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    Unwritten laws and traditions of Baluchistan in light of the wandering falcon by Jamil Ahmad
    (UMT, Lahore, 2022) AYESHA FATIMA
    This study is basically focused on the Baluchistan tradition and culture and the idea of their honor also their codes of manner with a lot of an effort giving to the study for understanding the Baluch codes of social life also how their culture and customs effects the society of that province because these people have a large number of their nomadic tradition which they follow strictly especially the unwritten laws of their tribes. Now in the 21st century these codes are changed with the passage of time. Because most of people migrated to the agricultural land from desert and hills that’s why their needs of life and sources are also change these things also effect their tradition and customary laws. Study will focus the codes of honor in the tribal areas and negative or positive effects of their tradition on people and the person who did not follow the rules of their tradition should always be punished. They are very strict for their customs in the case of adultery and love marriages both are not allowed if anyone stand against it, they kill both the woman and her lover. This study will also focus on the tradition of their revenge because Baluch are well known for their revenge. If they find that person after hundreds of years, they take their revenge or maybe it is in the form of adultery as depicted in the novel The Wandering Falcon. This study will observe that under these unwritten laws where the woman of the tribe stands, and about the patriarchal elements which are also mentioned in the novel. The research included in this paper will be examined through the anthropological perspectives about culture and tradition as writer himself was living in the Baluchistan province for military purpose but as a person, he observed by living in their tribes about specific place, and about their people.