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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=7s0qAAAAMAAJ ''Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde: accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries''] by Henry Pottinger (1816)  Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=7s0qAAAAMAAJ ''Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde: accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries''] by Henry Pottinger (1816)  Google Books
*''Gazetteer of the Countries Adjacent to India on the Northwest including Sinde Afghanistan Beloochistan The Punjab and the Neighbouring States'' by Edward Thornton (1844) Google Books  [http://books.google.com/books?id=4rgBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume 1, A-K], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_vVAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 Volume 2, L-Z], together with an Appendix containing 'Routes' and an [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_vVAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA379 Index (A-Z)]    Beloochistan [http://books.google.com/books?id=4rgBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA82 page 82]
*''Gazetteer of the Countries Adjacent to India on the Northwest including Sinde Afghanistan Beloochistan The Punjab and the Neighbouring States'' by Edward Thornton (1844) Google Books  [http://books.google.com/books?id=4rgBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume 1, A-K], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_vVAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 Volume 2, L-Z], together with an Appendix containing 'Routes' and an [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_vVAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA379 Index (A-Z)]    Beloochistan [http://books.google.com/books?id=4rgBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA82 page 82]
*''Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, and the Panjab: including a Residence in Those Countries from 1826 to 1838'' by Charles Masson 1842 Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=KBAlciGlDMMC&pg=PR3 Volume1], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=KlJFAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR1  Volume 2], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=lFJFAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume 3]
*''Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, the Panjab, and Kalât, During a Residence in Those Countries: To which is Added an Account of the Insurrection at Kalât, and a Memoir on Eastern Balochistan'' by Charles Masson 1844 Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=MtYWAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume 1], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=RNYWAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume 2], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=WNYWAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume 3], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=dNYWAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR4 Volume 4]
*''A Nursing Sister in Baluchistan''  by J M Morris (1932) [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ln2UOgAACAAJ No Preview Google Books]. Experiences at a mission hospital in [[Quetta]] from 1921. Available at the [[British Library]]
*''A Nursing Sister in Baluchistan''  by J M Morris (1932) [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ln2UOgAACAAJ No Preview Google Books]. Experiences at a mission hospital in [[Quetta]] from 1921. Available at the [[British Library]]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/sirrobertgsandem00tuckrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''Sir Robert G. Sandeman K.C.S.I., peaceful conqueror of Baluchistan''] by A.L.P. Tucker 1921 Archive.org. Born 1835, he joined the Bengal Army in 1856 and the Civil Service in 1859, working in the North West from 1861 until his death in 1892.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/sirrobertgsandem00tuckrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''Sir Robert G. Sandeman K.C.S.I., peaceful conqueror of Baluchistan''] by A.L.P. Tucker 1921 Archive.org. Born 1835, he joined the Bengal Army in 1856 and the Civil Service in 1859, working in the North West from 1861 until his death in 1892.

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Baluchistan, also known as British Baluchistan was a province during the British period. The present province of Balochistan in Pakistan includes the region that was formerly British Baluchistan, Agency Territories, and the states of Kalat, Las Bela, Makran and Kharan.

Spelling variants

Modern name: Balochistan
Variants: Baluchistan/Beloochistan

Capital

Quetta

Related articles

Affairs in Beloochistan 1839-41
England's March to Quetta 1842
Quetta earthquake 1935
Baluchistan Districts

Administration

The area was divided into two main parts: British Baluchistan and Agency Territories.

Districts

Baluchistan Districts lists the administrative districts of British Baluchistan. Thal-Chotiali District was later divided between Loralai and Sibi Districts.

Cities/Towns

Princely States

The following princely states were located in the region and included into it when the province was formed.

Passes

Tunnels

External Links

Wikipedia

Balochistan
Baluchistan Agency
Chief Commissioner's Province
Kalat Princely State
Las Bela Princely State
Kharan Princely State
Makran Princely State

Other

Baluchistan Love to Know Encyclopaedia Britannia 1911

Historical books on-line

Maps