Balochistan

province of Iran

Balochistan is a historical region in West and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. This arid region of desert and mountains is primarily populated by ethnic Baloch people. Balochistan is very significant because of its strategic location, mineral wealth, long coastline along the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Oman and potential for discoveries of oil and gas.

separatist group in balochistan

thumb|Map showing Gedrosia in the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great thumb|right|200px|A map of Gedrosia from Munster's edition of Ptolemy's 'Geographia' Gedrosia (; ) is the Hellenized name of the part of coastal Makran in what is now Balochistan. In the accounts about Alexander the Great and his successors, the area referred to as Gedrosia runs from the Indus River to the north-eastern edge of the Strait of Hormuz. It is directly to the south of the provinces of Arachosia and Drangiana, to the east of the province of Carmania, and due west of the Indus which formed a natural boundary bet

species of insect

species of mammal

militant Sunni organization in Iran

species of mammal

Bazman (, also known as Kuh-e Bazman) is a dormant stratovolcano in a remote desert region of Sistan and Baluchestan Province in southeastern Iran. A 500-m-wide crater caps the summit of the dominantly andesitic-dacitic volcano, the flanks of which are covered by monogenetic centres especially to the northwest. Bazman is a geologically young volcano which formed mainly in the Quaternary, with the oldest dated rocks being 11.7 million years old and the youngest 0.6 million years. Although no historic eruptions have been reported from Bazman, it does contain fumaroles. Thus Bazman may be regarde

divides the territories of Iran and Pakistan

Las Bela was princely state in British India (now Pakistan) which existed until 1955.

movement that claims the Baloch people are a distinct nation

river in Afghanistan

railway tunnel in Pakistan

Latin Ichthyophagi and Greek Ichthyophagoi (, "fish-eaters") are the names given by ancient geographers to several ethnically unrelated coast-dwelling peoples in different parts of the world.

mlitant organization

Pashtunization (, ), is a process of cultural or linguistic change in which someone or something non-Pashtun becomes acculturated or assimilated to Pashtun influence. Pashtuns are the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan and second-largest in Pakistan.

region in Afghanstan

various separatists movements in Iran

Zikrism (also Zikriyya) is a Mahdist minority Muslim group or sect found primarily in the Balochistan region of western Pakistan. The name Zikri comes from the Arabic word Dhikr meaning 'pronouncement' or 'remembrance'.

Baloch nationalist guerrilla army in Balochistan

Ruler of Western Balochistan