The Baluchistan Agency (also spelt Balochistan Agency ) was one of the agencies of British India during the colonial era. It was located in the present-day Balochistan province of Pakistan .
6-715: The territories of the agency covered an area of 347,064 km (134,002 sq mi) and included areas which had been acquired by lease or otherwise brought under direct British control, as well as the princely states. This political agency was established in 1877, following the 1876 treaty signed in Mastung by Baloch leaders by means of which they accepted the mediation of the British authorities in their disputes. Colonel Sir Robert Groves Sandeman introduced an innovative system of tribal pacification in Balochistan that
12-467: Is a town in the Balochistan province and serves as headquarters of Mastung District . It sits at an altitude of 1,701 metres (5583 feet). and is also the administrative centre for Mastung Tehsil, a subdivision of the district. The town is further divided into two Union Councils . Mastung is part of Sarawan, which was a division of the former princely state of Kalat . The primary languages spoken by
18-459: The Sarkar of Kandahar . At that time, Mastung was defended by a mud brick fort and produced a yearly revenue of 10 tumans and 8,000 dinars in cash alongside 470 kharwars of grain. Its population was a mixture of Afghans and Balochs . The 2017 Mastung suicide bombing killed 28 and injured 40. A 2018 suicide bombing killed 149 and injured 186. The town was once again the site of
24-516: The people in Mastung are Brahui and Balochi . Mastung was known to the 10th-century geographers al-Muqaddasi and Istakhri , who both listed it among the towns in the province of Bālis , also called Bālish or Wālishtān , whose capital was Sibi . The Ain-i-Akbari , written during the reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar in the late 1500s, lists Mastung as one of the 24 mahals included in
30-731: Was Robert Groves Sandeman (1835–1892), Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India , who was appointed by Lord Lytton , the Viceroy of India. In addition to the princely states, the north of the agency was administered as the Chief Commissioner's Province . This consisted of the following districts: 29°01′33″N 66°35′24″E / 29.02583°N 66.59000°E / 29.02583; 66.59000 Mastung, Pakistan Mastung ( Balochi and Urdu : مستونگ ),
36-626: Was in effect from 1877 to 1947. However the Government of India generally opposed his Methods and refused to allow it to operate in India's North West Frontier . Historians have long debated its scope and effectiveness in the peaceful spread of Imperial influence. The Baluchistan Agency consisted of three princely states: The Government of India maintained its relations with the states through its political agent in Kalat. The first agent in Balochistan
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