Kharan (princely state)


The State of Kharan was an autonomous princely state in British India covering what is part of the present-day province of Balochistan, in the southwest of Pakistan. Makran was located to its south.
On 17 March 1948, Kharan acceded to Pakistan and on 3 October 1952 it joined the Baluchistan States Union. The state was dissolved on 14 October 1955 when most regions of the western wing of Pakistan were merged to form the province of West Pakistan. With the dissolution of the province in 1970, the territory was reorganised as Kharan District of the province of Baluchistan.

Khans of Kharan

Khans of KharanTenure
Dinar Khan
Shahdad Khan I
Rahmat Khan
Purdil Khan1712–1747
Abbas Khan II1747–1749
Shahdad Khan II1749–1760
Jahangir Khan1796–1810
Abbas Khan III1810–1833
Azad Khan1833–1885
Nowroz Khan1885–1908
Mohammad Yaqub Khan1908–1912
Habibullah Khan1912–1955