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Encyclopedia Britannica



MARRI

This article appears in Volume V17, Page 753 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MAR-MEC
MARRI , a Baluch tribe on the Dera Ghazi
Khan
  border of
Baluchistan
 . In the
census
  of 1901 they numbered 19,161 and their fighting strength is about 3000. Their relations with the British commenced in 1840 with attacks made on the communications of Sir John
Keane
 's army, after it had passed through the Bolan. An attempt was made to punish the tribe, which ended in disastrous failure. Major Clibborn was repulsed in an attempt to
storm
  the Naffusak Pass, losing 179 killed and 92 wounded out of 650. Many of his force died of heat and thirst. The fort of Kahan, which he was trying to relieve at the time, was forced to capitulate with the honours of war. The Marris, however, joined the British against the Bugtis in 1845. After the annexation of Sind in 1843 the Marris gave much trouble, but were pacified by the policy of General John Jacob and Sir Robert Sandeman. In 188o during the second Afghan War they made frequent raids on the British line of communications, ending with the plunder of a treasure
convoy
 . A force of 3070 British
1 It is doubtless true, as anthropologists have pointed out, that in the history of the race "
marriage
  is rooted in the family rather than the family in
marriage
  " (WESTERMARCK: History of Human Marriage, p. 22) ; but in that conscious experience of the individual with which law and ethics are especially concerned, this relationship is reversed, and the family originates in marriage (see FAMILY, and allied headings).
troops under Brigadier-General Macgregor marched' through the country, and the tribe submitted and paid r4 lakh (LI2,5oo) out of a fine of 2 lakhs (20,000); they also gave hostages for their future good behaviour. Since then they have given little trouble.
The Marri-Bugti country is clasped as a tribal area in
Baluchistan
 , politically controlled from Sibi, but enjoying a large measure of autonomy. under its own chieftains.
Total
  area, 7129 sq. m.;
total
  pop. (rigor), 38,919, almost equally divided between the two tribes of Marris and Bugtis.


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