Babbar (tribe)

Babbar, Babur, Babar is a Baloch tribe which lives in Northern Sindh, Makran and Dera Ghazi Khan division of Punjab. The Mughal author "Yūsuf Mīrak" described the Babbars in his historical account of Sindh the "Tareekh E Mazhar Shah Jahani", as a rebellious Baloch tribe inhabiting the Kirthar mountains westwards of present day Jamshoro district of Sindh.

Babbars of Balochistan and Sindh are a sub-tribe of the Jamali tribe  whereas in Noshki, Kalat, and Surab districts of Balochistan, they are also present as a sub-tribe of the Brahui-speaking Mirwani tribe.