Career
Baran"s father, Malik Sulaiman, was a Malak (an honorary title given by Tribal Elders) of the Kudezai tribe living in Loralai District. Sulaiman had a dominant role in his village, resolving disputes among his tribes as well as participating in various tribal gatherings and representing the Kudezai tribe in the district. Baran started his education in local madrassa at the age of six.
He shifted to an urban school established under the British raj in the cantonment area of Loralai.
He visited Delhi, Mumbai and Lahore to attend meetings and seminars of congressmen. He represented the Southern Regions of British India Pashtun regions of Balochistan state in the council.
Following the defeat of the Kakar Tribesmen in 1881-1882, British forces entered Loralai without resistance and occupied areas of Bori, Duki, Sanjavi and Mekhtar. In 1884, a platoon of 4800 men were stationed at Loralai Bori.
Around the same time, many people like Zarak Khan Churmai, Wasal Kudezai, Amanullah Khan, Sherjan Khan, Thor Sawan had started guerrilla war against British invasion.
However, there was no concept of political and democratic struggle in the tribal areas of Loralai, Zhob, Barkan. In 1936, Baran became involved in Anjuman-i-Watan, the democratic movement against British rule founded by Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai"son This was the first organized democratic movement in the history of Loralai.
By 1937, the movement had attracted a large following, demanding a separate homeland for Pashtuns.
In 1938, Anjuman-i-Watan held a huge meeting in Loralai, along with Khan Abdul Ghaffar, one of the founders of the Pashtun resistance movement Khudai Khidmatgar. Foreign his political activism, Baran was arrested and imprisoned at the Central Jail in Quetta, where he spent 18 months.
Baran Khan died from cancer in 1945. His death was memorialized by many people in Loralai in the form of poems.
Magazine Olas 1969 V Balochistan District Gazetter Loralai Chapter, 1936, 1937, 1940,1942 Daily Jang News Paper Quetta January 2003.
