Askani (tribe) explained

Askani (also known as Ashkani)^[1] is a Baloch tribe from Balochistan.^[2] They are also found in Balochistan, Pakistan.

People

• Akbar Askani
• Liaquat Ali Askani

Name

The Ferdowsi poem says that the army of Ashkash was from the wanderers of the Koch and Baloch, intent on war, with exalted cockscomb crest, whose back none in the world ever saw. ^[3]

See also

• Baloch people
• Askin, Iran
• Asaak

Notes and References

1. Book: Balfour, Edward. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial Industrial, and Scientific: Products of the Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal Kingdoms, Useful Arts and Manufactures. 1885. Bernard Quaritch. en.
2. Marri, M. K. B. 1997. Searchlights on Baloches and Balochistan. Ferozsons.
3. Book: Khan, Sabir Badal. Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore: Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore. 2013. Università di Napoli, "l'Orientale". en.