Mullazai tribe

Mullazai ملازئی Baloch Tribe Malay zai / Malay zee
Tribe
Presence of the Mullazai tribe in Baluchistan

Mullazai (ملازئی) is a Baloch tribe found in Panjgur District (پنجگور) of Balochistan, Pakistan. They are known as 'Mullas' and are descendants of Mir Mulla Shehsawar, who they claim to have migrated from Iran Sarbaz in 1513AD. The Mullazai tribe numbers in Panjgur are about 200 families or about 5000 persons. Other tribes associated with the Mullazai settled in Panjgur, Mastung, Sorab, Kalat, Kharan, Quetta, Kucklak, Nushki, Dalbandin, Qandahar and Iran.

Mullazai in Balochi means descendants of mollas who was a religious man.

Tasp is largest of the Panjgur townships and has a Mullazai population numbering around 600 families. Other places where the tribe have settled include Khubadan and Kallag. There, the tribe mainly work cultivating dates, amiraris. The date groves extend in places to nearly mile away from the river. Southwest of Tasp is Sorowan and has the Khushkawa, where some of the tribe still live.

The first mosque in Panjgur was built in 1513 in Tasp By Mulla Shehsawar, an ancestor of the tribe.

The Mullazai are known as Akhoonds, Mala Zai, Mali Zai or Mollazahis Clans of the tribe include Kenagzai, Qambrani, Siapad Sanjrani, Halazai, Ahmedzai, Sahibzada, Miazai, Gowarazai, Akundzai, and Kashani. These are the direct descendants of the tribe who left Iran and settled in Pakistan. In northern Sarbaz County it consisted of 16 Rind, clans. They included Askani, Bugani, Dagarani, Gazakandi, Gohramzai, Kahmaki, Kiazai, kolagi, Miranzai, Mollahzehi, Nohani, Perozai, Shahalzai, Shahozai, and Mahair.

The economy of the tribe in mainly depends on farming and engineering. Also, many of the inhabitants work in the local schools and hospitals as well as travel to work in the Royal Army of Oman.