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*''Baluchistan District Gazetteer Series'' published in 1907.  Mainly mirror versions on Archive.org from Digital Library of India.
*''Baluchistan District Gazetteer Series'' published in 1907.  Mainly mirror versions on Archive.org from Digital Library of India.
: ''Zhob District'' Vol. I, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.39423  Archive.org version] ;  ''Loralai District'' Vol. II, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279670 Archive.org] -  2nd file, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.181773 Archive.org]; [https://archive.org/details/sibidistricttext00mccouoft  ''Sibi District'' Vol. III] by Major A McConaghey IA 1907 Archive.org;  ''Bolan And Chagai'' Vol. IV and IV A, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279669 Archive.org];  ''Quetta-Pishin District'' Vol.V, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.181791 Archive.org];  ''Sarawan, Kachhi And Jhalawan'' Vol. VI, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.22668 Archive.org];  ''Makran'' Vol. VII, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279674 Archive.org];  ''Kharan'' Vol. VIIA, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211169 Archive.org];  ''Las Bela'' Vol.VIII, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279673 Archive.org].
: ''Zhob District'' Vol. I, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.39423  Archive.org version] ;  ''Loralai District'' Vol. II, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279670 Archive.org] -  2nd file, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.181773 Archive.org]; [https://archive.org/details/sibidistricttext00mccouoft  ''Sibi District'' Vol. III] by Major A McConaghey IA 1907 Archive.org;  ''Bolan And Chagai'' Vol. IV and IV A, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279669 Archive.org];  ''Quetta-Pishin District'' Vol.V, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.181791 Archive.org];  ''Sarawan, Kachhi And Jhalawan'' Vol. VI, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.22668 Archive.org];  ''Makran'' Vol. VII, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279674 Archive.org];  ''Kharan'' Vol. VIIA, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211169 Archive.org];  ''Las Bela'' Vol.VIII, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279673 Archive.org].
:[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/36805 ''Baluchistan District Gazetteer Series. Vol. IX: Index to Volumes I to VIII''] 1908. Pdf download, Digital Repository of GIPE-Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune India]. Other  volumes are also available on GIPE.
:[https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/36805 ''Baluchistan District Gazetteer Series. Vol. IX: Index to Volumes I to VIII''] 1908. Pdf download, Digital Repository of GIPE-Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune India]. Other  volumes are also available on GIPE.
:Viewers in some countries, probably including North America, may be able to access volumes on the Google Books or [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006214587 Hathi Trust] websites.
:Viewers in some countries, probably including North America, may be able to access volumes on the Google Books or [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006214587 Hathi Trust] websites.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=6ocIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 "Report on the Affaires of Khelat, from 1857 to 1860"] ''Selections from the Records of the Government of India, Foreign Department No. XXXIV'' 1861 Google Books.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=6ocIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 "Report on the Affaires of Khelat, from 1857 to 1860"] ''Selections from the Records of the Government of India, Foreign Department No. XXXIV'' 1861 Google Books.
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*''The Frontiers Of Baluchistan'' by G P Tate 1909. Full title: ''The Frontiers of Baluchistan : Travels on the Borders of Persia and Afghanistan'' [Seistan (Sistan) Arbitration Mission, 1903-1905].  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.170320 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*''The Frontiers Of Baluchistan'' by G P Tate 1909. Full title: ''The Frontiers of Baluchistan : Travels on the Borders of Persia and Afghanistan'' [Seistan (Sistan) Arbitration Mission, 1903-1905].  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.170320 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/frontieroverseas03indi ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India: Volume III Baluchistan, and the First Afghan War'']. Compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Army Headquarters India. 1910 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/frontieroverseas03indi ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India: Volume III Baluchistan, and the First Afghan War'']. Compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Army Headquarters India. 1910 Archive.org
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=MPA2AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA82 "Through the Baluchistan Desert"]  pages 82-107 and  see also following chapters.  From ''Many Camps : Sketches of Indian Life'' by Arthur Waltham Howlett 1912 (articles republished from the ''Manchester Guardian'') Google Books. Howlett was at that time an Indian Army doctor with the Indian Medical Service. 
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209132/page/n5/mode/2up ''Khyber Caravan: Through Kashmir, Waziristan, Afghanistan, Baluchistan and Northern India'']  by Gordon Sinclair 1936. Archive.org. Also available [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1936-khyber-caravan-through-kashmir-waziristan-afghanistan-baluchistan-and-northern-india-by-sinclair-s-pdf/  PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]. If download button does not display, locate in Books/Indian Subcontinent/1936.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209132/page/n5/mode/2up ''Khyber Caravan: Through Kashmir, Waziristan, Afghanistan, Baluchistan and Northern India'']  by Gordon Sinclair 1936. Archive.org. Also available [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1936-khyber-caravan-through-kashmir-waziristan-afghanistan-baluchistan-and-northern-india-by-sinclair-s-pdf/  PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]. If download button does not display, locate in Books/Indian Subcontinent/1936.



Latest revision as of 03:56, 6 August 2022

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

Military Operations

External Links

Wikipedia

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

Other

Page 92 18.3.1918 114th Squadron, R.F.C transferred to Sibi, Baluchistan. The war against the Marris
Page 96 23.4.1918 Harnai
Page 97 6.5.1918 The squadron prepare to leave for Quetta.

Historical books online

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 Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
  • The Country Of Balochistan Its Geography Topography Ethnology And History by A. W. Hughes 1877. Archive.org version, mirror from Digital Library of India.
  • Wanderings in Balochistan by Major-General Sir C M Macgregor, Bengal Staff Corps, Quartermaster- General in India 1882 Archive.org
Zhob District Vol. I, Archive.org version ; Loralai District Vol. II, Archive.org - 2nd file, Archive.org; Sibi District Vol. III by Major A McConaghey IA 1907 Archive.org; Bolan And Chagai Vol. IV and IV A, Archive.org; Quetta-Pishin District Vol.V, Archive.org; Sarawan, Kachhi And Jhalawan Vol. VI, Archive.org; Makran Vol. VII, Archive.org; Kharan Vol. VIIA, Archive.org; Las Bela Vol.VIII, Archive.org.
Baluchistan District Gazetteer Series. Vol. IX: Index to Volumes I to VIII 1908. Pdf download, Digital Repository of GIPE-Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune India]. Other volumes are also available on GIPE.
Viewers in some countries, probably including North America, may be able to access volumes on the Google Books or Hathi Trust websites.
India by Colonel Sir Thomas Hungerford Holdich 1904 Archive.org
The Gates of India, being an Historical Narrative by Colonel Sir Thomas Holdich 1910 Archive.org
Political Frontiers and Boundary Making by Col. Sir Thomas H Holdich 1916 Archive.org

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