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'''Baluchistan''', also known as British Baluchistan was a province during the British period. The present province of '''BaluchistanBalochistan''' (or Balochistan) in [[Pakistan]] includs includes the region that was formerly the Chief Commissioners Province of British Baluchistan, Agency Territories, and the states of Kalat, Las Bela, Makran and Kharan.

==Spelling Variantsvariants==* BiluchistanModern name: Balochistan<br>Variants: Baluchistan/Beloochistan

* [[Quetta]]  ==History== 

This is an attempt to list all districts of the province under the British.  * [[Bolan Pass DistrictBaluchistan Districts]] aka Bolan Pass and Nushki Railway Districtlists the administrative districts of British Baluchistan.* [[Chagai District]]* [[Loralai District]]* [[Quetta-Pishin District]]* [[Thal-Chotiali District]] / [[was later divided between Loralai and Sibi District]]* [[Zhob District]]Districts.

* [[Fort Sandeman|Fort Sandeman town]] (now Zhob)

* [[Quetta]]

====Wikipedia====[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balochistan,_Pakistan Balochistan]<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/Kalat_(princely_state) Kalat Princely State]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Bela_(princely_state) Las Bela Princely State]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharan_(princely_state) Kharan Princely State]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Makran Makran Princely State]<br> ====Other====* [http://dsalwww.uchicagonihcr.edu.pk/Latest_English_Journal/The_British_Advent.pdf "The British Advent in Balochistan"] by Javed Haider Syed, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. ''Pakistan Journal of History and Culture'' Vol.XXVIII No. 2 Jul-Dec 2007. Also [https://balochilinguist.wordpress.com/2015/12/11/referencethe-british-advent-in-balochistan/ same article] with an interesting image. balochilinguist.com. *[http:/gazetteer/pagerbalochistanarchives.html?objectid=DS405gob.pk/other-resources Libraries and Collections In Balochistan] Balochistan Archives*[http://www.1flickr.I34_V06_323com/photos/100299956@N07/sets/72157636172795496 Photographs: Railways of the Raj] Balochistan Archives on flickr.com.gif Imperical Gazetteer Originally from the Library of Congress USA*[http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/archivaldocs/prg/PRG266_7_1-150_Gilbert_letters_transcript.pdf Letters written by Thomas Gilbert] to his parents and other family members, chiefly from India. State Library of South Australia. [http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au:80/record=b2187028~S1 Catalogue link].:Page 92 18.3.1918 114th Squadron, R.F.C transferred to [[Sibi] Administration], Baluchistan. The war against the Marris:Page 96 23.4.1918 Harnai:Page 97 6.5.1918 The squadron prepare to leave for [[Quetta]].

==Books==Historical books online====*[http://wwwdsal.balochwarnauchicago.orgedu/documentariesreference/12mayfilesgazetteer/Balochistan%20Bibliographypager.html?objectid=DS405.pdf Balochistan Bibliography1.I34_V06_322.gif Baluchistan administration], a catalogue Imperial Gazetteer of books, by Hameed BalochIndia

*''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=878BAAAAYAAJ_vVAAAAAcAAJ&printsecpg=frontcover PP7 Volume 2, L-Z Snippet View], 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]*[https://archive.org/details/jstor-1797686 "Papers Descriptive of the Countries on the North-West Frontier of India:-The Thurr, or Desert; Joodpoor and Jaysulmeer"] by Alex. Burnes, an article from ''Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London'', Volume 4. 1834. With maps. Archive.org*''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]* ''The Country Of Balochistan Its Geography Topography Ethnology And History''by A Nursing Sister . W. Hughes 1877. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.282096 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.*[https://archive.org/details/wanderingsinbal01macggoog ''Wanderings in Balochistan''] by Major-General Sir C M Macgregor, Bengal Staff Corps, Quartermaster- General in India 1882 Archive.org *[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/inu.30000112690577?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Notes on Afghanistan and part of Baluchistan'' ] by Major H G Raverty, Bombay Native Infantry (Retired) 1880 HathiTrust Digital Library. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.38715 Archive.org version] 1888, mirror from Digital Library of India.*[https://archive.org/details/unexploredbaluch00floy ''Unexplored Baluchistan. A survey, with observations astronomical, geographical, botanical, etc., of a route through Mekran, Bashkurd, Persia, Kurdistan, and Turkey''] by J M Morris Ernest Ayscoghe Floyer 1882 Archive.org The author was a (1932former?) employee of the Government Indo-European Telegraph Staff in the Persian Gulf*[https://archive.org/details/diaryofjourneyfr00mait ''Diary of a journey from Jacobabad to Panjgur, and exploration of Eastern Mekran, 1881-82''] by Captain P J Maitland, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, Intelligence Branch [Government of India] 1883 Archive.org*[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.*[https://archive.org/details/acrossborderorpa00oliv ''Across the Border : or Pathan and Biloch''] by Edward E Oliver 1890 Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/aridetoindiaacr01windgoog ''A ride to India across Persia and Baluchistan''] by Harry de Windt 1891 Archive.org*''The Imperial Gazetteer of India Provincial Series Baluchistan'' 1908 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.280288 Archive.org version], mirror 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].:[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.*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Ln2UOgAACAAJ 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 Preview . XXXIV'' 1861 Google Books.*''The Indian Borderland, 1880-1900'' by Colonel Sir T Hungerford Holdich [https://archive.org/details/indianborderlan00holdgoog 1901 edition], [https://archive.org/details/indianborderland00holduoft Second and cheaper edition 1909] Archive.org:[https://archive.org/details/india01holdgoog ''India''] by Colonel Sir Thomas Hungerford Holdich 1904 Archive. Experiences at a mission hospital org:[https://archive.org/details/gatesofindiabei00hold ''The Gates of India, being an Historical Narrative''] by Colonel Sir Thomas Holdich 1910 Archive.org:[https://archive.org/details/politicalfrontie00holdiala ''Political Frontiers and Boundary Making''] by Col. Sir Thomas H Holdich 1916 Archive.org*''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*[Quetta]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 1921the ''Manchester Guardian'') Google Books. Available 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 [British Libraryhttp://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. ====Maps====*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm553a c 1906 manuscript map of Baluchistan][http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3544121 Catalogue entry]National Library of Australia Digital Collections-Maps*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreen.html?object=41 1909 Baluchistan map] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India Vol 26 Atlas'' 1909  {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}