Princely State of Kalat

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The Princely State of Kalat was a large semi-autonomous Baloch state in what is now southwestern Pakistan, historically ruled by the Khan of Kalat and later integrated into Pakistan after the end of British colonial rule.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Khanate of Kalat 1
Princely State of Kalat canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former polity
princely state
borderedBy Afghanistan
Arabian Sea
Iran
Kharan State
linked to: Kharan District

Las Bela State
Makran
linked to: Makran coast

Sindh
capital Kalat
commonName Kalat State
linked to: Kalat
continent Asia
country British India
currency Indian rupee
ethnicRegion Balochistan
formerColonialPower United Kingdom
governmentType hereditary monarchy
monarchy
hasRuler Khan of Kalat Ahmad Yar Khan
linked to: Khan of Kalat
headOfStateTitle Khan
historicalEra British colonial period
historicalRegion Baluchistan
historicalSignificance major Baloch princely state in southwestern British India
integratedInto Dominion of Pakistan
joinedPakistanBy accession
language Balochi
Brahui
locatedIn Balochistan
South Asia
present-day Pakistan
majorEthnicGroup Baloch
linked to: Baloch people
overlordDuringColonialPeriod British Crown
British Raj
linked to: British India
partOf Baluchistan Agency
politicalStatus princely state under British suzerainty
semi-autonomous state
presentTerritoryMostlyIn Balochistan Province, Pakistan
regionType Baloch state
religion Islam
rulingTitle Khan of Kalat
sovereigntyType semi-sovereign under British paramountcy
successorAdministrativeUnit Balochistan Province, Pakistan
successorState Pakistan
suzeraintyHeldBy United Kingdom
timeOfIntegrationIntoPakistan late 1940s

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kalat Agency encompassedTerritoryOf Princely State of Kalat
Brahui people associatedWith Khanate of Kalat
linked to: Princely State of Kalat