Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men (1897) (14597022528)

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Title: Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men ..
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900
Subjects: World history Ethnology
Publisher: New York, Merrill & Baker
Contributing Library: Mugar Memorial Library, Boston University
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston University



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the modernIranians includes the Beluchs, or nativepeoples of Beluchistan. Here again thelanguage spoken, called in piaceofthethe vernacular Baluchekee, Beluchs; race infection on the indicates unmistakably side of India,the common ethnic descent of thesepeople with the Persians. Indeed, thedialect is so much like New Persian asto point to the fact of a very late sep-aration of the Beluchs from the WestIranians. Here, as in Afghanistan, thepeople have been infected to a greatdegree in language and institutions bycontact with India. Indeed, there isa dialect spoken by the Brahoes whichis manifestly derived from the languagesof the Punjab, and not from an Iraniansource. All along the border there isa great admixture of the two races, andthe prevalence of a common Moham-medanism has tended to a community ofinstitutions and ethnic character. In person, the Beluchs are of aboutthe same stature with the Tajiks. Manyof them are above the average height.The prevailing bodily form is lithe, and
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NORTHERN KELUCHS-TYPES.—Mountaineeks of thb Western Himalayas.—Drawn by Emile a photograph. THE IRANIANS.—BELUCHS. 637 not suggestive of great physical strength.The people are inured to great and rapidPersonal fea- changes of season and cli- tures and race . , ■ ,, traits of the mate peculiar to the coun- Beluchs. try> and are exposed by their out-of-door life to many hardshipsbear fatigue, and arecapable of long-marches and endur-ance of hunger. Theyare a brave and pred-atory race, restless,and addicted to war.The physiognomy isstrongly marked, thecomplexion is almostas dark as that of theHindus, the nose isbroad and flat, theforehead low. Thehair and beard areabundant and coarse;the hands and feet,large and heavy, inwhich feature theyare strongly discrim-inated from the Ar-yans of India, whoseextremities are fine,even to delicacy. The Beluchs havepreserved in theircharacter, and evencultivated, the ele-ment of cruelty andbarbarous outragewhich we have notedas peculiar to