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The present province of '''Baluchistan''' (or Balochistan) in [[Pakistan]] includs 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==
==Capital==
* [[Quetta]]
==History==
==Administration==
The area was divided into two main parts: British Baluchistan and Agency Territories.
==Districts==
* [[Thal-Chotiali District]] / [[Sibi District]]
* [[Zhob District]]
==Cities/Towns==
* [[Killa Saifullah]]
* [[Mach]]
* [[Quetta]]
* [[Pishin]]
* [[Sibi]]
* [[Turbat]]
==Princely States==
* [[State of Las Bela|Las Bela]]
* [[State of Makran|Makran]]
==Passes==
* [[Bolan Pass]]
* [[Khojak Pass]]
==Tunnels==
* [[Khojak Tunnel]]
==External Links==
* [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_323.gif Imperical Gazetteer of India] Administration
==Books==Historical books on-line====
*[http://www.balochwarna.org/documentaries/12mayfiles/Balochistan%20Bibliography.pdf Balochistan Bibliography], a catalogue of books, by Hameed Baloch
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=7s0qAAAAMAAJ ''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 [http://books.google.com/books?id=4rgBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume 1, A-K], [http://books.google.com/books?id=878BAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover Volume 2, L-Z Snippet View], Beloochistan [http://books.google.com/books?id=4rgBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA82 page 82]
*''A Nursing Sister in Baluchistan'' by J M Morris (1932) [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ln2UOgAACAAJ No Preview Google Books]. Experiences at a mission hospital in [[Quetta]] from 1921. Available at the [[British Library]].
====Maps====
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreen.html?object=41 Baluchistan map] Imperial Gazetteer of India Vol 26 Atlas 1909
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