Balochistan (disambiguation)
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Balochistan or Baluchistan is a region that covers the southeastern region of the Persian Plateau, at the intersection of modern-day Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan.
Balochistan may also refer to one of several modern and historical territories within that region:
- Balochistan, Pakistan, a province of Pakistan
- Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province), a province of British India and a former province of Pakistan
- Baluchistan Agency, for colonial indirect rule in the former tribal region of British India
- Baluchistan States Union, a short-lived federation of princely states that formed a part of Pakistan
- Sistan and Baluchestan Province, a province of Iran
- Balochistan, Afghanistan, a region in Afghanistan
See also
[edit]- Al Balushi, Arabian diaspora
- Baluchestan-e Shutavar, a village in Iran