Balochistan

This airticle is aboot the Balochistan region. For ither uisses, seeBalochistan (disambiguation).

Major ethnic groups o Pakistan in 1980. The pink colour represents the Baloch ethnic group.

BalochistanorBaluchistan(Balochi:بلوچستان‎‎, lit.Laund o theBaloch) is anariddesertan muntainousregionon theIranian plateauinsooth-wastren Asie,northwast o theArabian Seaan the naitional hameland o theBaloch fowk.It stretches athortsoothwastren Pakistan,sootheastren Iran,an a smaw section o soothwastrenAfghanistan.The soothren pairt o Balochistan isMakran.

The seicont maist populous linguistic group in the region is thePashto-speakinPashtuns.Brahuiis spoken bi theBrahui fowk.PanjabianSindhiare spoken as first leids in Pakistani Balochistan an aw an biHindkiin Afghanistan.Urduis uised as seicont leid in Pakistan.Persieis uised as a seicont leid in Iran an Afghanistan.

Citit wirks

• Tandon, Pankaj (2006)."New light on the Pāratarājas"(PDF).Numismatic Chronicle.166.JSTOR42666407.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Freemit airtins

• Ancient Baluchistan – Exploring the PastArchived2016-04-19 at theWayback Machine
• Persia (Iran), Afghanistan and Baluchistanis a map frae 1897 published biThe Century Company
• Afghanistan, Beloochistan, etc.is a map frae 1893 published bi the American Methodist Kirk
• Balochistan Archives- Preserving our Past