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Khanate of Kalat
Origins
Around 1666 the Ahmadzai chief Mir Ahmad Khan I established a Brahui-led confederacy based at Kalat, in the highlands of central Balochistan, on the borderlands of Safavid Persia and Mughal India.
Rule and society
The Khan ruled through a tribal confederacy of Sarawan and Jhalawan chiefs. Mir Nasir Khan I, who reigned for much of the late 18th century, organised the army and administration and extended rule to the coast. In 1839 British troops stormed Kalat and killed Mehrab Khan; later treaties made it a British-protected state, with Kharan State and other chiefdoms as feudatories.
Decline and legacy
Khan Ahmad Yar Khan declared independence in 1947 but acceded to Pakistan in March 1948. Kalat joined the Baluchistan States Union and was absorbed into West Pakistan in 1955.
Lineage
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- Kharan State was a vassal of Khanate of Kalat1697 CE – 1884 CE
- Khanate of Kalat paid tribute to Afsharid Empire1739 CE – 1747 CE
- Las Bela State was a vassal of Khanate of Kalat1742 CE – 1877 CE
- Khanate of Kalat was a vassal of Durrani Empire1758 CE – 1823 CE
- Khanate of Kalat was a protectorate of Company rule in India1854 CE – 1858 CE
- Khanate of Kalat was a protectorate of British Raj1858 CE – 1947 CE
- Makran State was a vassal of Khanate of Kalat1898 CE – 1948 CE
- Khanate of Kalat was part of Dominion of Pakistan1948 CE – 1956 CE
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