THE KHANATE OF KALAT
AND THE GENESIS OF BALOCH NATIONALISM
1915–1955
Martin
Axmann
Readership /
Level
Teachers, Students, academics,
historians, social and political scientists,
Baluch intellectuals, academics, and
politicians; Sindhi and Pashtun intelligentsia,
and all Pakistani intellectuals interested in
the long standing national question of their
country; academic and general libraries inside
and outside Pakistan; government agencies and
think tanks in Pakistan, India, the US, the UK,
and continental Europe; individuals and
non-specialists interested in the
region.
Description
The study investigates the
genesis of Baloch nationalism during the first
half of the twentieth century, analyses the
emergence of a Baloch national movement, and
sets it into relation to therise of an Indian
and Muslim Indian national movement in British
India during that time. The study portrays the
decline and disintegration of the Baloch khanate
of Kalat during the last decades of British rule
and summarizes the colonial legacy of
Balochistan in respect of its political,
administrative, and constitutional
development.
About the Author /
Editor
Dr Martin Axmann is a political
scientist focussed on ethno- nationalist
movements of the Indian sub-continent. Martin
Axmann has studied political science,
international law, and economy at the
Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg (MA 1997).
His field work has concentrated on Pakistan,
particularly on Sindh, the North-West Frontier
Province, and the Iran-Pakistan transborder
region of Baluchistan. His research interests
include state and nation building in the
post-colonial world, and the emergence and
development of sub- nationalist movements within
larger nation states. He works as a private
lecturer and is associated to the Arnold
Bergstraesser Institute of Socio-Political
Research in Freiburg since 1996. He holds a
Ph.D. in political science from the University
of Freiburg (2007), and is presently carrying
out postdoctoral research on the evolution of
the Baluch national movement and its
players.
