Paper short abstract:

This paper will open the discussion on the Baloch people from South Central Asia and their role in the Persian Gulf region and East Africa during the eighteenth century.

Paper long abstract:

This paper aims to focus on more than one littoral and more than one region, with the object of analyzing different perspectives both chronologically and methodologically. It should be noted at the outset that ethnocentric views-especially Eurocentric ones-have informed numerous studies for a long time, and sometimes still do. In this regard, most of western oriented strategic studies and analysis on the role of Baluchistan and of their people throughout history did focus on external menaces, interests and priorities.