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Besides Quetta and Bolan there are the assigned districts
of Peshin, Shorarud, Kach, Kawas, Harnai, Sibi, and
Tal-Chotiali which formerly belonged to Afghanistan, but
which have been placed directly under British rule since
the conclusion of the first phase of the Afghan War of
1878--7g, and which, together with Quetta and Bolan,
constitute the province of British Baluchistan. Within

Fic. 12.—The Boundaries of Baluchistan.

this province the form of settled administration is that of
the regulation provinces of the Indian peninsula. Beyond
it, the Khan of Kalat heads a powerful confederacy of
Baluch chiefs who administer the Government of Inde
pendent Baluchistan on their own ancient feudal system.
recognising, firstly, the suzerainty of the Khan of Kalat,
and, ultimately, the position of the Governor-General’s
Agent at Quetta as arbitrator in all disputes which
may arise between them. Amongst the Pathan tribes of
Northern Baluchistan the Khan of Kalat possesses no