Brigadier General James Monroe Williams

Map of the Baluchistan Agency.

The State of Kharan (Urdu: ریاست خاران) was an autonomous princely state in British India covering what is part of the present-day province of Balochistan, in the southwest of Pakistan.[1]

On 17 March 1948, Kharan acceded to Pakistan and on 3 October 1952 it joined the Baluchistan States Union. The state was dissolved on 14 October 1955 when most regions of the western wing of Pakistan were merged to form the province of West Pakistan. With the dissolution of the province in 1970, the territory was reorganised as Kharan District of the province of Baluchistan (later Balochistan).

Khans of Kharan

Khans of Kharan Tenure
Dinar Khan
Shahdad Khan I
Rahmat Khan
Purdil Khan 1712–1747
Abbas Khan II 1747–1749
Shahdad Khan II 1749–1760
Jahangir Khan 1796–1810
Abbas Khan III 1810–1833
Azad Khan 1833–1885
Nowroz Khan 1885–1908
Mohammad Yaqub Khan 1908–1912
Habibullah Khan 1912–1955

See also

References

  1. ^ Pillalamarri, Akhilesh. "A Brief History of Balochistan". The Diplomat.