Khan of Kalat or Khan-e-Qalat (Balochi: خان قلات) is the title of former rulers of State of Kalat. Kalat state is now part of Balochistan, Pakistan. The rulers in Kalat were always subject to the political authority of a larger state, after the Mongol invasion they were subject to the Mughal emperors in Delhi, then to the rulers in Kandahar,[1] after 1839 to the British, and finally to the Pakistan government.
The rulers of Kalat held the title of Vali originally but in 1739 also took the title (Begler Begi) Khan usually shortened to Khan. The last Khan of Kalat had the privilege of being the President of the Council of Rulers for the Baluchistan States Union.
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The Khans of Kalat were founded by a Brahui[2] hill chieftain named Kumbar (or Kambur).[3][4] His tribe was hired by Sehwa, the Raja of Kalat, a Hindu princely state, to protect against marauding tribes from the Multan, Shikarpur and Upper Sind areas.[4] Kumbar and his troops successfully repressed the incursion, but afterward, they deposed the raja and Kumbar became the first Vali.[3]
Tenure | Khan of Kalat[1] |
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1666–1667 | Mir Ahmad I |
1695–1696 | Mir Mehrab |
1697–1713 | Samandar Khan |
1713–1714 | Mir Ahmad II |
1715–1730 | Mir Abdullah |
1730–1749 | Mir Muhabbat |
1749–1794 | Muhammad Nasir Khan I, son of Abdullah[5] |
1794–1831 | Mahmud Khan I |
1831 – 13 November 1839 | Mehrab Khan II |
1839–1840 | Shah Nawaz Khan |
1840–1857 | Nasir Khan II, son of Nasir Khan I[6] |
1857 – March 1863 | Khudadad Khan (1st time) during his period of rule, there were seven major and many minor rebellion took place. |
March 1863 – May 1864 | Sherdil Khan (usurped throne) |
May 1864 – 15 August 1893 | Khudadad Khan (2nd time) |
10 November 1893 – 3 November 1931 | Mahmud Khan II |
3 November 1931 – 10 September 1933 | Mohammad Azam Jan Khan |
10 September 1933 – 14 October 1955 | Ahmad Yar Khan (1st time) |
20 June 1958 – 1958 | Ahmad Yar Khan (2nd time)(in rebellion) |
14 October 1955 | State of Kalat acceded to Pakistan |