Khan of Kalat

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His Highness the Khan of Kalat and Sons

Khan of Kalat or Khan-e-Qalat (Balochi: خان قلات) is the title of former rulers of State of Kalat. Kalat state or Balochistan, is now part of 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.

History

The Khans of Kalat were founded by a Baloch[2] hill chieftain named Qambar (or Qumbar).[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 Qambar became the first Vali.[3]


TenureKhan of Kalat[1]
1666–1667Mir Ahmad I
1695–1696Mir Mehrab
1697–1713Samandar Khan
1713–1714Mir Ahmad II
1715–1730Mir Abdullah
1730–1749Mir Muhabbat
1749–1794Muhammad Nasir Khan I, son of Abdullah[5]
1794–1831Mahmud Khan I
1831 – 13 November 1839Mehrab Khan II
1839–1840Shah Nawaz Khan
1840–1857Nasir Khan II, son of Nasir Khan I[6]
1857 – March 1863Khudadad Khan (1st time) during his period of rule, there were seven major and many minor rebellion took place.
March 1863 – May 1864Sherdil Khan (usurped throne)
May 1864 – 15 August 1893Khudadad Khan (2nd time)
10 November 1893 – 3 November 1931Mahmud Khan II
3 November 1931 – 10 September 1933Mohammad Azam Jan Khan
10 September 1933 – 14 October 1955Ahmad Yar Khan (1st time)
20 June 1958 – 1958Ahmad Yar Khan (2nd time)(in rebellion)
14 October 1955State of Kalat acceded to Pakistan

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Baluchistan" Imperial Gazetter of India Vol. 6, p. 277, from the Digital South Asia Library, accessed 15 January 2009
  2. ↑ Qambar gave his name to the Qambarani branch of the Baloch, just as Ahmed I gave his name to the Ahmedzai branch of the Qambrani, Balfour, Edward (1885) "India, Its Balochistan neighbours" The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial and Scientific Vol. II H-NYSA (3rd ed.) Bernard Quaritch, London, p. 195, accessed 15 January 2009
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Keltie, J. Scott (ed.) (1902) Statistical and historical annual of the states of the world for the year 1902 Macmillian and Co., London p. 172, accessed 15 January 2009
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Balfour, Edward (1885) "India, Its Baluchistan neighbours" The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial and Scientific Vol. II H-NYSA (3rd ed.) Bernard Quaritch, London, p. 191, accessed 15 January 2009
  5. ↑ Nasir Khan was appointed to his father's lands by Ahmad Shah Durrani, Keltie, J. Scott (ed.) (1902) Statistical and historical annual of the states of the world for the year 1902 Macmillian and Co., London p. 173, accessed 15 January 2009
  6. ↑ The British recognized Nasir Khan II in 1841, Keltie, J. Scott (ed.) (1902) Statistical and historical annual of the states of the world for the year 1902 Macmillian and Co., London p. 173, accessed 15 January 2009

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