRIERSON 1919:4a
The Dashtyari region in Iranian Balochistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Eastern Iran and neighbouring areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Trade routes in Eastern Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Iranian province of Sistan-va-Baluchestan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pakistani Balochistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Balochi dialects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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