Baluch, or Baluchi Native to or an inhabitant
of Baluchistan, a region in SW Pakistan and
SE Iran on the Arabian Sea. Their common
religion is Islam, and they speak Baluchi, a
member of the Iranian branch of the
Indo-European language family. Much of
Baluchistan is rugged and mountainous, and in
the drier areas the Baluch make use of tents,
moving when it becomes too arid. Although
they practise nomadic pastoralism, many are
settled agriculturalists.