Las Bela (princely state)
Las Bela state | |||||||||
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| 1742–1955 | |||||||||
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Las Bela in Pakistan 1955 (in red) | |||||||||
| Status | Independent Kingdom (1742-1839) Princely state under British Raj(1876-1947) Princely state of Pakistan(1947-1955) | ||||||||
| Capital | Bela | ||||||||
| Common languages | Sindhi Balochi Brahui Lasi | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Absolute Monarchy | ||||||||
| Jam | |||||||||
• 1742-1765 | Jam Ali Khan I Koreja (first) | ||||||||
• 1937-1955 | Jam Ghulam Qadir Khan Korejo (last) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1742 | ||||||||
• Disestablished under One Unit Scheme | 1955 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• Total | 18,254 km2 (7,048 sq mi) | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Pakistan | ||||||||
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Las Bela (Urdu: لسبیلہ) was a princely state in a subsidiary alliance with British India (later a princely state of Pakistan) which existed until 1955. The state occupied an area of 18,254 km2 (7,048 sq mi) in the extreme southeast of the Balochistan region, with an extensive coastline on the Arabian Sea to the south. Las Bela was bordered by the princely states of Kalat and Makran to the north and west. To the east lay the province of Sind and to the southeast lay the Federal Capital Territory around the city of Karachi.