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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baluchistan_Agency Baluchistan Agency]<br> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baluchistan_Agency Baluchistan Agency]<br> | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baluchistan_(Chief_Commissioner's_Province) Chief Commissioner's Province]<br> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baluchistan_(Chief_Commissioner's_Province) Chief Commissioner's Province]<br> | ||
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalat_(princely_state) Kalat | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalat_(princely_state) Kalat Princely State]<br> | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Bela_(princely_state) Las Belas Princely State]<br> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Bela_(princely_state) Las Belas Princely State]<br> | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharan_(princely_state) Kharan | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharan_(princely_state) Kharan Princely State]<br> | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Makran Makran | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Makran Makran Princely State]<br> | ||
====Other==== | |||
[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Baluchistan,_British_India Baluchistan] Love to Know Encyclopaedia Britannia 1911 | |||
====Historical books on-line==== | ====Historical books on-line==== | ||
Revision as of 18:06, 18 September 2010
The present province of Baluchistan (or Balochistan) in Pakistan includes the region that was formerly the Chief Commissioners Province of Baluchistan, Agency Territories, and the states of Kalat, Las Bela, Makran and Kharan.
Spelling Variants
- Biluchistan/Beloochistan
Capital
History
Affairs in Beloochistan 1839-41
England's March to Quetta 1842
Quetta earthquake 1935
Administration
The area was divided into two main parts: British Baluchistan and Agency Territories.
Districts
This is an attempt to list all districts of the province under the British.
- Bolan Pass District aka Bolan Pass and Nushki Railway District.
- Chagai District
- Loralai District
- Quetta-Pishin District
- Thal-Chotiali District / Sibi District
- Zhob District
Cities/Towns
- Chaman
- Fort Sandeman town (now Zhob)
- Kalat (Kelat)
- Killa Abdullah
- Killa Saifullah
- Mach
- Quetta
- Pishin
- Sibi
- Turbat
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 Belas Princely State
Kharan Princely State
Makran Princely State
Other
Baluchistan Love to Know Encyclopaedia Britannia 1911
Historical books on-line
- Baluchistan administration Imperial Gazetteer of India
- Balochistan Bibliography, a catalogue of books, by Hameed Baloch
- 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 Volume 1, A-K, Volume 2, L-Z Snippet View, Beloochistan page 82
- A Nursing Sister in Baluchistan by J M Morris (1932) No Preview Google Books. Experiences at a mission hospital in Quetta from 1921. Available at the British Library
Maps
Baluchistan map Imperial Gazetteer of India Vol 26 Atlas 1909