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{{Infobox former subdivision<br />
| common_name = Makran<br />
| conventional_long_name = Makran<br />
| native_name = <br />
| subdivision = [[princely states of Pakistan|Princely state]]<br />
| nation = [[Pakistan]]<br />
| image_flag = Flag of the State of Makran.svg<br />
| image_map = Makran Map.gif<br />
| image_map_caption = Map of Pakistan with Makran highlighted<br />
| capital = Kech ([[Turbat]])<br />
| stat_year1 = <br />
| stat_area1 = 54000<br />
| year_start = 18th century<br />
| year_end = 14 October 1955<br />
| today = [[Balochistan]], [[Pakistan]]<br />
| footnotes =<br />
}}{{Former administrative units of Pakistan}}<br />
'''Makran''' ([[Balochi language|Balochi]]: ریاست مکُران) was an autonomous [[princely state]] in a [[subsidiary alliance]] with [[British India]] until 1947, then from 1948 a [[princely states of Pakistan|princely state of Pakistan]]. It ceased to exist in 1955. It was located in the extreme southwest of present-day Pakistan, an area now occupied by the districts of [[Gwadar]], [[Kech District|Kech]] and [[Panjgur]]. The state did not include the [[enclave]] of [[Gwadar]], which was under [[Muscat and Oman|Omani]] rule until 1958.<br />
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The most well-known tribes living in Makran region are Gichki, Askani, Rind, Hoth, Puzzh, Bizenjo, Mullazai, Jadgal, Band (Jamali), Dashti, Mede (fishermen), Darzada, Wadhela, Raees, Kalmati (Hoth), Sanghur, Gorgaij, Umrani (Bizenjo), Langasi etc.<br />
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== History ==<br />
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The state of Makran was established in the eighteenth century by native sardars of the Gichki Baloch family of Makran. It remained sovereign until 1948. On 17 March 1948, Makran acceded to Pakistan, and on 3 October 1952 it joined with [[Khanate of Kalat|Kalat]], [[State of Kharan|Kharan]] and [[Las Bela (princely state)|Las Bela]] to form the [[Baluchistan States Union]]. The Statement of Mir Bai Khan Gichki, last ruler of the Princely State of Makran, on the accession to Pakistan: ''We will never accept [[Khanate of Kalat|Kalat]]'s hegemony and we declare our merging with newly born Muslim State of Pakistan.''<br />
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The state was dissolved on 14 October 1955, when most regions of the western wing of Pakistan were merged to form the province of [[West Pakistan]]. When that province was dissolved in 1970, the territory of the former state of Makran was organised as Makran District and later Makran Division of the province of [[Balochistan (Pakistan)|Baluchistan]] (later changed to Balochistan).<br />
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The majority of the population of the province consisted of Baloch tribes with some other tribes such as Brahui (in the garb Baloch), Sindhi, Pukhtoon; Punjabi, Persian and Arabic speaking people.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}<br />
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== Government ==<br />
The rulers of Makran were originally styled as [[Sardar]] and from 1922 as [[Nawab]]. Details on earlier rulers are sketchy, with the first definite dates from 1898 CE onwards. The Gichki Baloch family ruled this region before the formation of Makran State, and when Makran State was formed the Gichki Sardar of Kech was made the Nawab of Makran.<br />
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!Date of Reign||Rulers of Makran<ref name="rulers">{{cite web| url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Pakistan_princes.html#Makran| title=Pakistan Princely States - Makran (princely state)| author=Ben Cahoon, WorldStatesmen.org| accessdate=20 August 2019}}</ref><br />
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|1898–1917||(Sardar) Mir [[MehrUllah Khan]] Baloch<br />
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|1917–1922||Interregnum<br />
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|1922 – 17 March 1948||(Nawab) Mir [[Azam Jan Baloch]]<br />
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|17 March 1948 – 14 October 1955||(Nawab) Mir [[Bai Khan Gichki Baloch]]<br />
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|14 October 1955||State of Makran dissolved<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Makran]]<br />
* [[Makran Division]]<br />
* [[Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province)]]<br />
* [[Las Bela (princely state)|Las Bela]]<br />
* [[Kharan (princely state)|Kharan]]<br />
* [[Khanate of Kalat]]<br />
* [[Baluchistan States Union]]<br />
* [[Kech District]]<br />
* [[Gwadar District]]<br />
* [[Panjgur District]]<br />
* [[Balochistan (Pakistan)|Balochistan Province]]<br />
* [[List of Indian Princely States]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.balochistan.gov.pk Government of Balochistan] at balochistan.gov.pk<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060127012942/http://www.pakistan.gov.pk/ Government of Pakistan] at pakistan.gov.pk<br />
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