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The Khanate of Kalat, also known as the Brahui Confederacy, [2] 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, [3] [4] it controlled the wider Balochistan at its greatest extent in the mid-18th century, [2] extending from Kerman in the west to Sindh in the east and from Helmand River in the ...
The town of Kalat is the headquarter of Kalat District and is known locally as Kalat-e-Brahui and Kalat-e-Sewa. [4] Qalat, formerly Qilat, is located roughly in the center of the Balochistan province, It was the capital of the Kalat Khanate. The Khan of Kalat is presently a ceremonial title held by Mir Suleman Dawood Jan, and the Pakistan ...
Moreover, Kalat's Prime Minister was an Indian Government deputy who did not answer to the khan. [30] In 1933 Ahmad Yar Khan became the Kalat's ruler with an insecure place in the Baluch-Brahui confederacy. [28] To obtain complete control of Kalat, he requested the Government of India to restore his authority.
Mir Muhammad Nasir Khan I Ahmadzai (Balochi: میر محمد نصیر خان اول احمد زئی) was the Khan of Kalat between 1749 and 1794. Considered greatest of the Khans of Kalat, his reign was marked by maximum expansion of the state as well as political consolidation of the Khanate of Kalat.
Today most of Brahuistan, with the exception of Nushki, is part of Kalat Division. According to the 2023 Census of Pakistan, the districts of Khuzdar, Nushki, Kalat, Mastung and Surab have Brahui majority. Kalat Division, which consists of most of the former state of Kalat, is the only Brahui-majority division of Balochistan. [4]
Dynasty/State Land area Today part of Period 1 Abbasid Caliphate: 11.1m² Km ... Khanate of Kalat (1666–1955) India. Ghaznavids (1000–1030) Ghurids (1192–1206)
Brahui lore, which speaks of a migration from Syria to Kalat followed by the overthrow of one Sewa dynasty, is a piecemeal borrowing from Baloch traditions; historical ballads, etc., are nonexistent in the language. [2] Thus, says Elfenbein, reconstructions of Brahui pre-history can only depend on linguistics and genetics. [2]
The Hindu Sewa Dynasty ruled parts of Balochistan, chiefly Kalat. [24] [25] The Sibi Division, which was carved out of Quetta Division and Kalat Division in 1974, derives its name from Rani Sewi, the queen of the Sewa dynasty. [26] Map of independent Balochistan under the Brahui Kalat Khanate in 1730.