- History of Iranian Balochistan
Baluchistan is divided into three parts namely Northern Balochistan orAfghani Balochistan inAfghanistan ,Western Balochistan orIranian Balochistan inIran and Eastern Balochistan or Central Balochistan inPakistan .History
Pre-Islamic
Iranian Balochistan has had some of the earliest human civilizations in history. The Burnt city, which is near Dozaap (
Zahidan ), dates back to2000 BC . All of what is today known as Baluchistan was incorporated in the Achaemenid, Seleucid, Parthian, and Sassanid empires.Islamic
The
Arab s invaded Balochistan in7th century , which resulted in far-reachingsocial ,religious ,economic andpolitical implications in the surrounding areas. In644 AD Fact|date=April 2008, Baluchistan was controlled by the Arab armies. Around the same time, the Balouchi people converted to Islam.Arab rule in Baluchistan helped theBaloch people to develop their own semi-independent tribal systems, which usually faced frequent threats by stronger forces. It was in the15th century , whenMir Chakar Khan Rind established the first time in history Kingdom of Baluchistan. It started from westKerman to westernSind and from north southernKhorasan , southernAfghanistan and southern Punjab to south fromBandar Abbas toKarachi but soon fall in civil war for over thirty years in which resulted death of thousands of people. In17th century Baluchistan was dominant byKhan of Kalat power.Baluchis andPersian empire s have long dispute between their ethnic, culture, political and religious reasons. Persian army defeatedBaluchi forces and capturedBampur in1849 . Following yearsBaluch nationalism start getting weak. British and Persian empires divided Baluchistan into many parts. In19th century in western Baluchistan, many revolts took place against Persian occupation. In1873 , the revolt ofJask againstPersia , after that in1888 , the revolt ofSarhad took place and in1889 again general uprising. It was end of19th century , whenSardar Hussein Narui Baloch started uprising againstPersia which was crushed by joint Anglo-Persian mission forces. However in coming years, struggling situation ofPersian empire s among themselves and British in eastern Baluchistan, gave a chance to westernBaluchis to gain control of their territory inWestern Baluchistan . The starts of20th century ,Bahram Khan succeed to control Baluch- lands. In1916 British empire s recognized him king of Baluchistan.Mir Dost Muhammad Khan Baluch , did not become as successful as his uncle of Bahram Khan. He succeeds his uncle thrown and in1920 , he proclaimed himself "Shah -e-Baluchistan" (Persian for King of Baluchistan) but in1928 ,Reza Shah came in power and Persian forces started operations againstBaluchi forces with the help of British. TheBaluch were defeated and captured Mir Dost Muhammad Khan Baluch. Same year Mir Dost Muhammad Khan Baluch executed inTehran prison.Baluchis were not happy with British and raised their voiced against the occupation ofWestern Baluchistan byPersia atBaluch Conference of Jacobabad .The
Iranian Baluchi were support in1950 s to1980 s byArab nationalist leaders especially Baathist regimes ofIraq andSyria andEgypt ian leaderGamal Abdel Nasser . In1950 sIraq supportedDad Shah . In1960 sBaluchi revolt againstIran ,Iraq fully supportBaluchis but because ofBaluchi tribal leaders made a deal withShah of Iran , theIraqi support forBaluchi reduced until in1975 , whereAlgeria s settled dispute betweenIraq andIran andIraq stopped support toBaluchis butIraq ties withBaloch people did not finished completely. In1979 ,Iranian Revolution with it starts ofIraq-Iran War , which ended from1980 to1988 .Baghdad top created a major problem forIran by supportingIranian Baluchi to attack Iranian Forces on eastern side of the boarder byBaluchi separatist groupBaluchi Autonomist Movement . During the war, intelligence established an office inDubai and ran byBaluchis , from there to send spies intoIran . InIranian Balochistan education is very poor1980 s inIranian Balochistan ; there were only 350Baluchi college graduates and 5000 high school graduates.ee also
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Sistan and Baluchestan Province
*Baloch
*Iraq support to Baloch
*Dad Shah
*Baluchistan Liberation Front
*Jundallah
*Balochistan Liberation Army
*Baluch People's Liberation Front
*Baluchi Liberation Front References
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