Baluchistan

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

• Quetta

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.

• Kalat State
• Kharan
• Las Bela
• Makran

Passes

• Bolan Pass
• Khojak Pass

Tunnels

• Khojak Tunnel

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

• 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