Editing Balochistan, Pakistan (section)

===Pre-modern era===
In the 15th century, [[Mir Chakar Khan Rind]] became the first [[Sirdar]] of Afghan, Iranian and Pakistani Balochistan. He was a close aide of the [[Timurid dynasty|Timurid]] ruler [[Humayun]], and was succeeded by the [[Khanate of Kalat]], which owed allegiance to the [[Mughal Empire]]. Later, [[Nader Shah]] won the allegiance of the rulers of eastern Balochistan. He ceded [[Kalhora]], one of the [[Sindh]] territories of [[Sibi]]-Kachi, to the [[Khanate of Kalat]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://urdukhabrain.pk/2018/01/01/urdu-news-11685 |title=urdukhabrain.pk |date=1 January 2018 |archive-date=1 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101195939/https://urdukhabrain.pk/2018/01/01/urdu-news-11685 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.iranica.com/newsite/index.isc?Article=http://www.iranica.com/newsite/articles/unicode/v3f6/v3f6a030.html Iranica.com] {{dead link |date=May 2016 |bot=medic}}{{cbignore |bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://panhwar.org/Article26.htm |title=Ghulam Shah Kalhora and Relations With Kutch |access-date=30 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219221911/http://panhwar.org/Article26.htm |archive-date=19 February 2015}}</ref> [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]], founder of the Afghan Empire, also won the allegiance of that area's rulers, and many Baloch fought under him during the [[Third Battle of Panipat]]. Most of the area would eventually revert to local Baloch control after Afghan rule.