Khan of Kalat


Khan of Kalat or Khan-e-Qalat is the title of the Baloch former rulers of the Khanate of Kalat. Kalat state is now a part of Balochistan Province, Pakistan. The rulers in Kalat first were subjected to Mughal emperor Akbar in Delhi and after 1839 to the British.
The rulers of Kalat held the title of Vali originally but in 1739 they also took the title Khan, usually shortened to just Khan. The last Khan of Kalat was also the President of the Council of Rulers for the Baluchistan States Union.

History

The Khans of Kalat descended from a Baloch hill chieftain named Qambar. His tribe was hired by Sehwa, the Raja of Kalat, a Hindu princely state, to protect against marauding tribes from the Multan, Shikarpur and Upper Sind areas. Mir Qambar Baloch and his troops successfully repressed the incursion, but afterwards they deposed the Raja and Mir Qambar Baloch became the first Vali.
TenureKhan of Kalat
1512–1530Mir Bijar Khan Jatoi Mirwani
1530–1535Mir Zagar Khan Mirwani Origin of Zangejo Jatoi
1535–1547Mir Ibrahim Khan Qambrani
1547–1549Mir Gwahram Khan Qambrani
1549–1569Mir Hassan Khan Qambrani
1569–1581Mir Sanjar Khan Qambrani
1581–1590Mir Malook Khan Qambrani
1590–1601Mir Qambar Sani Khan Qambrani
1601–1610Mir Ahmad Khan Qambrani I
1610–1618Mir Suri Khan Qambrani
1618–1629Mir Qaisar Khan Qambrani
1629–1637Mir Ahmad Sani Khan Qambrani II
1637–1647Mir Altaz Khan Qambrani I
1647–1656Mir Kachi Khan Qambrani
1656–1666Mir Altaz Sani Khan Qambrani II
1666–1695Mir Ahmad I Khan Qambrani III
1695–1697Mir Mehrab Khan Ahmadzai I
1697–1714Mir Samandar Khan Ahmadzai
1714–1716Mir Ahmad II Khan Ahmadzai
1716–1731Mir Abdullah Khan Ahmadzai
1731–1749Mir Muhabbat Khan Ahmadzai
1749–1794Mir Muhammad Nasir Khan I Ahmadzai
1794–1817Mir Mahmud Khan I Ahmadzai I
1817 – 13 November 1839Mir Mehrab Khan Ahmadzai II
1839–1841Mir Shah Nawaz Khan Ahmadzai
1841–1857Mir Nasir Khan II Ahmadzai, son of Mir Mehrab Khan Ahmadzai I
1857 – March 1863Mir Khudadad Khan Ahmadzai. During his period of rule, seven major and many minor rebellions took place.
March 1863 – May 1864Mir Sherdil Khan Ahmadzai
May 1864 – 15 August 1893Mir Khudadad Khan Ahmadzai
10 November 1893 – 3 November 1931Mir Mahmud Khan II Ahmadzai
3 November 1931 – 10 September 1933Mir Mohammad Azam Jan Khan Ahmadzai
10 September 1933 – 14 October 1955Mir Ahmad Yar Khan Ahmadzai ;
declared independent on 5 August 1947; compelled to accede to Pakistan on 30 March 1948
14 October 1955State of Kalat merged into One Unit of West Pakistan
20 June 1958 – 1958Mir Ahmad Yar Khan Ahmadzai
1979-1998Mir Dawood Jan Khan Ahmadzai
1998–presentMir Suleman Dawood Jan