Barkhan District
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Barkhan بارکھان تحصیل |
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| District / Tehsil | |
 Barkhan
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| Coordinates: 29°32′N 69°19′E / 29.54°N 69.31°ECoordinates: 29°32′N 69°19′E / 29.54°N 69.31°E | |
| Country |
 Pakistan
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| Province | Balochistan |
| District Status | 31st December, 1991 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Administrative |
| • MPA / Tribe Leader | Sardar Abdur Rehman Khetran |
| • District Coordination Officer | Mehboob Shahwani |
| • Mayor | Wadera Amir Muhammad |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,514 km2 (1,316 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,098 m (3,602 ft) |
| Population (1998) | |
| • Total | 103,545 |
| Demonym(s) | Khetran |
| Time zone | PKT (UTC+5) |
| Postal code | 84400 |
| Dialling code | 0829 |
Barkhan (Urdu: بارکھان, 
pronunciation is a district in the Pakistani province of Balochistan. It shares its borders with the province of Punjab to the east and the Balochistan districts of Dera Bugti to the south, Kohlu to the west, Loralai to the north-west and Musakhel to the north. The district's headquarters is the town of Barkhan. It was granted the status of a separate district on 31 December 1991, prior to which it was a tehsil within Loralai District.
The early history of District Barkhan is obscure, but it is said that this area remained under Muslim rulers and conquerors of Kandahar and India.
The Khetrans country was one of the sub-districts of Sewistan and of the Hind Province of Tatta. In Akbar's time it was called Janjah. Khetran is a Baloch tribe. Mir Girazo Khan Mazarani Baloch was first sardar of the Khetrans. He was succeeded by his son Bakhtiar Khan, who was succeeded by Mir Haji Khan, whose rule is memorable among the Khetrans for a defeat which he inflicted on the Zhob Kakars. Mir Haji Khan was succeeded by a few nominal chiefs. Mir Haji Khan was a strong man and the Khetrans prospered under him. He also took revenge on the defeat of the Khetrans from Marris by destroying the fort at Mawand of Karam Khan Bijrani Marri. Haji Khan died, leaving three sons: Umar Khan, Nawab Khan and Balu Khan. Yet he was succeeded by his brother Sayed Khan, who was elected by the Khetrans. He too died, leaving three sons: Dost Muhammad, Sorni Khan and Kadir Bakhsh. Syed Khan was succeeded by his brother Balul Khan. Babul Khan was however opposed by Nawab Khan and Kadir Bakhsh. Kadir Bakhsh went to the Marris and gave his stepmother in marriage to Gazan, the Marri Chief and led Marris Lashkar against the Khetrans, who lost a lot of lives and property during the fights. Sir Rober Sandeman (then Deputy Commissioner, D.G. Khan), however, intervened and made peace between Kadir Bakhsh and Babul Khan
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