Mir Chakar Rind,

Mir Chakar Rind, whose name is

celebrated among all Baloches up to the present day.
Mir Chakur Rind

2 and his son Mirza Shahdad (or, according to some, his two

sons Shahid and Shuhda) came from Sivi (Sibi) seeking service and lands. Malik
Sohrab Dodai, out of jealousy, prevented Shah Mahmud from accepting his
services; whereupon Jam Bayazid took up his cause, and assigned him lands
from his own jagir of Uchh. According to the legends, Mir Chakur had two sons
named Shahzad and Shaihak. Shahzad was of miraculous origin, his mother
having been overshadowed by some mysterious power. A mystical poem in
Balochi on the origin of Multan is attributed to him, as well as one on the sack of
Dehli. It is remarkable that Shahdad is said by Firishta to have been the first to
introduce the Shi’a creed into Multan. The rivalry between the Rinds (Chakur’s
tribe) and the Dodais is also the subject of many poems.