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{{Short description|1666–1955 state in Balochistan}} {{Short description|State in Balochistan, present day Pakistan}}
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| image_map_caption = Khanate of Kalat (1835) | image_map_caption = Balochistan in the year 1789, including the Khanate of Kalat and states that are under its suzerainty.
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| p1 = Mughal Empire | p1 = Mughal Empire
| flag_p1 = Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg | flag_p1 = Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg
| p2 = Afsharid Iran | p2 = Afsharid Iran
| flag_p2 = Afsharid Imperial Standard (3 Stripes).svg | flag_p2 = Afsharid Imperial Standard (3 Stripes).svg
| capital = ] | capital = ]
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| languages_type = Court language | languages_type = Common languages
| languages = ]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Spooner |first1=Brian |editor1-last=Schiffman |editor1-first=Harold F. |title=Language Policy and Language Conflict in Afghanistan and Its Neighbors |date=2011 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-9004201453 |page=320 |chapter=10. Balochi: Towards a Biography of the Language |quote=The medium of administration in this state, which became known as the Khanate of Kalat, was Persian, as was customary down to the 19th century throughout south and central Asia and beyond (see Spooner, this volume).}}</ref> | languages = ], ], ] (administration),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Spooner |first1=Brian |editor1-last=Schiffman |editor1-first=Harold F. |title=Language Policy and Language Conflict in Afghanistan and Its Neighbors |date=2011 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-9004201453 |page=320 |chapter=10. Balochi: Towards a Biography of the Language |quote=The medium of administration in this state, which became known as the Khanate of Kalat, was Persian, as was customary down to the 19th century throughout south and central Asia and beyond (see Spooner, this volume).}}</ref> ], ]
| languages2_type = Spoken languages
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| stat_year1 = 1835 | stat_year1 = 1835
| stat_area1 = 560,000 | stat_area1 = 560,000
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The '''Khanate of Kalat''' was a ] ]<ref name=q/> that originated from the ] region of ]. Formed in 1666 due to the threat of ] expansion in the region,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uob.edu.pk/journals/TREATY%20OF%20KALAT%201758%20BETWEEN%20QANDHAR%20AND%20KALAT%20AND%20ITS%20IMPACTS.pdf |title=Treaty of Kalat between Balochistan and Afghanistan in 1758 |access-date=29 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032403/http://www.uob.edu.pk/journals/TREATY%20OF%20KALAT%201758%20BETWEEN%20QANDHAR%20AND%20KALAT%20AND%20ITS%20IMPACTS.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="IG6-277">"Baluchistan" ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'' Vol. 6, , from the Digital South Asia Library, accessed 15 January 2009</ref> it controlled the wider ] at its greatest extent in the mid-18th century,<ref name=s>{{Cite web |title=Brahui |url=https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/brahui |website=Encyclopedia Iranica}}</ref> extending from ] in the west to ] in the east and from ] in the north to the ] in the south.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dashti |first=Naseer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xIjyLNpusbAC&pg=PA190 |title=The Baloch and Balochistan: A Historical Account from the Beginning to the Fall of the Baloch State |date=2012 |publisher=|isbn=978-1-4669-5896-8 |language=en|page=190|quote=}}</ref> Khanate of Kalat lost considerable area to ] and ] in the early 19th century,<ref name=s/> and the city of Kalat was itself sacked by the ]. Kalat became a self-governing state in a ] with ] after the signature of the ] by the Khan of Kalat and the Baloch Sardars in 1875, and the supervision of Kalat became task of the ].<ref name=BA>{{Cite web |url=http://balochistanarchives.gob.pk/AGG-Balochistan-Records |title=Balochistan Archives – Records of the Agent to the Governor General in Balochistan |access-date=31 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709161724/http://balochistanarchives.gob.pk/AGG-Balochistan-Records |archive-date=9 July 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Kalat was briefly independent from 12 August 1947 until 27 March 1948, when its ruler ] acceded to Pakistan, making it one of the ]. The '''Khanate of Kalat''', also known as the '''Brahui Confederacy''',<ref name="s"/> was a ] ] that originated in the modern-day ] region of ]. Formed in 1666 due to the threat of ] expansion in the region,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uob.edu.pk/journals/TREATY%20OF%20KALAT%201758%20BETWEEN%20QANDHAR%20AND%20KALAT%20AND%20ITS%20IMPACTS.pdf |title=Treaty of Kalat between Balochistan and Afghanistan in 1758 |access-date=29 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032403/http://www.uob.edu.pk/journals/TREATY%20OF%20KALAT%201758%20BETWEEN%20QANDHAR%20AND%20KALAT%20AND%20ITS%20IMPACTS.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="IG6-277">"Baluchistan" ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'' Vol. 6, , from the Digital South Asia Library, accessed 15 January 2009</ref> it controlled the wider ] at its greatest extent in the mid-18th century,<ref name="s">{{Encyclopædia Iranica|last1= Elfenbein |first1=Josef| volume = 4 | fascicle = 4 | title = Brahui |author-link = | url = https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/brahui | pages = 433–443}}</ref> extending from ] in the west to ] in the east and from ] in the north to the ] in the south.<ref name="Naseer Dashti 280" />


The Khanate of Kalat lost considerable area to ] and the ] in the early 19th century,<ref name="s" /> and the city of Kalat was itself sacked by the ]. Kalat became a self-governing state in a ] with ] after the signature of the ] by the Khan of Kalat and the Brahui Sardars in 1875, and the supervision of Kalat became a task of the ].<ref name="BA">{{Cite web |url=http://balochistanarchives.gob.pk/AGG-Balochistan-Records |title=Balochistan Archives – Records of the Agent to the Governor General in Balochistan |access-date=31 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709161724/http://balochistanarchives.gob.pk/AGG-Balochistan-Records |archive-date=9 July 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Kalat was briefly independent from 12 August 1947 until 27 March 1948, when its ruler ] acceded to Pakistan, making it one of the ].
== Origin ==

The Khanate of Kalat was the first unified polity to emerge in the ].<ref name=s/> It took birth from the confederacy of nomadic ] native to the central Balochistan in 1666<ref name=q>{{Cite book |last=Minahan |first=James |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=abNDLZQ6quYC&pg=PA48 |title=Ethnic Groups of South Asia and the Pacific: An Encyclopedia |date=2012 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-59884-659-1 |language=en}}</ref> which under ''Mir Ahmad Khan I'' declared independence from the Mughal suzerainty<ref name=s/> and slowly absorbed the ] principalities in the region.<ref name=q/> It was ruled over by the Brahui Ahmadzai dynasty till 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bhc.gov.pk/district-judiciary/mastung/introduction/history|title=Mastung > History of district|access-date=28 June 2021|quote=The Brahui Khans of Qalat were dominant from the 17th century onwards until the arrival of the British in the 19th century.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Siddiqi |first=Farhan Hanif |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tDb6i9x1FKgC&dq=brahui+khanate+of+kalat+sits+at+the+apex+of&pg=PA53 |title=The Politics of Ethnicity in Pakistan: The Baloch, Sindhi and Mohajir Ethnic Movements |date=2012 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-68614-3 |pages=53 |language=en|quote="The Brahui Khanate of Kalat sits at the apex of..."}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-07-01|title=Profile: Khan of Kalat — king without a crown|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1191539|access-date=2021-05-01|website=Dawn|language=en|quote=Mir Suleman is the 35th Khan of Kalat. The Brahvi-speaking Khan is said to have received his initial education in Lahore and Quetta. }}</ref>
== Origins ==
The Khanate of Kalat was the first unified polity to emerge in the ].<ref name=s/> It took birth from the confederacy of nomadic ] native to ] in 1666 which under ''Mir Ahmad Khan I'' declared independence from the Mughal suzerainty<ref name=s/> and slowly absorbed the ] principalities in the region.


== History == == History ==


=== Background === === Background ===
The Baloch tribes had founded a Baloch confederacy under ], the eponymous ancestor of Baloch people, in the 12th century.<ref name=v>{{Cite book |last=Khan |first=Sabir Badal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8N1JCgAAQBAJ&dq=rind+lashari+war&pg=PA27 |title=Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore: Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore |date=2013 |publisher=Università di Napoli, "l'Orientale" |pages=27 |language=en}}</ref> A second Baloch confederacy was established under ] with ] as its capital in 1487.<ref name=v/> However, the 30 year ] (1482–1512) destroyed the power of the Baloch tribes, and Mir Chakar Rind was forced to migrate with his tribe towards Indus valley.<ref name=v/> This allowed the previously oppressed Brahuis to obtain political power, who eventually formed the Khanate of Kalat by ousting the Mughal governor.<ref name=s/> According to Brahui traditions, Kalat was ruled by a Hindu ruler named Sewa when they first conquered it.<ref name=v>{{Cite book |last=Khan |first=Sabir Badal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8N1JCgAAQBAJ&dq=rind+lashari+war&pg=PA27 |title=Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore: Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore |date=2013 |publisher=Università di Napoli, "l'Orientale" |pages=68 |language=en}}</ref> Historically, the regions surrounding Kalat were part of the ] province of ] during 17th century. During the reign of ], Mughal expansion reached its high point, and caused the emergence for the first time a strong, unified "Brahui Confederacy" or the Khanate of Kalat.<ref name=s/>


=== Establishment === === Establishment ===
The first ruler of the Brahui Confederacy was Mir Ahmad Khan I (r.1666–1695). He was strong enough to capture ], ], and ] from the Mughal governor at Kandahar.<ref name=s/> He spent his life fighting the Afghans and ] of Sindh, and became an ally of Mughal emperor ].<ref name="Encyclopedia Iranica"/> During the reign of his successor, Mir Samandar Khan (r.1697–1714), a ] army under Tahmasb Beg invaded western Balochistan. Safavids were defeated, and Tahmasb was killed. Samandar Khan was rewarded by Mughals with the gift of port of ].<ref name="Encyclopedia Iranica"/>{{sfn|Breseeg|2004|p=117}}
The Khanate of Kalat was founded in 1666 by Mir Ahmad Khan. Soon after, a Mughal force invaded from Kandahar and occupied ], ], and Mangocher. In 1667, this force was decisively defeated in the Quetta valley and the khanate managed to regain the occupied districts along with ]. Samandar Khan was summoned to Multan by the ] and Kerman by the Safavids. The Mughal prince paid tribute to Samandar Khan whereas ] Beglar Begi presented Samandar Khan with a robe of gold, and paid tribute.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Society|first=Pakistan Historical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPdtAAAAMAAJ&q=mir+samandar+khan+in+multan|title=Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society|date=1991|publisher=Pakistan Historical Society.|language=en}}</ref> Under Mir Abdullah Khan I (r.1713–34), the state expanded from Upper Sindh to Persia till the port of ].<ref name="Encyclopedia Iranica"/><ref name=s/> The Khanate reached its peak during the reign of Nasir Khan I (r.1749–94), who had unified the Kalat region and conquered cities of ], ], ] and ] in the Iranian Balochistan.<ref name=s/><ref name="Naseer Dashti 280">{{cite book|author=Naseer Dashti|title=The Baloch and Balochistan: A Historical Account from the Beginning to the Fall of the Baloch State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T0Jg3q33mkgC&pg=PA280|access-date=6 August 2013|date=8 October 2012|publisher=Trafford Publishing|isbn=978-1-4669-5897-5|pages=280}}</ref> Since 1748, Kalat was a vassal state of ], and assisted in the campaigns of Ahmad Shah such as in the ]. However, in 1758 Mir Nasir Khan I revolted against ]. The Afghans were dispatched under Shah Wali Khan to Kalat, but were defeated. As a result, Ahmad Shah marched himself with an army and defeated the Baluch armies in battle. Ahmad Shah laid siege to Kalat for over 40 days, and attempted to storm it, however it was unsuccessful. An agreement was made and Nasir Khan re-entered the suzerainty of the ].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lee |first=Jonathan |title=Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present |publisher=Reaktion Books |year=2019 |isbn=9781789140101 |pages=126 |language=English|quote=Following the loss of the Punjab, Nasir Khan, beglar begi of Kalat, convinced that these defeats marked the beginning of the end of Durrani power, declared independence. Sardar Shah Wali Khan was sent to put down the revolt, but when he was defeated Ahmad Shah set out in person to deal with the troublesome governor. He eventually defeated the Baluch army but was unable to take Kalat by storm. Instead, he agreed to allow Nasir Khan to remain as governor of Kalat in return for his resubmission to Durrani sovereignty}}</ref><ref name="Encyclopedia Iranica">{{Cite web|url=https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/afghanistan-x-political-history|title=Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica|quote=The political convulsions of the last years of the 18th century and the first quarter of the 19th century had led to the empire’s dismemberment. A Qajar offensive resulted in the loss of western Khorasan (1209/1795) and a direct threat to Herat, which was besieged in 1249/1833 and in 1253/1837. To the north of the Hindu Kush, various Uzbek principalities entered the orbit of khanate of Bokhara. In the south, the khanate of Kalāt became independent. }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Khan Durrani |first=Ashiq Muhammad |date=1991 |title=The People of Afghanistan: Relations between the Sadozais and the Ahmadzais of Qalat |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VRq1_v1wuGf4MpSS229I3TAHVEpiWt1_/view |journal=Proquest |pages=139 |via=Google drive|quote=The Afghan army besieged the Qalat fort and the siege lasted for forty days. The Afghans failed to capture it. Ultimately through the good offices of the Wazir Shah Wali Khan a peace treaty was concluded. Mir Nasir Khan came to Ahmad Shah and apologized for his misdeeds. According to the treaty Mir Nasir Khan accepted the suzerainty of the Afghan king. Ahmad Shah agreed that Mir Nasir Khan should pay no tribute, but should furnish, when called upon a contingent of troops sending them at his own cost to the royal camp.}}</ref> Nasir Khan I also fought battles against the ], forcing them to accept his suzerainty.<ref name="Encyclopedia Iranica"/>

Under Mir Abdullah Khan I (r.1714–34), the state expanded from Upper Sindh and Kandahar to Persia till the port of ].<ref name="Encyclopedia Iranica" /><ref name="s" /> He was later ] against allied army of ] of ] and Kalhoras in 1734. His son and successor, Mir Mehrab Khan (r.1734–1749), was given the region of ], then under Kalhoras, by ] as blood compensation of his father.<ref name="Encyclopedia Iranica" />

The Khanate reached its peak during the reign of ] (r.1749–94), who had unified the Kalat region and conquered cities of ], ], ] and ] in the Iranian Balochistan.<ref name=s/><ref name="Naseer Dashti 280">{{cite book|author=Naseer Dashti|title=The Baloch and Balochistan: A Historical Account from the Beginning to the Fall of the Baloch State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T0Jg3q33mkgC&pg=PA280|access-date=6 August 2013|date=8 October 2012|publisher=Trafford Publishing|isbn=978-1-4669-5897-5|pages=190, 280}}</ref> Since 1748, Kalat was a vassal state of ], and assisted in the campaigns of Ahmad Shah such as in the ]. However, in 1758 Mir Nasir Khan I revolted against ]. The Afghans were dispatched under Shah Wali Khan to Kalat, but were defeated. As a result, Ahmad Shah marched himself with an army and defeated the Baluch armies in battle.

Ahmad Shah laid siege to Kalat for over 40 days, and attempted to storm it, however it was unsuccessful. In the ensuing 1758 treaty of Kalat, the exact agreements are disputed. Some sources state that the Khanate of Kalat attained a sovereign status.{{sfn|Breseeg|2004|loc= p.120: However, the Afghan attitude towards the Khan provoked Mir Nasir Khan to declare the complete independence of Kalat in 1758. As a result, the Afghan forces under the command of Ahmad Shah himself invaded Balochistan and besieged the Kalat fortress for forty days. Ultimately they came to an amicable agreement and the Afghan troops were withdrawn. The agreement known as the “Treaty of Kalat” (1758), recognised the sovereign status of Balochistan.}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Skutsch |first=Carl |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXYKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA178 |title=Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities |date=2013-11-07 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-19388-1 |language=en|page=178|quote=However, in 1758 Nasir I Khan of Kalat proclaimed his independence from the Afghani rulers.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Webb |first=Matthew J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y0AlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA31 |title=Separatist Violence in South Asia: A comparative study |date=2016-10-04 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-317-39312-2 |language=en|page=318|quote=Baloch separatism, for example, can be traced back to 1758, when Nasir Khan of Kalat won sovereign status from the Afghan empire...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Banuazizi |first1=Ali |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l6cmuTfzvZEC&pg=PA273 |title=The State, Religion, and Ethnic Politics: Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan |last2=Weiner |first2=Myron |date=1988-08-01 |publisher=Syracuse University Press |isbn=978-0-8156-2448-6 |language=en|page=273|quote=Once he had established his army on a solid basis, however, Nasir Khan took on the Afghans militarily, fighting Ahmad Shah Durrani's forces to a standstill in 1758. Thereafter, Kalat enjoyed sovereign status until the arrival of the British...}}</ref> According to some other accounts, Mir Nasir Khan had recognized suzerainty of Ahmad Shah, who guaranteed non-interference in the matters of Kalat.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lee |first=Jonathan |title=Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present |publisher=Reaktion Books |year=2019 |isbn=9781789140101 |pages=126 |language=English|quote=Following the loss of the Punjab, Nasir Khan, beglar begi of Kalat, convinced that these defeats marked the beginning of the end of Durrani power, declared independence. Sardar Shah Wali Khan was sent to put down the revolt, but when he was defeated Ahmad Shah set out in person to deal with the troublesome governor. He eventually defeated the Baluch army but was unable to take Kalat by storm. Instead, he agreed to allow Nasir Khan to remain as governor of Kalat in return for his resubmission to Durrani sovereignty}}</ref><ref name="Encyclopedia Iranica">{{Encyclopædia Iranica|last1=Spooner |first1=Brian J. | volume = 3 | fascicle = 6 | title = Baluchistan i. Geography, History and Ethnography |author-link = | url = https://doi.org/10.1163%2F2330-4804_EIRO_COM_6516 | pages = 598–632}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Khan Durrani |first=Ashiq Muhammad |date=1991 |title=The People of Afghanistan: Relations between the Sadozais and the Ahmadzais of Qalat |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VRq1_v1wuGf4MpSS229I3TAHVEpiWt1_/view |journal=Proquest |pages=139 |via=Google drive|quote=The Afghan army besieged the Qalat fort and the siege lasted for forty days. The Afghans failed to capture it. Ultimately through the good offices of the Wazir Shah Wali Khan a peace treaty was concluded. Mir Nasir Khan came to Ahmad Shah and apologized for his misdeeds. According to the treaty Mir Nasir Khan accepted the suzerainty of the Afghan king. Ahmad Shah agreed that Mir Nasir Khan should pay no tribute, but should furnish, when called upon a contingent of troops sending them at his own cost to the royal camp.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hasan Dani |first=Ahmad |title=History of Civilizations of Central Asia: Development in contrast : from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century |publisher=UNESCO |year=2003 |isbn=9789231038761 |pages=289|quote=Nasir Khan had accompanied Ahmad Shah in three campaigns in India and is said to have performed his duties well and loyally. But in 1758, on hearing the Marathas had conquered Punjab and ousted the Afghans from that province, he declared his independence. In the summer of 1758, Ahmad Shah advanced into Baluchistan. He met considerable resistance. According to a local chronicle, the small fortress of Kalat detained the Shah for 40 days. Ultimately, Nasir Khan was forced to submit. He was allowed his domains on condition he acknowledged the shah's sovereignty and furnished contingents for his campaigns. The Baluch chief was exempted from the annual tax and tribute.}}</ref>{{sfn|Siddiqi|2012|loc=p. 53: "However, in 1758, he declared independence which caused the Afghan-Baloch war. Though the Baloch were successful in the initial stages of the conflict, Ahmad Shah Abdali and his forces were able to subdue the Khan by invading Kalat"}} Nevertheless, Kalat did not pay any tribute to Durrani Empire thereafter, and provided military contingents in exchange of money only.<ref name="Encyclopedia Iranica" /> Following the collapse of the Durranis, any trace of Afghan influence over Kalat ended after the death of Sher Dil Khan, the ruler of the ], in 1826.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Balland |first=D |title=AFGHANISTAN x. Political History |url=https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/afghanistan-x-political-history |website=Encyclopaedia Iranica|quote=The political convulsions of the last years of the 18th century and the first quarter of the 19th century had led to the empire’s dismemberment. A Qajar offensive resulted in the loss of western Khorasan (1209/1795) and a direct threat to Herat, which was besieged in 1249/1833 and in 1253/1837. To the north of the Hindu Kush, various Uzbek principalities entered the orbit of khanate of Bokhara. In the south, the khanate of Kalāt became independent.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Gulzad |first=Zulmay |title=External Influences and the Development of the Afghan State in the Nineteenth Century |publisher=P. Lang |year=1994 |isbn=9780820424576 |pages=31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Khan Jalalzai |first=Musa |title=The Foreign Policy of Afghanistan |publisher=Sang-e-Meel Publications |year=2003 |isbn=9789693513998 |pages=33}}</ref>

Mir Nasir Khan, known to the Brahuis as "The Great",<ref name="IG6-277"/> undertook 25 military campaigns during his reign, and forced the ] of Sindh to pay tribute.<ref name="Encyclopedia Iranica"/> He was the first Khan of Kalat to establish a centralized bureaucracy and issue own currency.{{sfn|Breseeg|2004|p=118}} He established the office of ] to look after the affairs of the state, as well as a standing army. He had also established diplomatic relations with ], Iran, Afghanistan and ].{{sfn|Breseeg|2004|p=121}} In 1784, he gave refuge to the future Sultan of Oman, ], and gifted him the port of Gwadar. Gwadar continued to be part of Sultanate of Oman until it was purchased by Pakistan in 1958.<ref name="Encyclopedia Iranica"/> Due to his achievements, he is considered a central figure and hero among Brahuis as well as Balochs.{{sfn|Breseeg|2004|p=118}}<ref name="IG6-277"/>


===Decline === ===Decline ===
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The Khanate of Kalat declined in the early 19th century, losing much of its territory to ] and ].<ref name=s/> The internal weakness of the state forced Khan of Kalat to sign The ] (1876) with the ] Agent ] in the late 19th century.<ref name=s/> Parts of the state to the north and northeast were leased or ceded to form the province of ], which later gained the status of a Chief Commissioners province. The ] was demarcated in 1896, and the former territories of Kalat Khanate now form part of Iranian province of ].<ref name=s/> The Khanate of Kalat declined in the early 19th century, losing much of its territory to ] and ].<ref name=s/> The internal weakness of the state forced Khan of Kalat to sign the ] (1876) with the ] Agent ] in the late 19th century.<ref name=s/> Parts of the state to the north and northeast were leased or ceded to form the province of ], which later gained the status of a Chief Commissioners province. The ] was demarcated in 1896, and the former territories of Kalat Khanate now form part of Iranian province of ].<ref name=s/>


=== Accession === === Accession ===
The political centralization of the Khanate of Kalat failed to survive through the colonial era and did not lead to the standardization of the ].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Spooner |first1=Brian |editor1-last=Schiffman |editor1-first=Harold F. |title=Language Policy and Language Conflict in Afghanistan and Its Neighbors |date=2011 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-9004201453 |page=320 |chapter=10. Balochi: Towards a Biography of the Language |quote=Although a Baloch state was established at Kalat (located now in Pakistan) in 1638 (cf. Spooner 1984, 1989), under a dynastic Khan, this political centralization did not survive through the colonial period and did not lead to standardization of the language.}}</ref> However, with the withdrawal of the British from the ] in 1947, the ] provided that the princely states which had existed alongside but outside ] were released from all their ]s and other treaty obligations. The rulers were left to decide whether to accede to one of the newly independent states of ] or Pakistan (both formed initially from the British possessions) or to remain independent outside both.<ref>], ''State, Nation and Ethnicity in Contemporary South Asia'' (London & New York, 1998), p. 99</ref> As stated by ], "On the lapse of Paramountcy every Indian State became a separate independent entity."<ref>R. P. Bhargava, ''The Chamber of Princes'' (Northern Book Centre, 1991) </ref>

With the withdrawal of the British from the ] in 1947, the ] provided that the princely states which had existed alongside but outside ] were released from all their ]s and other treaty obligations. The rulers were left to decide whether to accede to one of the newly independent states of ] or Pakistan (both formed initially from the British possessions) or to remain independent outside both.<ref>], ''State, Nation and Ethnicity in Contemporary South Asia'' (London & New York, 1998), p. 99</ref> As stated by ], "On the lapse of Paramountcy every Indian State became a separate independent entity."<ref>R. P. Bhargava, ''The Chamber of Princes'' (Northern Book Centre, 1991) </ref>


The ] made available for the rulers to sign transferred only limited powers, namely external relations, defence, and communications. The Shahi Jirga of Baluchistan and the non-official members of the Quetta Municipality, according to ], stated their wish to join Pakistan on 29 June 1947;<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CX6xCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA60|title=Pakistan's Defence Policy 1947–58|author1=Pervaiz I Cheema|author2=Manuel Riemer|date=22 August 1990|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|isbn=978-1-349-20942-2|pages=60–}}</ref> however, according to the political scientist Rafi Sheikh, the Shahi Jirga was stripped of its members from the Kalat State prior to the vote.<ref name="rafisheikh">{{cite book|last1=Sheikh|first1=Salman Rafi|title=The Genesis of Baloch Nationalism: Politics and Ethnicity in Pakistan, 1947–1977|date=2018|publisher=]|isbn=978-1-351-02068-8}}</ref> The ] made available for the rulers to sign transferred only limited powers, namely external relations, defence, and communications. The Shahi Jirga of Baluchistan and the non-official members of the Quetta Municipality, according to ], stated their wish to join Pakistan on 29 June 1947;<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CX6xCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA60|title=Pakistan's Defence Policy 1947–58|author1=Pervaiz I Cheema|author2=Manuel Riemer|date=22 August 1990|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|isbn=978-1-349-20942-2|pages=60–}}</ref> however, according to the political scientist Rafi Sheikh, the Shahi Jirga was stripped of its members from the Kalat State prior to the vote.<ref name="rafisheikh">{{cite book|last1=Sheikh|first1=Salman Rafi|title=The Genesis of Baloch Nationalism: Politics and Ethnicity in Pakistan, 1947–1977|date=2018|publisher=]|isbn=978-1-351-02068-8}}</ref>


Kalat remained fully independent from 15 August 1947 until 27 March 1948, when its ruler, Ahmad Yar Khan (1904–1979), finally acceded to Pakistan, becoming the last of the rulers to do so.<ref name=FHS/> Show elections were held during this period and a ] parliament was established.<ref> Kalat remained fully independent from 15 August 1947 until 27 March 1948, when its ruler, ] (1904–1979), finally acceded to Pakistan, becoming the last of the rulers to do so.{{sfn|Siddiqi|2012|p= 58–62}} Show elections were held during this period and a ] parliament was established.<ref>{{citation |last=Harrison |first=Selig S. |authorlink=Selig S. Harrison |title=In Afghanistan's Shadow: Baluch Nationalism and Soviet Temptations |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LLnCAAAAIAAJ |year=1981 |publisher=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |isbn=978-0-87003-029-1 |page=24 |quote=Pakistani leaders summarily rejected this declaration , touching off a nine-month diplomatic tug of war that came to a climax in the forcible annexation of Kalat... But it is clear that Baluch leaders, including the Khan, were bitterly opposed to what happened... Moreover, the Pakistani version of the accession debate is discredited by a study of the discussion of the Kalat Assembly on the accession issue and by interviews with a variety of Baluch leaders that confirm the authenticity of the official assembly proceedings.}}
* {{citation |last=Harrison |first=Selig S. |authorlink=Selig S. Harrison |title=In Afghanistan's Shadow: Baluch Nationalism and Soviet Temptations |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LLnCAAAAIAAJ |year=1981 |publisher=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |isbn=978-0-87003-029-1 |page=24 |quote=Pakistani leaders summarily rejected this declaration , touching off a nine-month diplomatic tug of war that came to a climax in the forcible annexation of Kalat... But it is clear that Baluch leaders, including the Khan, were bitterly opposed to what happened... Moreover, the Pakistani version of the accession debate is discredited by a study of the discussion of the Kalat Assembly on the accession issue and by interviews with a variety of Baluch leaders that confirm the authenticity of the official assembly proceedings.}}
</ref><ref> </ref><ref>
{{citation |last=Amirali |first=Alia |chapter=Balochistan: A Case Study of Pakistan's Peacemaking Praxis (Volume III) |title=SAGE Series in Human Rights Audits of Peace Processes |editor=Rita Manchanda |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bipPDAAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PA22 |date=2015 |publisher=SAGE Publications |isbn=978-93-5150-213-5 |pages=22–23 |quote=Seven months later, on 27 March 1948, Kalat acceded to Pakistan. Whether it was a willing accession or a coerced one is a disputed matter, with pro-state historians arguing that the Khan willingly made the decision to accede, and nationalist scholars maintaining that Balochistan was annexed. However, what is certain is that it was an unpopular decision, and sparked the first revolt led by the Khan of Kalat's brother (see also the next section in this chapter). The Pakistan Army, which had already been sent in to Kalat, put down the rebellion.}}</ref> On the night of 27 March, ] carried a story about Yar Khan approaching India with an unsuccessful request for accession in around February.<ref name=":0" /> The next morning, Yar Khan put out a public broadcast rejecting its veracity and declaring an immediate accession to Pakistan — all remaining differences were to be placed before Jinnah, whose decision would be binding.<ref name=":0" /> {{citation |last=Amirali |first=Alia |chapter=Balochistan: A Case Study of Pakistan's Peacemaking Praxis (Volume III) |title=SAGE Series in Human Rights Audits of Peace Processes |editor=Rita Manchanda |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bipPDAAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PA22 |date=2015 |publisher=SAGE Publications |isbn=978-93-5150-213-5 |pages=22–23 |quote=Seven months later, on 27 March 1948, Kalat acceded to Pakistan. Whether it was a willing accession or a coerced one is a disputed matter, with pro-state historians arguing that the Khan willingly made the decision to accede, and nationalist scholars maintaining that Balochistan was annexed. However, what is certain is that it was an unpopular decision, and sparked the first revolt led by the Khan of Kalat's brother (see also the next section in this chapter). The Pakistan Army, which had already been sent in to Kalat, put down the rebellion.}}</ref> On the night of 27 March, ] carried a story about Yar Khan approaching India with an unsuccessful request for accession in around February.<ref name=":0" /> The next morning, Yar Khan put out a public broadcast rejecting its veracity and declaring an immediate accession to Pakistan — all remaining differences were to be placed before Jinnah, whose decision would be binding.<ref name=":0" />


Dushka H. Saiyid emphasizes that Yar Khan lost all of his bargaining chips with the accession of ], ], and ], leaving Kalat as an island.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Saiyid|first=Dushka H|title=The Accession of Kalat: Myth and Reality|date=2006|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/45242356|journal=Strategic Studies|volume=26|issue=3|pages=26–45|jstor=45242356|issn=1029-0990}}</ref> Salman Rafi Sheikh largely concurs with Saiyid's assessment: multiple other Kalat sardars were preparing to accede to Pakistan and Yar Khan would have hardly any territory left, if he did not accede.<ref name="rafisheikh" />{{Rp||page=80|quote=After these states’ accession to Pakistan, the Khan of Kalat was left practically with no other choice but to sign Kalat’s Instrument of Accession too; for if he had continued to resist, he would have been left with practically no territory under his control, as a number of Kalat sardars, too, had offered their separate accession to Pakistan.}}
Khanate of Kalat failed to survive through the colonial era and did not lead to the standardization of the ].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Spooner |first1=Brian |editor1-last=Schiffman |editor1-first=Harold F. |title=Language Policy and Language Conflict in Afghanistan and Its Neighbors |date=2011 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-9004201453 |page=320 |chapter=10. Balochi: Towards a Biography of the Language |quote=Although a Baloch state was established at Kalat (located now in Pakistan) in 1638 (cf. Spooner 1984, 1989), under a dynastic Khan, this political centralization did not survive through the colonial period and did not lead to standardization of the language.}}</ref>


On 3 October 1952, the state of Kalat entered into the ] with three neighbouring states,
== Geography ==
Kharan, Las Bela, and Makran, with Yar Khan of Kalat at the head of the Union with the title of Khan-e-Azam. The Khanate came to an end on 14 October 1955, when it was incorporated into West Pakistan.{{sfn|Siddiqi|2012|p= 58–62}}
]
The Khanate of Kalat covered the area of {{convert|53,995|sqmi|km2|order=flip|abbr=on}}.<ref name=whitaker>Joseph Whitaker, ''Whitaker's Almanack 1951'', vol. 83 (1951), p. 754: "the following States have also acceded to Pakistan : Kalat, area {{convert|53,995|sqmi|km2|abbr=off|disp=sqbr}}, pop. 253.305..."</ref> The territories of the Khanate of Kalat flactuated throughout its history. At the time of death of Mir Nasir Khan I in 1794, it comprised the Iranian province of ], Pakistani province of Balochistan, parts of Sindh and ] till the ]. Significantly reduced in the late 19th century, the princely state of Kalat occupied the central part of the territory of modern-day Balochistan province in Pakistan. To the north was the ].


== Geography ==
The principal mountains are the Central Baloch, Kirthar, Pab, ], Central Makran and Makran Coast Ranges, which descend in elevation from about 10,000 to {{convert|1200|ft|m}}. The drainage of the country is almost all carried off to the south by the Nari, ], ], Porali, ] and ] rivers. The only large river draining northwards is the Rakhshan. The coast line includes Gawadar, Pasni, Sonmiani and Geewani, modern-day Pakistani Balochistan.
The Khanate of Kalat covered the area of {{convert|53,995|sqmi|km2|order=flip|abbr=on}}.<ref name=whitaker>Joseph Whitaker, ''Whitaker's Almanack 1951'', vol. 83 (1951), p. 754: "the following States have also acceded to Pakistan : Kalat, area {{convert|53,995|sqmi|km2|abbr=off|disp=sqbr}}, pop. 253.305..."</ref> The territories of the Khanate of Kalat flactuated throughout its history. At the time of death of Mir Nasir Khan I in 1794, it comprised the Iranian province of ], parts of Sindh and ] as far as the ]. Significantly reduced in the late 19th century, the princely state of Kalat occupied the central part of the territory of modern-day Balochistan province in Pakistan. To the north was the ], part of ].


== Administration == == Administration ==
Kalat state was divided into following sub-divisions: Kalat state was divided into following sub-divisions:
* ], an ethnic ] subdivision, headed by the chief nawab of the Zarakzai tribe, known as Chief of Jhalawan * ], an ethnic ] subdivision, headed by the chief nawab of the ] tribe, known as Chief of Jhalawan.
* ], an ethnic Sindhi subdivision, in which various tribes had their own tribal lands under the Khan of Kalat * ], an ethnic ] subdivision, in which various tribes had their own tribal lands under the Khan of Kalat.
* ], an ethnic ] subdivision, headed by chief nawab of ] tribe, called chief of Sarawan<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WVw8AAAAMAAJ|title=IDSA News Review on South Asia/Indian Ocean|date=1987|publisher=Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses}}</ref> * ], an ethnic ] subdivision, headed by chief nawab of ] tribe, called Chief of Sarawan.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WVw8AAAAMAAJ|title=IDSA News Review on South Asia/Indian Ocean|date=1987|publisher=Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses}}</ref>


== Demographics ==
Dushka H Saiyid emphasizes that Yar Khan lost all of his bargaining chips with the accession of Kharan, Las Bela, and Mekran leaving Kalat as an island.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Saiyid|first=Dushka H|title=The Accession of Kalat: Myth and Reality|date=2006|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/45242356|journal=Strategic Studies|volume=26|issue=3|pages=26–45|jstor=45242356|issn=1029-0990}}</ref> Salman Rafi Sheikh largely concurs with Saiyid's assessment: multiple other Kalat sardars were preparing to accede to Pakistan and Yar Khan would have hardly any territory left, if he did not accede.<ref name="rafisheikh" />{{Rp||page=80|quote=After these states’ accession to Pakistan, the Khan of Kalat was left practically with no other choice but to sign Kalat’s Instrument of Accession too; for if he had continued to resist, he would have been left with practically no territory under his control, as a number of Kalat sardars, too, had offered their separate accession to Pakistan.}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Religious groups in Kalat State (] era)
! rowspan="2" |]<br>group
! colspan="2" |1901<ref name="Census1901B">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25352844 |jstor=saoa.crl.25352844 |access-date=8 September 2024 |title=Census of India 1901. Vol. 5A, Baluchistan. Pt. 2, Imperial tables. |year=1901 |pages=5}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1911<ref name="Census1911B">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25393764 |jstor=saoa.crl.25393764 |access-date=8 September 2024 |title=Census of India 1911. Vol. 4, Baluchistan : pt. 1, Report; pt. 2, Tables. |year=1911 |volume=2 |pages=11}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1921<ref name="Census1921B">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25394124 |jstor=saoa.crl.25394124 |access-date=8 September 2024 |title=Census of India 1921. Vol. 4, Baluchistan : part I, Report; part II, Tables. |year=1921 |pages=165}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1931<ref name="Census1931B">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25797115 |jstor=saoa.crl.25797115 |access-date=8 September 2024 |title=Census of India 1931. Vol. 4, Baluchistan. Pts. 1 & 2, Report Imperial and provincial tables. |year=1931 |pages=390}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1941<ref name="Census1941B">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.28215993 |jstor=saoa.crl.28215993 |access-date=8 September 2024 |title=Census of India, 1941. Vol. 14, Baluchistan |year=1941 |pages=17 |author1=India Census Commissioner |volume=14 }}</ref>
|-
!]
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|-
! ] ]
| 393,667
| {{Percentage | 393667 | 407472 | 2 }}
| 345,906
| {{Percentage | 345906 | 359086 | 2 }}
| 316,985
| {{Percentage | 316985 | 328281 | 2 }}
| 331,234
| {{Percentage | 331234 | 342101 | 2 }}
| 245,208
| {{Percentage | 245208 | 253305 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 13,780
| {{Percentage | 13780 | 407472 | 2 }}
| 10,102
| {{Percentage | 10102 | 359086 | 2 }}
| 11,205
| {{Percentage | 11205 | 328281 | 2 }}
| 10,806
| {{Percentage | 10806 | 342101 | 2 }}
| 7,971
| {{Percentage | 7971 | 253305 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 25
| {{Percentage | 25 | 407472 | 2 }}
| 3,022
| {{Percentage | 3022 | 359086 | 2 }}
| 78
| {{Percentage | 78 | 328281 | 2 }}
| 42
| {{Percentage | 42 | 342101 | 2 }}
| 79
| {{Percentage | 79 | 253305 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 407472 | 2 }}
| 51
| {{Percentage | 51 | 359086 | 2 }}
| 13
| {{Percentage | 13 | 328281 | 2 }}
| 15
| {{Percentage | 15 | 342101 | 2 }}
| 45
| {{Percentage | 45 | 253305 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 407472 | 2 }}
| 4
| {{Percentage | 4 | 359086 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 328281 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 342101 | 2 }}
| 1
| {{Percentage | 1 | 253305 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 407472 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 359086 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 328281 | 2 }}
| 2
| {{Percentage | 2 | 342101 | 2 }}
| 1
| {{Percentage | 1 | 253305 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 407472 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 359086 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 328281 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 342101 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 253305 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 1
| {{Percentage | 1 | 359086 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 328281 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 342101 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 253305 | 2 }}
|-
! ]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 342101 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 253305 | 2 }}
|-
! Others
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 407472 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 359086 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 328281 | 2 }}
| 2
| {{Percentage | 2 | 342101 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 253305 | 2 }}
|-
! Total population
! 407,472
! {{Percentage | 407472 | 407472 | 2 }}
! 359,086
! {{Percentage | 359086 | 359086 | 2 }}
! 328,281
! {{Percentage | 328281 | 328281 | 2 }}
! 342,101
! {{Percentage | 342101 | 342101 | 2 }}
! 253,305
! {{Percentage | 253305 | 253305 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="15" | {{small|Note: 1901-1931: Including the divisions of ], ], ], ]-Kaheri Country, ], and ].<br><br>1941: Including the divisions of ], ], ], and ].}}
|}


=== Sarawan Division ===
On 3 October 1952, the state of Kalat entered into the ] with three neighbouring states, ], ], and ], with Yar Khan of Kalat at the head of the Union with the title of Khan-e-Azam. The Khanate came to an end on 14 October 1955, when it was incorporated into West Pakistan.<ref name=FHS>Farhan Hanif Siddiqi, ''The Politics of Ethnicity in Pakistan: The Baloch, Sindhi and Mohajir Ethnic Movements'' (Routledge, 2012), pp. 58–62</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Religious groups in the Sarawan Division of Kalat State (] era)
! rowspan="2" |]<br>group
! colspan="2" |1911<ref name="Census1911B"/>
! colspan="2" |1921<ref name="Census1921B"/>
! colspan="2" |1931<ref name="Census1931B"/>
! colspan="2" |1941<ref name="Census1941B"/>
|-
!]
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|-
! ] ]
| 62,660
| {{Percentage | 62660 | 63781 | 2 }}
| 53,304
| {{Percentage | 53304 | 54262 | 2 }}
| 27,722
| {{Percentage | 27722 | 28464 | 2 }}
| 27,592
| {{Percentage | 27592 | 28270 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 1,003
| {{Percentage | 1003 | 63781 | 2 }}
| 896
| {{Percentage | 896 | 54262 | 2 }}
| 729
| {{Percentage | 729 | 28464 | 2 }}
| 592
| {{Percentage | 592 | 28270 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 113
| {{Percentage | 113 | 63781 | 2 }}
| 60
| {{Percentage | 60 | 54262 | 2 }}
| 10
| {{Percentage | 10 | 28464 | 2 }}
| 61
| {{Percentage | 61 | 28270 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 5
| {{Percentage | 5 | 63781 | 2 }}
| 2
| {{Percentage | 2 | 54262 | 2 }}
| 3
| {{Percentage | 3 | 28464 | 2 }}
| 25
| {{Percentage | 25 | 28270 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 63781 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 54262 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 28464 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 28270 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 63781 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 54262 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 28464 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 28270 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 63781 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 54262 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 28464 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 28270 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 63781 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 54262 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 28464 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 28270 | 2 }}
|-
! ]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 28464 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 28270 | 2 }}
|-
! Others
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 63781 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 54262 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 28464 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 28270 | 2 }}
|-
! Total population
! 63,781
! {{Percentage | 63781 | 63781 | 2 }}
! 54,262
! {{Percentage | 54262 | 54262 | 2 }}
! 28,464
! {{Percentage | 28464 | 28464 | 2 }}
! 28,270
! {{Percentage | 28270 | 28270 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
|}


== Rulers of Kalat == === Jhalawan Division ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Religious groups in the Jhalawan Division of Kalat State (] era)
! rowspan="2" |]<br>group
! colspan="2" |1911<ref name="Census1911B"/>
! colspan="2" |1921<ref name="Census1921B"/>
! colspan="2" |1931<ref name="Census1931B"/>
! colspan="2" |1941<ref name="Census1941B"/>
|-
!]
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|-
! ] ]
| 83,914
| {{Percentage | 83914 | 84398 | 2 }}
| 79,293
| {{Percentage | 79293 | 79710 | 2 }}
| 88,780
| {{Percentage | 88780 | 88978 | 2 }}
| 52,194
| {{Percentage | 52194 | 52272 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 472
| {{Percentage | 472 | 84398 | 2 }}
| 417
| {{Percentage | 417 | 79710 | 2 }}
| 197
| {{Percentage | 197 | 88978 | 2 }}
| 78
| {{Percentage | 78 | 52272 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 12
| {{Percentage | 12 | 84398 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 79710 | 2 }}
| 1
| {{Percentage | 1 | 88978 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 52272 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 84398 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 79710 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 88978 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 52272 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 84398 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 79710 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 88978 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 52272 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 84398 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 79710 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 88978 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 52272 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 84398 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 79710 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 88978 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 52272 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 84398 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 79710 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 88978 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 52272 | 2 }}
|-
! ]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 88978 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 52272 | 2 }}
|-
! Others
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 84398 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 79710 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 88978 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 52272 | 2 }}
|-
! Total population
! 84,398
! {{Percentage | 84398 | 84398 | 2 }}
! 79,710
! {{Percentage | 79710 | 79710 | 2 }}
! 88,978
! {{Percentage | 88978 | 88978 | 2 }}
! 52,272
! {{Percentage | 52272 | 52272 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
|}


=== Kachhi Division ===
The rulers of Kalat at first held the title of ] but in 1739 also took the title of (Begler Begi Khan), usually shortened to Khan. The last '''Khan of Kalat''' ({{lang-bal|خان قلات}}) had the privilege of being the President of the Council of Rulers for the ]. They also had the title of ].
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Religious groups in the Kachhi Division of Kalat State (] era)
! rowspan="2" |]<br>group
! colspan="2" |1911<ref name="Census1911B"/>
! colspan="2" |1921<ref name="Census1921B"/>
! colspan="2" |1931<ref name="Census1931B"/>
! colspan="2" |1941<ref name="Census1941B"/>
|-
!]
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|-
! ] ]
| 84,389
| {{Percentage | 84389 | 92759 | 2 }}
| 68,144
| {{Percentage | 68144 | 75153 | 2 }}
| 98,852
| {{Percentage | 98852 | 105886 | 2 }}
| 79,016
| {{Percentage | 79016 | 86112 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 7,176
| {{Percentage | 7176 | 92759 | 2 }}
| 7,009
| {{Percentage | 7009 | 75153 | 2 }}
| 7,019
| {{Percentage | 7019 | 105886 | 2 }}
| 7,095
| {{Percentage | 7095 | 86112 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 1,188
| {{Percentage | 1188 | 92759 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 75153 | 2 }}
| 12
| {{Percentage | 12 | 105886 | 2 }}
| 1
| {{Percentage | 1 | 86112 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 6
| {{Percentage | 6 | 92759 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 75153 | 2 }}
| 1
| {{Percentage | 1 | 105886 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 86112 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 92759 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 75153 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 105886 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 86112 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 92759 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 75153 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 105886 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 86112 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 92759 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 75153 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 105886 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 86112 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 92759 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 75153 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 105886 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 86112 | 2 }}
|-
! ]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 105886 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 86112 | 2 }}
|-
! Others
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 92759 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 75153 | 2 }}
| 2
| {{Percentage | 2 | 105886 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 86112 | 2 }}
|-
! Total population
! 92,759
! {{Percentage | 92759 | 92759 | 2 }}
! 75,153
! {{Percentage | 75153 | 75153 | 2 }}
! 105,886
! {{Percentage | 105886 | 105886 | 2 }}
! 86,112
! {{Percentage | 86112 | 86112 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
|}


=== Dombki-Kaheri Country Division ===
{|class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Religious groups in the Dombki-Kaheri Country Division of Kalat State (] era)
! rowspan="2" |]<br>group
! colspan="2" |1911<ref name="Census1911B"/>
! colspan="2" |1921<ref name="Census1921B"/>
! colspan="2" |1931<ref name="Census1931B"/>
|- |-
!]
!Tenure||Khan of Kalat <ref name="Naseer Dashti 280"/>
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|-|-
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
|1512–1530||Mir Bijar Khan Mirwani
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|- |-
! ] ]
|1530–1535||Mir Zagar Khan Mirwani
| 20,574
| {{Percentage | 20574 | 23543 | 2 }}
| 16,937
| {{Percentage | 16937 | 19558 | 2 }}
| 24,349
| {{Percentage | 24349 | 26953 | 2 }}
|- |-
! ] ]
|1535–1547||Mir Ibrahim Khan Qambrani (Changed his Royal family name from Mirwani to Qambrani )
| 1,707
| {{Percentage | 1707 | 23543 | 2 }}
| 10
| {{Percentage | 10 | 19558 | 2 }}
| 16
| {{Percentage | 16 | 26953 | 2 }}
|- |-
! ] ]
|1547–1549||Mir Gwahram Khan Qambrani
| 1,262
| {{Percentage | 1262 | 23543 | 2 }}
| 2,611
| {{Percentage | 2611 | 19558 | 2 }}
| 2,588
| {{Percentage | 2588 | 26953 | 2 }}
|- |-
! ] ]
|1549–1569||Mir Hassan Khan Qambrani
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 23543 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 19558 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 26953 | 2 }}
|- |-
! ] ]
|1569–1581||Mir Sanjar Khan Qambrani
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 23543 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 19558 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 26953 | 2 }}
|- |-
! ] ]
|1581–1590||Mir Malook Khan Qambrani
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 23543 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 19558 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 26953 | 2 }}
|- |-
! ] ]
|1590–1601||Mir Qambar Sani Khan Qambrani
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 23543 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 19558 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 26953 | 2 }}
|- |-
! ] ]
|1601–1610||Mir Ahmad Khan Qambrani I
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 23543 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 19558 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 26953 | 2 }}
|- |-
! ]
|1610–1618||Mir Suri Khan Qambrani
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 26953 | 2 }}
|- |-
! Others
|1618–1629||Mir Qaisar Khan Qambrani
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 23543 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 19558 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 26953 | 2 }}
|- |-
! Total population
|1629–1637||Mir Ahmad Sani Khan Qambrani II
! 23,543
! {{Percentage | 23543 | 23543 | 2 }}
! 19,558
! {{Percentage | 19558 | 19558 | 2 }}
! 26,953
! {{Percentage | 26953 | 26953 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="11" | {{small|Note: Much of the Dombki-Kaheri Country division was transferred to the administered areas of Sibi District between the 1931 and 1941 census.}}
|}

=== Makran Division ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Religious groups in the Makran Division of Kalat State (] era)
! rowspan="2" |]<br>group
! colspan="2" |1911<ref name="Census1911B"/>
! colspan="2" |1921<ref name="Census1921B"/>
! colspan="2" |1931<ref name="Census1931B"/>
! colspan="2" |1941<ref name="Census1941B"/>
|- |-
!]
|1637–1647||Mir Altaz Khan Qambrani I
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|- |-
! ] ]
|1647–1656||Mir Kachi Khan Qambrani
| 71,758
| {{Percentage | 71758 | 71942 | 2 }}
| 71,625
| {{Percentage | 71625 | 71860 | 2 }}
| 68,213
| {{Percentage | 68213 | 68462 | 2 }}
| 86,406
| {{Percentage | 86406 | 86651 | 2 }}
|- |-
! ] ]
| 137
| {{Percentage | 137 | 71942 | 2 }}
| 216
| {{Percentage | 216 | 71860 | 2 }}
| 233
| {{Percentage | 233 | 68462 | 2 }}
| 206
| {{Percentage | 206 | 86651 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 40
| {{Percentage | 40 | 71942 | 2 }}
| 11
| {{Percentage | 11 | 71860 | 2 }}
| 11
| {{Percentage | 11 | 68462 | 2 }}
| 20
| {{Percentage | 20 | 86651 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 2
| {{Percentage | 2 | 71942 | 2 }}
| 8
| {{Percentage | 8 | 71860 | 2 }}
| 3
| {{Percentage | 3 | 68462 | 2 }}
| 17
| {{Percentage | 17 | 86651 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 4
| {{Percentage | 4 | 71942 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 71860 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 68462 | 2 }}
| 1
| {{Percentage | 1 | 86651 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 1
| {{Percentage | 1 | 71942 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 71860 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 68462 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 86651 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 71942 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 71860 | 2 }}
| 2
| {{Percentage | 2 | 68462 | 2 }}
| 1
| {{Percentage | 1 | 86651 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 71942 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 71860 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 68462 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 86651 | 2 }}
|-
! ]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 68462 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 86651 | 2 }}
|-
! Others
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 71942 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 71860 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 68462 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 86651 | 2 }}
|-
! Total population
! 71,942
! {{Percentage | 71942 | 71942 | 2 }}
! 71,860
! {{Percentage | 71860 | 71860 | 2 }}
! 68,462
! {{Percentage | 68462 | 68462 | 2 }}
! 86,651
! {{Percentage | 86651 | 86651 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
|}

=== Kharan Division ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Religious groups in the Kharan Division of Kalat State (] era)
! rowspan="2" |]<br>group
! colspan="2" |1911<ref name="Census1911B"/>
! colspan="2" |1921<ref name="Census1921B"/>
! colspan="2" |1931<ref name="Census1931B"/>
|-
!]
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|-
! ] ]
| 22,611
| {{Percentage | 22611 | 22663 | 2 }}
| 27,682
| {{Percentage | 27682 | 27738 | 2 }}
| 23,318
| {{Percentage | 23318 | 23358 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 52
| {{Percentage | 52 | 22663 | 2 }}
| 56
| {{Percentage | 56 | 27738 | 2 }}
| 40
| {{Percentage | 40 | 23358 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 22663 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 27738 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 23358 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 22663 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 27738 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 23358 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 22663 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 27738 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 23358 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 22663 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 27738 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 23358 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 22663 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 27738 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 23358 | 2 }}
|-
! ] ]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 22663 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 27738 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 23358 | 2 }}
|-
! ]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 23358 | 2 }}
|-
! Others
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 22663 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 27738 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 23358 | 2 }}
|-
! Total population
! 22,663
! {{Percentage | 22663 | 22663 | 2 }}
! 27,738
! {{Percentage | 27738 | 27738 | 2 }}
! 23,358
! {{Percentage | 23358 | 23358 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="11" | {{small|Note: The Kharan division was divided from the Kalat princely state between the 1931 and 1941 censuses to become a separate princely state.}}
|}

== Rulers of Kalat ==

The rulers of Kalat at first held the title of ] but in 1739 also took the title of (Begler Begi Khan), usually shortened to Khan. The last '''Khan of Kalat''' ({{langx|bal|خان قلات}}) had the privilege of being the President of the Council of Rulers for the ]. They also had the title of ].

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Tenure||Khan of Kalat <ref name="Naseer Dashti 280"/>
|-|-
|1656–1666||Mir Altaz Sani Khan Qambrani II |1656–1666||Mir Altaz Sani Khan Qambrani II
|- |-
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|1731–1749||Mir Muhabbat Khan Ahmadzai |1731–1749||Mir Muhabbat Khan Ahmadzai
|- |-
|1749–1794|| Mir Muhammad Nasir Khan I Ahmadzai |1749–1794|| ]
|- |-
|1794–1817||Mir Mahmud Khan I Ahmadzai |1794–1817||Mir Mahmud Khan I Ahmadzai
|- |-
|1817 – 13 November 1839|| ] |1817–1839|| ]
|- |-
|1839–1841||Mir Shah Nawaz Khan Ahmadzai |1839–1841||Mir Shah Nawaz Khan Ahmadzai
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|1841–1857|| Mir Nasir Khan II Ahmadzai |1841–1857|| Mir Nasir Khan II Ahmadzai
|- |-
|1857 – March 1863|| Khudadad Khan Ahmadzai (1st time) |1857–1863|| Khudadad Khan Ahmadzai (1st time)
|- |-
|March 1863 – May 1864||Mir Sherdil Khan Ahmadzai (usurped throne) |1863–1864||Mir Sherdil Khan Ahmadzai (usurped throne)
|- |-
|May 1864 – 15 August 1893||Mir Khudadad Khan (2nd time) |1864–1893||Mir Khudadad Khan (2nd time)
|- |-
|10 November 1893 – 3 November 1931||Mir Mahmud Khan II Ahmadzai |1893–1931||Mir Mahmud Khan II Ahmadzai
|- |-
|3 November 1931 – 10 September 1933||Mir Mohammad Azam Jan Khan Ahmadzai |1931–1933||Mir Mohammad Azam Jan Khan Ahmadzai
|- |-
|10 September 1933 – 14 October 1955|| ] Ahmadzai (1st time);<br /> declared independent on 12 August 1947; agreed to accede to Pakistan on 27 March 1948 |1933–1955|| ] (Mir Ahmad Yar Khan Ahmadzai);<br /> declared independent on 12 August 1947; ] to Pakistan on 27 March 1948, while keeping internal self-government
|- |-
|14 October 1955||State of Kalat merged into ] of West Pakistan<ref>{{citation |last=Siddiqi |first=Farhan Hanif |title=The Politics of Ethnicity in Pakistan: The Baloch, Sindhi and Mohajir Ethnic Movements |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tDb6i9x1FKgC&pg=PA59 |year=2012 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-68614-3 |page=62}}</ref> |14 October 1955||State of Kalat merged into ] of West Pakistan{{sfn|Siddiqi|2012|p=62}}
|- |-
|20 June 1958 – 1979|| Mir Ahmad Yar Khan Ahmadzai |1955–1979|| Mir Ahmad Yar Khan Ahmadzai (titular)
|- |-
|1979–1998||Mir Dawood Jan Ahmadzai |1979–1998||Mir Dawood Jan Ahmadzai (titular)
|- |-
|1998–2006||] |1998–2006||] (titular)
|- |-
|2006–present||Prince Mir Mohammad Khan Ahmadzai |2006–present||Prince Mir Mohammad Khan Ahmadzai (titular)
|- |-
|} |}
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== Further reading == == Further reading ==
* {{EI3|last=Axmann|first=Martin|title=Kalāt, khānate of|year=2019|url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-3/kalat-khanate-of-COM_32943?s.num=28&s.f.s2_parent=s.f.book.encyclopaedia-of-islam-3&s.start=20&s.q=dynasty+india}} * {{EI3|last=Axmann|first=Martin|title=Kalāt, khānate of|year=2019|url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-3/kalat-khanate-of-COM_32943?s.num=28&s.f.s2_parent=s.f.book.encyclopaedia-of-islam-3&s.start=20&s.q=dynasty+india}}
* {{Cite book|last=Breseeg|first=Taj Mohammad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cw0DHAAACAAJ|title=Baloch Nationalism: Its Origin and Development|date=2004|publisher=Royal Book Company|isbn=978-969-407-309-5|pages=|language=English}}
* {{citation |last=Siddiqi |first=Farhan Hanif |title=The Politics of Ethnicity in Pakistan: The Baloch, Sindhi and Mohajir Ethnic Movements |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tDb6i9x1FKgC |year=2012 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-68614-3}} * {{citation |last=Siddiqi |first=Farhan Hanif |title=The Politics of Ethnicity in Pakistan: The Baloch, Sindhi and Mohajir Ethnic Movements |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tDb6i9x1FKgC |year=2012 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-68614-3}}


== External links == == External links ==
* Swidler, N. (1972) " {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731141434/http://www.scribd.com/doc/15573274/The-Development-of-the-Kalat-Khanate |date=31 July 2013 }}" ''Journal of Asian and African Studies'' 7: pp.&nbsp;115–21 * Swidler, N. (1972) " {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731141434/http://www.scribd.com/doc/15573274/The-Development-of-the-Kalat-Khanate |date=31 July 2013 }}" ''Journal of Asian and African Studies'' 7: pp.&nbsp;115–21
* Swidler, N. (1992). {{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. ''American Ethnologist'', 19(3), 553–570
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State in Balochistan, present day Pakistan

Khanate of Kalatکلاتءِ ھانات ، خانات کلات
1666–1955
Flag of Kalat Flag
Balochistan in the year 1789, including the Khanate of Kalat and states that are under its suzerainty.Balochistan in the year 1789, including the Khanate of Kalat and states that are under its suzerainty.
Khanate of Kalat (dark green) in Baluchistan Agency (1931)Khanate of Kalat (dark green) in Baluchistan Agency (1931)
StatusKhanate
CapitalKalat
Common languagesBrahui, Balochi, Persian (administration), Jatki, Dehwari
Religion
GovernmentHereditary monarchy
• Khan Ahmad Yar Khan
Historical eraEarly Modern Period
• Established 1666
• Disestablished 1955
Area
1835560,000 km (220,000 sq mi)
1940139,850 km (54,000 sq mi)
Preceded by Succeeded by
Mughal Empire
Afsharid Iran
Balochistan States Union
Qajar Iran
Emirate of Afghanistan
Today part ofPakistan
Iran
Afghanistan
State emblem of Pakistan
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Other subdivisions

The Khanate of Kalat, also known as the Brahui Confederacy, was a Brahui Khanate that originated in the modern-day Kalat region of Pakistan. Formed in 1666 due to the threat of Mughal expansion in the region, it controlled the wider Balochistan at its greatest extent in the mid-18th century, extending from Kerman in the west to Sindh in the east and from Helmand River in the north to the Arabian Sea in the south.

The Khanate of Kalat lost considerable area to Qajar Iran and the Emirate of Afghanistan in the early 19th century, and the city of Kalat was itself sacked by the British in 1839. Kalat became a self-governing state in a subsidiary alliance with British India after the signature of the Treaty of Kalat by the Khan of Kalat and the Brahui Sardars in 1875, and the supervision of Kalat became a task of the Baluchistan Agency. Kalat was briefly independent from 12 August 1947 until 27 March 1948, when its ruler Ahmad Yar Khan acceded to Pakistan, making it one of the Princely states of Pakistan.

Origins

The Khanate of Kalat was the first unified polity to emerge in the history of Balochistan. It took birth from the confederacy of nomadic Brahui tribes native to Brahuistan in 1666 which under Mir Ahmad Khan I declared independence from the Mughal suzerainty and slowly absorbed the Baloch principalities in the region.

History

Background

According to Brahui traditions, Kalat was ruled by a Hindu ruler named Sewa when they first conquered it. Historically, the regions surrounding Kalat were part of the Mughal province of Kandahar during 17th century. During the reign of Shah Jahan, Mughal expansion reached its high point, and caused the emergence for the first time a strong, unified "Brahui Confederacy" or the Khanate of Kalat.

Establishment

The first ruler of the Brahui Confederacy was Mir Ahmad Khan I (r.1666–1695). He was strong enough to capture Quetta, Mastung, and Pishin from the Mughal governor at Kandahar. He spent his life fighting the Afghans and Kalhoras of Sindh, and became an ally of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. During the reign of his successor, Mir Samandar Khan (r.1697–1714), a Safavid army under Tahmasb Beg invaded western Balochistan. Safavids were defeated, and Tahmasb was killed. Samandar Khan was rewarded by Mughals with the gift of port of Karachi.

Under Mir Abdullah Khan I (r.1714–34), the state expanded from Upper Sindh and Kandahar to Persia till the port of Bandar Abbas. He was later killed while fighting against allied army of Hussain Hotak of Hotak dynasty and Kalhoras in 1734. His son and successor, Mir Mehrab Khan (r.1734–1749), was given the region of Kacchi, then under Kalhoras, by Nader Shah as blood compensation of his father.

The Khanate reached its peak during the reign of Mir Nasir Khan I (r.1749–94), who had unified the Kalat region and conquered cities of Khash, Bampur, Qasr-e Qand and Zahedan in the Iranian Balochistan. Since 1748, Kalat was a vassal state of Durrani Empire, and assisted in the campaigns of Ahmad Shah such as in the Durrani Campaign to Khorasan. However, in 1758 Mir Nasir Khan I revolted against Ahmad Shah. The Afghans were dispatched under Shah Wali Khan to Kalat, but were defeated. As a result, Ahmad Shah marched himself with an army and defeated the Baluch armies in battle.

Ahmad Shah laid siege to Kalat for over 40 days, and attempted to storm it, however it was unsuccessful. In the ensuing 1758 treaty of Kalat, the exact agreements are disputed. Some sources state that the Khanate of Kalat attained a sovereign status. According to some other accounts, Mir Nasir Khan had recognized suzerainty of Ahmad Shah, who guaranteed non-interference in the matters of Kalat. Nevertheless, Kalat did not pay any tribute to Durrani Empire thereafter, and provided military contingents in exchange of money only. Following the collapse of the Durranis, any trace of Afghan influence over Kalat ended after the death of Sher Dil Khan, the ruler of the Principality of Qandahar, in 1826.

Mir Nasir Khan, known to the Brahuis as "The Great", undertook 25 military campaigns during his reign, and forced the Talpur dynasty of Sindh to pay tribute. He was the first Khan of Kalat to establish a centralized bureaucracy and issue own currency. He established the office of Grand Vizier to look after the affairs of the state, as well as a standing army. He had also established diplomatic relations with Ottoman Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and Sultanate of Oman. In 1784, he gave refuge to the future Sultan of Oman, Sultan bin Ahmad, and gifted him the port of Gwadar. Gwadar continued to be part of Sultanate of Oman until it was purchased by Pakistan in 1958. Due to his achievements, he is considered a central figure and hero among Brahuis as well as Balochs.

Decline

Palace of Mir Khudadad, Khan of Kalat.

The Khanate of Kalat declined in the early 19th century, losing much of its territory to Qajar Iran and Emirate of Afghanistan. The internal weakness of the state forced Khan of Kalat to sign the Treaty of Kalat (1876) with the British Agent Robert Sandeman in the late 19th century. Parts of the state to the north and northeast were leased or ceded to form the province of British Baluchistan, which later gained the status of a Chief Commissioners province. The Iran–Kalat Border was demarcated in 1896, and the former territories of Kalat Khanate now form part of Iranian province of Sistan and Balochistan.

Accession

The political centralization of the Khanate of Kalat failed to survive through the colonial era and did not lead to the standardization of the Baloch language. However, with the withdrawal of the British from the Indian subcontinent in 1947, the Indian Independence Act provided that the princely states which had existed alongside but outside British India were released from all their subsidiary alliances and other treaty obligations. The rulers were left to decide whether to accede to one of the newly independent states of India or Pakistan (both formed initially from the British possessions) or to remain independent outside both. As stated by Sardar Patel, "On the lapse of Paramountcy every Indian State became a separate independent entity."

The Instruments of Accession made available for the rulers to sign transferred only limited powers, namely external relations, defence, and communications. The Shahi Jirga of Baluchistan and the non-official members of the Quetta Municipality, according to Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, stated their wish to join Pakistan on 29 June 1947; however, according to the political scientist Rafi Sheikh, the Shahi Jirga was stripped of its members from the Kalat State prior to the vote.

Kalat remained fully independent from 15 August 1947 until 27 March 1948, when its ruler, Ahmad Yar Khan (1904–1979), finally acceded to Pakistan, becoming the last of the rulers to do so. Show elections were held during this period and a bicameral parliament was established. On the night of 27 March, All India Radio carried a story about Yar Khan approaching India with an unsuccessful request for accession in around February. The next morning, Yar Khan put out a public broadcast rejecting its veracity and declaring an immediate accession to Pakistan — all remaining differences were to be placed before Jinnah, whose decision would be binding.

Dushka H. Saiyid emphasizes that Yar Khan lost all of his bargaining chips with the accession of Kharan, Las Bela, and Makran, leaving Kalat as an island. Salman Rafi Sheikh largely concurs with Saiyid's assessment: multiple other Kalat sardars were preparing to accede to Pakistan and Yar Khan would have hardly any territory left, if he did not accede.

On 3 October 1952, the state of Kalat entered into the Baluchistan States Union with three neighbouring states, Kharan, Las Bela, and Makran, with Yar Khan of Kalat at the head of the Union with the title of Khan-e-Azam. The Khanate came to an end on 14 October 1955, when it was incorporated into West Pakistan.

Geography

The Khanate of Kalat covered the area of 139,850 km (53,995 sq mi). The territories of the Khanate of Kalat flactuated throughout its history. At the time of death of Mir Nasir Khan I in 1794, it comprised the Iranian province of Sistan and Balochistan, parts of Sindh and Afghan Balochistan as far as the Helmand river. Significantly reduced in the late 19th century, the princely state of Kalat occupied the central part of the territory of modern-day Balochistan province in Pakistan. To the north was the Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province), part of British India.

Administration

Kalat state was divided into following sub-divisions:

  • Jhalawan, an ethnic Brahui subdivision, headed by the chief nawab of the Zehri tribe, known as Chief of Jhalawan.
  • Kacchi, an ethnic Sindhi subdivision, in which various tribes had their own tribal lands under the Khan of Kalat.
  • Sarawan, an ethnic Baloch subdivision, headed by chief nawab of Raisani tribe, called Chief of Sarawan.

Demographics

Religious groups in Kalat State (British Baluchistan era)
Religious
group
1901 1911 1921 1931 1941
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam 393,667 96.61% 345,906 96.33% 316,985 96.56% 331,234 96.82% 245,208 96.8%
Hinduism 13,780 3.38% 10,102 2.81% 11,205 3.41% 10,806 3.16% 7,971 3.15%
Sikhism 25 0.01% 3,022 0.84% 78 0.02% 42 0.01% 79 0.03%
Christianity 0 0% 51 0.01% 13 0% 15 0% 45 0.02%
Zoroastrianism 0 0% 4 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 0%
Judaism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 2 0% 1 0%
Jainism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Buddhism 1 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Tribal 0 0% 0 0%
Others 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 2 0% 0 0%
Total population 407,472 100% 359,086 100% 328,281 100% 342,101 100% 253,305 100%
Note: 1901-1931: Including the divisions of Sarawan, Jhalawan, Kachhi, Dombki-Kaheri Country, Makran, and Kharan.

1941: Including the divisions of Sarawan, Jhalawan, Kachhi, and Makran.

Sarawan Division

Religious groups in the Sarawan Division of Kalat State (British Baluchistan era)
Religious
group
1911 1921 1931 1941
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam 62,660 98.24% 53,304 98.23% 27,722 97.39% 27,592 97.6%
Hinduism 1,003 1.57% 896 1.65% 729 2.56% 592 2.09%
Sikhism 113 0.18% 60 0.11% 10 0.04% 61 0.22%
Christianity 5 0.01% 2 0% 3 0.01% 25 0.09%
Zoroastrianism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Judaism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Jainism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Buddhism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Tribal 0 0% 0 0%
Others 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Total population 63,781 100% 54,262 100% 28,464 100% 28,270 100%

Jhalawan Division

Religious groups in the Jhalawan Division of Kalat State (British Baluchistan era)
Religious
group
1911 1921 1931 1941
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam 83,914 99.43% 79,293 99.48% 88,780 99.78% 52,194 99.85%
Hinduism 472 0.56% 417 0.52% 197 0.22% 78 0.15%
Sikhism 12 0.01% 0 0% 1 0% 0 0%
Christianity 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Zoroastrianism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Judaism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Jainism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Buddhism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Tribal 0 0% 0 0%
Others 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Total population 84,398 100% 79,710 100% 88,978 100% 52,272 100%

Kachhi Division

Religious groups in the Kachhi Division of Kalat State (British Baluchistan era)
Religious
group
1911 1921 1931 1941
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam 84,389 90.98% 68,144 90.67% 98,852 93.36% 79,016 91.76%
Hinduism 7,176 7.74% 7,009 9.33% 7,019 6.63% 7,095 8.24%
Sikhism 1,188 1.28% 0 0% 12 0.01% 1 0%
Christianity 6 0.01% 0 0% 1 0% 0 0%
Zoroastrianism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Judaism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Jainism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Buddhism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Tribal 0 0% 0 0%
Others 0 0% 0 0% 2 0% 0 0%
Total population 92,759 100% 75,153 100% 105,886 100% 86,112 100%

Dombki-Kaheri Country Division

Religious groups in the Dombki-Kaheri Country Division of Kalat State (British Baluchistan era)
Religious
group
1911 1921 1931
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam 20,574 87.39% 16,937 86.6% 24,349 90.34%
Sikhism 1,707 7.25% 10 0.05% 16 0.06%
Hinduism 1,262 5.36% 2,611 13.35% 2,588 9.6%
Christianity 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Zoroastrianism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Judaism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Jainism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Buddhism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Tribal 0 0%
Others 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Total population 23,543 100% 19,558 100% 26,953 100%
Note: Much of the Dombki-Kaheri Country division was transferred to the administered areas of Sibi District between the 1931 and 1941 census.

Makran Division

Religious groups in the Makran Division of Kalat State (British Baluchistan era)
Religious
group
1911 1921 1931 1941
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam 71,758 99.74% 71,625 99.67% 68,213 99.64% 86,406 99.72%
Hinduism 137 0.19% 216 0.3% 233 0.34% 206 0.24%
Christianity 40 0.06% 11 0.02% 11 0.02% 20 0.02%
Sikhism 2 0% 8 0.01% 3 0% 17 0.02%
Zoroastrianism 4 0.01% 0 0% 0 0% 1 0%
Buddhism 1 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Judaism 0 0% 0 0% 2 0% 1 0%
Jainism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Tribal 0 0% 0 0%
Others 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Total population 71,942 100% 71,860 100% 68,462 100% 86,651 100%

Kharan Division

Religious groups in the Kharan Division of Kalat State (British Baluchistan era)
Religious
group
1911 1921 1931
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam 22,611 99.77% 27,682 99.8% 23,318 99.83%
Hinduism 52 0.23% 56 0.2% 40 0.17%
Sikhism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Christianity 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Zoroastrianism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Judaism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Jainism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Buddhism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Tribal 0 0%
Others 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Total population 22,663 100% 27,738 100% 23,358 100%
Note: The Kharan division was divided from the Kalat princely state between the 1931 and 1941 censuses to become a separate princely state.

Rulers of Kalat

The rulers of Kalat at first held the title of Wali but in 1739 also took the title of (Begler Begi Khan), usually shortened to Khan. The last Khan of Kalat (Balochi: خان قلات) had the privilege of being the President of the Council of Rulers for the Baluchistan States Union. They also had the title of beylerbey.

Tenure Khan of Kalat
1656–1666 Mir Altaz Sani Khan Qambrani II
1666–1695 Mir Ahmad I Khan Qambrani III (Changed his Royal family name from Qambrani to Ahmadzai )
1695–1697 Mir Mehrab Khan Ahmadzai I
1697–1714 Mir Samandar Khan Ahmadzai
1714–1716 Mir Ahmad II Khan Ahmadzai
1716–1731 Mir Abdullah Khan Ahmadzai
1731–1749 Mir Muhabbat Khan Ahmadzai
1749–1794 Mir Muhammad Nasir Khan I Ahmadzai
1794–1817 Mir Mahmud Khan I Ahmadzai
1817–1839 Mir Mehrab Khan Ahmadzai II
1839–1841 Mir Shah Nawaz Khan Ahmadzai
1841–1857 Mir Nasir Khan II Ahmadzai
1857–1863 Khudadad Khan Ahmadzai (1st time)
1863–1864 Mir Sherdil Khan Ahmadzai (usurped throne)
1864–1893 Mir Khudadad Khan (2nd time)
1893–1931 Mir Mahmud Khan II Ahmadzai
1931–1933 Mir Mohammad Azam Jan Khan Ahmadzai
1933–1955 Ahmad of Kalat (Mir Ahmad Yar Khan Ahmadzai);
declared independent on 12 August 1947; acceded to Pakistan on 27 March 1948, while keeping internal self-government
14 October 1955 State of Kalat merged into One Unit of West Pakistan
1955–1979 Mir Ahmad Yar Khan Ahmadzai (titular)
1979–1998 Mir Dawood Jan Ahmadzai (titular)
1998–2006 Mir Agha Sulaiman Jan Ahmadzai (titular)
2006–present Prince Mir Mohammad Khan Ahmadzai (titular)

See also

Notes

References

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  10. Breseeg 2004, p.120: However, the Afghan attitude towards the Khan provoked Mir Nasir Khan to declare the complete independence of Kalat in 1758. As a result, the Afghan forces under the command of Ahmad Shah himself invaded Balochistan and besieged the Kalat fortress for forty days. Ultimately they came to an amicable agreement and the Afghan troops were withdrawn. The agreement known as the “Treaty of Kalat” (1758), recognised the sovereign status of Balochistan..
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  14. Lee, Jonathan (2019). Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present. Reaktion Books. p. 126. ISBN 9781789140101. Following the loss of the Punjab, Nasir Khan, beglar begi of Kalat, convinced that these defeats marked the beginning of the end of Durrani power, declared independence. Sardar Shah Wali Khan was sent to put down the revolt, but when he was defeated Ahmad Shah set out in person to deal with the troublesome governor. He eventually defeated the Baluch army but was unable to take Kalat by storm. Instead, he agreed to allow Nasir Khan to remain as governor of Kalat in return for his resubmission to Durrani sovereignty
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  16. Hasan Dani, Ahmad (2003). History of Civilizations of Central Asia: Development in contrast : from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. UNESCO. p. 289. ISBN 9789231038761. Nasir Khan had accompanied Ahmad Shah in three campaigns in India and is said to have performed his duties well and loyally. But in 1758, on hearing the Marathas had conquered Punjab and ousted the Afghans from that province, he declared his independence. In the summer of 1758, Ahmad Shah advanced into Baluchistan. He met considerable resistance. According to a local chronicle, the small fortress of Kalat detained the Shah for 40 days. Ultimately, Nasir Khan was forced to submit. He was allowed his domains on condition he acknowledged the shah's sovereignty and furnished contingents for his campaigns. The Baluch chief was exempted from the annual tax and tribute.
  17. Siddiqi 2012, p. 53: "However, in 1758, he declared independence which caused the Afghan-Baloch war. Though the Baloch were successful in the initial stages of the conflict, Ahmad Shah Abdali and his forces were able to subdue the Khan by invading Kalat".
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