'Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde; accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries, with a map.' [‎250] (292/476)

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beloochistan.
The whole of this vast tract constituted at one time the dominions
of Nusseer Khan, father of the Khan of Kelat, on whom it was
bestowed in the year one thousand seven hundred and thirty-nine
by the Persian conqueror Nadir Shah, together with the title ot
Beglerbeg of all Beloochistan. On the authority of that grant, I have
availed myself of that general term ; but as the political state of the
country has undergone an entire change since the period of its date,
it becomes requisite to establish geographical divisions in attempting
a description of it.
The boundaries of Beloochistan, in its largest acceptation, are to
the southward, the Indian ocean or Erythrean sea ; northward,
Seistan and the country of the Uffghans; westward, the provinces of
Laristan and Kirman ; and to the eastward, a part of Sinde and Shi-
karpoor, a district in the hands of the king of Kabool. Within
these bounds are comprised the under-mentioned divisions, which
shall be discussed in the order in which they stand; and I afterwards
purpose annexing a summary account of the present state of the pro
vince of Sinde, of which the ruling chiefs and a large portion of the
population are Belooches.
Division I. The provinces of Jhalawan and Sarawan and the dis
trict of Kelat.
Division II. The provinces of Mukran and Lus.
Division III. The province of Kutch Gundava and district of
Hurrund Dajel.
Division IV. Kohistan, (the country of hills), or the Belooche
country, west of the desert.
Division V. The desert.
Division VI. The province of Sinde.
It may be readily conjectured, that in regions of such great extent,
the features would vary so much, as to render inadequate any essay
that might be made, to give a correct delineation of the whole under
one head; and I shall therefore confine myself in this place, to an
introductory view of the principal mountains, their connexion with
those of circumjacent kingdoms, their various ramifications and ten-