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Khanate of Kalat

Kalat
Subdivision Khanate within the Mughal Empire and Durrani Empire,
Princely state of the British Raj and of Pakistan
1666–14 October 1955

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Location of Kalat
Map of Pakistan with Kalat highlighted
Capital Kalat
History
 •  Established 1666
 •  Disestablished 14 October 1955
Area 91,909 km2(35,486 sq mi)
Today part of Balochistan, Pakistan
Government of Balochistan

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The Khanate of Kalat (Balochi: خانات ءِ قلات‎‎) was a princely state that existed from 1666 to 1955 in the centre of the modern-day province of Balochistan, Pakistan. Prior to that they were subjects of Mughal emperor Akbar. Ahmedzai Brahui khan ruled the state independently until 1839, when it became a self-governing state in a subsidiary alliance with British India. After the signature of the Treaty of Mastung by the Khan of Kalat and the Baloch Sardars in 1876, Kalat became part of the Baluchistan Agency. It was briefly independent from August 1947 till March 1948, when its khan acceded his state to the new Dominion of Pakistan. It remained a princely state of Pakistan until 1955, when it was incorporated into the country.

The state capital was the town of Kalat. The Khan of Kalat, Mir Suleiman Ahmedzai, has said that pro-Independence Baloch leaders will approach India, Iran and Afghanistan for help in gaining independence from Pakistan’s repressive rule.

The Khanate of Kalat occupied the central part of the territory of modern-day Balochistan province in Pakistan. To the north was Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province).


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