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Khanate of Kalat
1666–1955 state in Balochistan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Khanate of Kalat 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 north to the Arabian Sea in the south.[5] The Khanate of Kalat lost considerable area to Qajar Iran and the Emirate of Afghanistan in the early 19th century,[2] and the city of Kalat was itself sacked by the British in 1839.
Khanate of Kalat کلاتءِ ھانات ، خانات کلات | |||||||||||||||
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1666–1955 | |||||||||||||||
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![]() 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) | |||||||||||||||
Status | Khanate | ||||||||||||||
Capital | Kalat | ||||||||||||||
Court language | Persian[1] | ||||||||||||||
Spoken languages | Brahui (dynastic), Balochi, Jatki, Dehwari | ||||||||||||||
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Government | Hereditary monarchy | ||||||||||||||
• Khan | Ahmad Yar Khan | ||||||||||||||
Historical era | Early Modern Period | ||||||||||||||
• Established | 1666 | ||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1955 | ||||||||||||||
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1835 | 560,000 km2 (220,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
1940 | 139,850 km2 (54,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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Today part of | Pakistan Iran[2] Afghanistan[2] |
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.[6] 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.