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	BALUCHISTAN - LoveToKnow Article on BALUCHISTAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		It is divided into two main divisions, British Baluchistan, which is a portion of British India under the chief commissioner, and the foreign territories under the administration or superintendence of the same officer as agent to the governor-general.
		As the Arabs occupied all southern Baluchistan and Seistan from a very early date, and finally spread through the Sind valley, where they remained till the 12th century, their genealogical records have become much obscured and it is probable that there is not now a pure Arab in the country.
		Nominally all the provinces and districts of Baluchistan, with the exception of the ceded territory which we call British Baluchistan, are under the khan of Kalat, and all chiefs acknowledge him as their suzerain.
	82.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BA/BALUCHISTAN.htm (8607 words)

	Baluchistan on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		It is bounded by Iran on the west, by Afghanistan on the north, and by the Makran coast of the Arabian Sea on the south.
		Baluchistan was later ruled by tribal chiefs, the most important of whom was khan of Kalat.
		Quetta is the capital city of the Province of Baluchistan, in the remote south-west region of Pakistan.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/Baluchis.asp (909 words)

	Baluchistan
		Thereafter Baluchistan lay for centuries on the shadowy borderlands of the Zoroastrian rulers of Iran and the local Buddhist and Hindu dynasties of northwestern subcontinent.
		Islam was brought to Baluchistan in 711 when Muhammad bin Qasim led the army which was to conquer Sind across the Makran route, but the area was always too remote for firm control to be exerted by any of the later local dynasties.
		In Baluchistan itself, which came only briefly under the authority of the Moghuls, the tables were turned on the Baluch by the Brahuis who succeeded in re-establishing their power in Kalat.
	www.geocities.com /pak_history/baluchistan.html (1067 words)

	Baluchistan @AryanaSite.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Baluchistan, (also spelt Balochistan), historic region in south central Asia, on the Arabian Sea, comprising the province of Baluchistan in the south-west of modern-day Pakistan, and neighbouring parts of south-eastern Iran and southern Afghanistan.
		Baluchistan takes its name from one of the dominant ethnic groups of the region, the Balochi, who began migrating into the region in about the 11th century, probably from the Iranian Plateau area.
		In the 10th century the Persians again made Baluchistan part of their empire, and except for four decades in the early 17th century, when it was part of the Mughal Empire, it remained Persian until 1747.
	www.aryanasite.com /afghanistan/relatedarticles/baluchistan.htm (195 words)

	FAS: Pakistan Baluchistan Drought - Precipitation 2000
		Overgrazing is rampant, especially in arid Baluchistan, but some 70 million sheep and goats provide a cash crop and much of the meat is eaten locally.
		Baluchistan is outside the sphere of south Asian southwest monsoon current and therefore receives scanty and irregular annual rainfall (4 inches).
		The valleys of the main streams and their tributaries exhibit similar feature and consist of flat plains of alluvial soil in the center, with a pebbly slope of varying length rising on either sides of the mountains.
	www.fas.usda.gov /remote/pakistan/old/weather/9900/baluchistan/precip2000.html (535 words)

	Baluchistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Baluchistan, Pakistan’s largest province with the lowest population, still carries the scars of past military operations in 1958, 1963 and 1973.
		Baluchistan, or for that matter, Pakistan, can ill-afford another major military action at a time when the country is suffering from a deteriorating law and order situation and political instability.
		Unlike Baluchistan, where progressive nationalists and anti-Punjab elements are up in arms against the military-dominated federal government, those challenging the writ of the state in South Waziristan and to some extent in North Waziristan, are anti-US Islamists who largely agree with the Taliban worldview.
	members.chello.se /balochistaninfo/Balochistanrahimullahyusufzai2004.htm (1124 words)

	Encyclopedia: Baluchistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Baluchistan (or Balochistan), also known as "Greater Baluchistan" is an arid region of south Asia, presently split between Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
		Baluchistan, Pakistan was conquered by the British Empire on October 1, 1887.
		The Pakistani province of Baluchistan became part of Pakistan in 1948.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Baluchistan (3029 words)

	Sistan and Baluchistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The province is the largest province in Iran, with an area of 181,600 sq km It is also one of the most underdeveloped, desolate and poor regions of Iran.
		With consideration of influence on the province climate because of Indian seasonal conditions, specially since October to April, when the most tourist poles are stagnate because of cold weather, Sistan and Baluchistan entertains tourists and entertains tourists and Baluchistan entertains tourists and interested people of nature with nice weather.
		Rug: Lifestyle of the Baluchistan’s people is talented for sheep and goat breeding and so, rug weaving is counted as one of the ancient handicrafts of the province.
	www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Sistan_and_Baluchistan (2238 words)

	TIME Asia Magazine: Code of the Frontier -- Feb. 07, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In Pakistan's Baluchistan province, nothing is held in higher regard than a woman's honor, and the allegations of rape have the rough-and-tumble province, rich with natural gas fields, up in arms—literally.
		According to Baluchistan police inspector general Chaudhry Mohammad Yaqoob, the doctor was awoken in the middle of the night at her residence in the Pakistan Petroleum Ltd. (PPL) compound to find a gun at her head.
		Baluchistan is the poorest of Pakistan's provinces, and the Baluch have long chafed under Islamabad's rule, accusing the government of exploiting their mineral wealth and giving little back.
	www.time.com /time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501050207-1022648,00.html (869 words)

	WFP Pakistan-Press Releases
		UNDP conducted a survey in October 2000 in drought and non-drought affected districts of Baluchistan to assess the impact of the drought on the population.
		The government of Baluchistan is currently implementing long term and medium term drought interventions — including construction of dams, extension of karezes, extending tube wells for drinking water, planting of bushes on State land to improve the rangeland and road rehabilitations.
		The government of Baluchistan has called for a contingency plan to address the drought situation -- the need to seal the boarder to reduce the influx of refugees from the Afghanistan is one measure that would be considered.
	www.un.org.pk /wfp/pak-drought-report.htm (933 words)

	baluchistan a beautiful blessed land ravaged by pakistan
		Around Baluchistan there were many other countries fighting for their independence but no country was daring enough to conquer Baluchistan recognizing the bravery of olden Baloch people.
		Natural gas of Baluchistan 85% is found in Sui, it is directed to Punjab for their development and we are given nothing from it.
		Baluchistan was the cake and the flies were foriegne countries.
	www.baluchistan.8m.com (1741 words)

	Balochistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Balochistan (or Baluchistan) is an arid region which sits on the Iranian Plateau in Southwest Asia, presently split between Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
		The area is named after the numerous Baluch (or Baloch, Balouch) tribes, an Iranian people, who moved in to the area from the west some time around 1000 A.D. The southern part of Baluchistan is known as Makran.
		Pakistani Baluchistan was conquered by the British Empire on October 1, 1887.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baluchistan (3413 words)

	''TRANS PAKISTAN (Baluchistan Page)
		To it’s north and west, thousands of kilometers of barren deserts and stark mountains form the borders with Iran and Southern Afghanistan while due east, it is divided from the rest of Pakistan by the Kirther and Sulaiman mountain ranges.
		Baluchistan is populated by a tribal society of Nomadic and semi-Nomadic tribes.
		In 1872 a firm boundary between Persia and British Baluchistan was established and Makran became a part of the British Empire.
	www.transpakistan.com.pk /balochistan.htm (1214 words)

	Pakistan, Iran on a collision course - (United Press International) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Baluchistan is Pakistan's largest province, inhabited by Pashtun and Baluch tribesmen who have strong ethnic and religious ties to similar tribes living in Afghanistan.
		Baluchistan is strategically important also because of its long coastline, which offers the closest warm water ports to land-locked, but rich in natural resources, Central Asian states of the former Soviet Union.
		In his interview to the ARY Television, Yusuf indicated that it is Baluchistan's strategic importance, particularly in the war against al-Qaida that got "outside powers," interested in the province.
	www.washtimes.com /upi-breaking/20050125-041218-5181r.htm (1497 words)

	Radio Australia - Asia Pacific - Programs - PAKISTAN: Tensions escalate in Baluchistan province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Tensions have escalated in the south-western province of Baluchistan after a local doctor was raped in January.
		In 1948, Baluchistan become part of Pakistan and the tribes took up arms in what's become a long running campaign for political and economic autonomy.
		Baluchistan supplies gas to the rest of the country but its infrastructure is frequently attacked by tribesmen angry about the lack of royalties flowing back to the province.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/asiapac/programs/s1331399.htm (766 words)

	baluch and baluchistan
		Baluchistan has places with lofty and rugged mountains under Chiltan, Takatu, Sulaiman, Sultan etc. and plains stretching to hundreds of miles.
		It has fertile land like that of Nasirabad, as well as, tracks' which are thirsty for centuries, and where even a bush could hardly be sighted like that of Pat section of Sibi District and Dasht-e-Makran in Makran Division.
		Baluchistan has hottest places in the country like Sibi and Dhadar, where temperature shoots up to over 120 °F, as well as coldest towns like Quetta, Kalat, Ziarat, Kan Mehtarzai where mercury falls down much below freezing point.
	www.angelfire.com /film/balochistan/baluchistan.htm (1089 words)

	In Defence of Marxism - A new turn in the Baluchistan/Quetta strike movement
		Contrary to the hopes and expectations of the workers, instead of launching a nationwide movement to support the strike they compromised the struggle in the negotiations with the Baluchistan government and announced the calling off of the strike.
		Due to this pressure, the BLF (Baluchistan Labour Federation), the Baluchistan affiliate of the "workers' confederation" broke with its leadership.
		Furthermore this struggle has been isolated in Baluchistan, both by the state and the TU leadership.
	www.marxist.com /baluchistan-quetta-strike060602.htm (867 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Baluchistan xeric woodlands (PA1307)
		The juniper forest of north central Baluchistan is believed to be the most extensive remaining in the world and is home to the distinctive and highly threatened Baluchistan bear and straight-horned markhor.
		This Baluchistan Xeric Woodlands [PA1307] ecoregion spans from the Las Bela Valley and the high barren plateau of Baluchistan from Southwest Pakistan to eastern Afghanistan.
		The submontane plateaus of the north are fed mostly by the tributaries of the Indus and Kabul rivers.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/pa/pa1307_full.html (1688 words)

	Baluchistan
		Much of Baluchistan consists of dry and rocky plateau areas with a rainfall of less than 13 cm/5 in a year and therefore little plant life.
		Originally a loose tribal confederation, Baluchistan was later divided into four principalities that were sometimes under Persian, sometimes under Afghan suzerainty.
		On the partition of India in 1947 the khan of Khalat declared Baluchistan independent; the insurrection was crushed by the new Pakistani army after eight months.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0003078.html (366 words)

	Kalat (Baluchistan)
		The largest of the three states of Baluchistan (Ed Haynes' data show a population in 1931 of 342.000 in an area of 73,278 sq.
		In 1874 Sir Robert Sandeman was sent to Baluchistan whose policy was one of conciliatory intervention, tempered with lucrative employment and light taxation.
		To consolidate the territorial extension already made, Baluchistan was made a separate agency under an agent to the Governor General.
	flagspot.net /flags/in-kalat.html (726 words)

	Baluchistan tribesmen bomb electricity towers - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Baluchistan has been troubled for decades by a small-scale insurgency by tribesmen, but recent attacks have been unusually intense.
		The government rushed in additional troops to Baluchistan to protect the vital gas field after the Jan 11 attack.
		It has not ruled out military action against tribesmen but at the same time has said it is seeking a political solution to the crisis, which analysts have warned could explode into a full-scale insurgency if not handled carefully.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/jan312005/f1.asp (431 words)

	Baluchistan Insurgency
		Southern Pakistan's Baluchistan region is one of the most rugged and remote lands in the world.
		By early 1974, an armed revolt was underway in Baluchistan, the southwestern region of Pakistan bordering on Afghanistan and Iran.
		By 2004 Baluchistan was up in arms against the federal government, with the Baluchistan Liberation Army, Baluchistan Liberation Front, and People's Liberation Army conducting operations.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/war/pakistan1.htm (1001 words)

	Pakistan sees Iran meddling in area - The Washington Times: World Briefings - February 05, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A diplomatic spat in Pakistan's southwestern province of Baluchistan may lead to a bitter confrontation between two Islamic nations, Pakistan and Iran, and adversely affect U.S. efforts to fight the al Qaeda terror network in neighboring Afghanistan.
		Baluchistan is Pakistan's largest province, inhabited by Pashtun and Baluchi tribesmen who have strong ethnic and religious ties to people in Afghanistan.
		Baluchistan also is strategically important because of its long coastline, which offers the closest warm-water ports to landlocked Central Asian states of the former Soviet Union, which are rich in natural resources.
	www.washingtontimes.com /world/20050204-095459-6140r.htm (1569 words)

	Procrastination: Trouble in Baluchistan
		While we are on the topic of Baluchistan, here is KO’s travel log of a road trip from Karachi to Quetta and the corresponding photographs.
		I have visited Baluchistan thrice; (1)December, 1960 as college student(2)January, 1975 in a team of senior managers on study tour of administrations in provinces (3) December, 1996 as member executive committee of Pakistan Engineering Council when I also met the then Chief Minister, Zulfiqar Magsi.
		Another reason for unrest in Baluchistan is grabbing of vast lands by influencials and Generals in the name of Gwader development.
	www.zackvision.com /weblog/archives/entry/001143.html (933 words)

	About IRAN
		km, and Baluchistan 171785, and located at longitude of 58.50 to 63.21 and at latitude of 25.3 to 31.27.
		Lifestyle of the Baluchistan’s people is talented for sheep and goat breeding and so, rug weaving is counted as one of the ancient handicrafts of the province.
		Baluchistan had been known as "meka" In the old historical documents and as "Gadrozial" in Heredoct’s writings, Greek historian.
	www.iccim.org /English/Iran/sistan (3165 words)

	Musharraf: What about Baluchistan? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Pakistani province of Baluchistan is a mountainous desert area of about 3.5 lakh sq kms and has a population of over 7.5 million or about as much as Jammu and Kashmir's population.
		It borders Iran, Afghanistan and its southern boundary is the Arabian Sea with the strategically important port of Gwadar on the Makran coast commanding approach to the Straits of Hormuz.
		century Kalat was the dominant power in Baluchistan and the Khan of Kalat was the ruler of the entire region.
	www.rediff.com /news/2003/jul/14guru.htm (1636 words)

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