Little is known about the Baluchi (Afghan) hounds in Iran but what is sure that this breed is one of the oldest breeds, dating back thousands of years. In the old times this old aristocrat breed, has been known as the Persian Greyhound both in Afghanestan and western countries. Hundreds of years ago, the ancestors of this dog, originally from Persia moving to Afghanestan where he worked protecting sheep and cattle. It' believed that these dogs after arrived in Afghanestan from Persia, their coats developed in response to the harsher climate.

The homeland of these dogs is Sistan & Baluchestan province of Iran. This province is near the border of Afghanistan and these dogs have more hairs just like Afghan hound. What is interesting is that another name given to this breed both in Iran and Afghanestan is Tazi, the same as the Persian name for Salukis. Some people in Afghanestan too call their hound as "Baluchi" ( a Baluch one).

This breed first became popular in the time of Sultan Mahmud Ghaznawe in about 988 AC. In that times it was used to hunt leopard, wolves, jackals and Persian lynx. In 1907 a British officer named: Captain John Barff brought from Iran (then Persia) via India his dog "Zardin" - a type, well coated male with a dark mask and great deal of style which presented at the Kennel Club show at Crystal Palaces as coated variety of the "Persian Greyhound". He was later given to Queen Alexandra and Later this dog became the breed prototype in western, because when the English breed club made it's Afghan hound standard in 1926, this standard was little more than a description of Zardin written some 20 years earlier.