Khan of Kalat or Khan-e-Qalat (Balochi: خان قلات) is the title of former rulers of State of Kalat. Kalat state or Balochistan, is now part of Pakistan. The rulers in Kalat were always subject to the political authority of a larger state, after the Mongol invasion they were subject to the Mughal emperors in Delhi, then to the rulers in Kandahar,^[1] after 1839 to the British, and finally to the Pakistan government.

The rulers of Kalat held the title of Vali originally but in 1739 also took the title (Begler Begi)Khan usually shortened to Khan. The last Khan of Kalat had the privilege of being the President of the Council of Rulers for the Baluchistan States Union.

History[edit]

The Khans of Kalat were founded by a Baloch^[2] hill chieftain named Qambar (or Qumbar).^[3][4] 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.^[4] Kumbar and his troops successfully repressed the incursion, but afterward, they deposed the raja and Qambar became the first Vali.^[3]

Tenure	Khan of Kalat[1]
1666–1667	Mir Ahmad I
1695–1696	Mir Mehrab
1697–1713	Samandar Khan
1713–1714	Mir Ahmad II
1715–1730	Mir Abdullah
1730–1749	Mir Muhabbat
1749–1794	Muhammad Nasir Khan I, son of Abdullah[5]
1794–1831	Mahmud Khan I
1831 – 13 November 1839	Mehrab Khan II
1839–1840	Shah Nawaz Khan
1840–1857	Nasir Khan II, son of Nasir Khan I[6]
1857 – March 1863	Khudadad Khan (1st time) during his period of rule, there were seven major and many minor rebellion took place.
March 1863 – May 1864	Sherdil Khan (usurped throne)
May 1864 – 15 August 1893	Khudadad Khan (2nd time)
10 November 1893 – 3 November 1931	Mahmud Khan II
3 November 1931 – 10 September 1933	Mohammad Azam Jan Khan
10 September 1933 – 14 October 1955	Ahmad Yar Khan (1st time)
20 June 1958 – 1958	Ahmad Yar Khan (2nd time)(in rebellion)
14 October 1955	State of Kalat acceded to Pakistan