Baluchistan

The present province of Baluchistan (or Balochistan) in Pakistan included the region that was formerly the Chief Commissioners Province of Baluchistan and the states of Kalat and Las Bela.

Spelling Variants

• Biluchistan

Capital

• Quetta

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
• Kalat (Kelat)
• Killa Abdullah
• Killa Saifullah
• 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

Books

• 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.