Mahgas

Mahgas lies in the dry uplands of western Baluchistan, southwest of Saravan. Its old Baluchi name is associated with a settlement among the valleys and ranges that separate the inland basins from Makran. Agriculture in this country depends on the water of streams, springs and underground channels, with date palms marking the more favourable oases. Fortified centres were important to local chiefs in Baluchistan, where widely separated valleys and difficult mountain routes shaped the reach of their authority.