Abstract
During the Great Game the British powers wanted to secure their
colonial empire from foreign threats. This task was to make strong hold
in North West Province and make it secure from Russian invasion. The
robust resistance in the Afghanistan and Balochistan by the people, the
British government got a serious concern, and adopted the noninterference
policy towards the Balochistan. But her intensions were to
capture this region to make protected their empire. To subdue the
region and people of Balochistan they started the tendency of treaties
with the Khan of Kalat. In order to achieve their colonial interest, they
finally concluded the Treaty of 1876. The treaty of 1876 was the most
significant treaty, with all the treaties that were done with the British
government. With occurrence of this treaty the British authorities
became a desolate ruler of Balochistan. The Khan of Kalat status
became nominal, and the British establishments became the absolute
rule of the Balochistan.
Dr. Mumtaz Baloch, Abdul Saeed, Muhammad Javed Sarparah, Chaker Hyder. (2019) The Treaty of 1876: A Case Study of British Occupation of Balochistan, Balochistan Review, Volume XL, Issue 1.
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