Arab families among the Baloches probably

Sporadic cases of the settlement of Arab families among the Baloches probably

occurred during their residence in Karman and Mekran, as such cases occurred
throughout Persia, Turkistan, Afghanistan, and Northern India; but in such cases
the ultimate effect on the general population is but small. Isolated instances of
the survival of Arab features may perhaps be pointed out, and it seems to be the
general opinion of travellers in Mekran that the families of the chiefs show such
features rather than the greater number of their tribesmen. But among the tribes
along the Indian Frontier—’the Arabs of the Indian Border,’ as Sir T. Holdich
calls them—with whom I can claim a long and intimate acquaintance, I am
convinced that there is no such distinction. The typical and characteristic Baloch
face is found equally among chiefs and tribesmen, and true Arab features are
very rare.