Khanate of Kalat

Khanate of Kalat
خانات قلات (Persian)
کلاتءِ ھانات (Balochi)
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)
StatusKhanate
CapitalKalat
Common languagesBrahui, Balochi, Persian (administration), Jatki, Dehwari
Religion
(official)
GovernmentHereditary monarchy
Khan 
• 1656–1666 (first)
Mir Altaz Sani Khan Qambrani II
• 1933–1955 (last)
Mir Ahmad Yar Khan Ahmadzai
Historical eraEarly Modern Period
• Established
1666
• Disestablished
1955
Area
1835560,000 km2 (220,000 sq mi)
1940139,850 km2 (54,000 sq mi)
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Mughal Empire
Afsharid Iran
Balochistan States Union
Qajar Iran
Emirate of Afghanistan
Today part ofPakistan
Iran
Afghanistan

The Khanate of Kalat, also known as the Brahui Confederacy, 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, it controlled the wider Balochistan at its greatest extent in the mid-18th century, 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.

The Khanate of Kalat was sacked by the British in 1839. In 1875, Kalat became a self-governing state under a subsidiary alliance with British India following the signing of the Treaty of Kalat by the Khan of Kalat and the Brahui Sardars. Supervision of Kalat was assigned to the Baluchistan Agency. Kalat remained independent from 12 August 1947 until 27 March 1948, when its ruler, Ahmad Yar Khan, acceded to Pakistan

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