Kalāt

Kalāt was a settlement in the Central Brahui Range south of Quetta, later the seat of a Brahui khanate. Its Hindu rulers held the town until the 15th century, when Mirwari Brahui clans made it their stronghold.

In 1666 Mir Ahmad Khan I declared independence from the Mughals and took Quetta, Mastung and Pishin. Under Mir Nasir Khan I, the khanate reached from Kerman to Sindh; after the war of 1758 he cast off Afghan suzerainty, and in 1784 granted Gwadar to the fugitive Omani prince Sultan bin Ahmad.