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Luni, (Pashto: Loni-لونی), pronounced "Looni", or "Luni" is a village in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.[1] It is located about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) north of the city of Sibi in Sibi District of Balochistan Province, at an altitude of 495 feet (151 m). Luni area extends from Nari Gorge to Bori Wah . This village is inhabited by the Loni tribe of Miana (Pashtun tribe).[2] Population of town in 2011 was 1875 in 302 households . Lunis are well known for their education and they’re the most educated tribe of sibi division with high literacy rate. Luni Village is most developed village in sibi division and luni family is the richest family of sibi
[3]Luni elders used to relate the story that their great grandfather Asad Khan Luni (from him Badozai sardarkhels) had quarrelled with some of his kinsmen (Lunis) at Muqur, Ghazni. The specific cause for quarrel is not known. Being unable to assert his claim he, probably about 1663 A.D.; moved south along with the four subsections of his small tribe . The above named four sub-sections still exist in Luni-village and are-Badozai, Naakezai, Sakhizai and Sadozai (or Sulamanzai) Badozai'S are the sardars of Luni tribe.
References
edit- ^ "Culture and Heritage – Government of Balochistan". Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ "District Development Profile 2011: Sibi" (PDF). Planning & Development Department, Government of Balochistan, in conjunction with UNICEF. p. 115.
- ^ Luni, A. Aziz (1992). Afghans of the Frontier Passes: A Study in the Historical Geography of Sibi and Dhader in the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. New Quetta Bookstall.