Kelat

"Kelat," says Pottinger, "the capital of the whole of Beluchistan, whence it derives its name, Kelat, or _the city_, is situated upon a height to the west of a well-cultivated plain or valley, eight miles long and three wide.

Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century Jules Verne 1866

To prepare for the invasion and during their occupation of Kabul, Qandahar, and parts of eastern and southern Afghanistan, the British depended on Burnes's ability to communicate with and secure the services of Omar Khan and Sarwar Khan. 84 At the end of September 1838, Burnes was reassigned from Kabul to a special mission to Kelat. 85 Before proceeding to Kelat, Burnes was directed to Shikarpur, where he was:

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

The scarcity of images of Kelat-i Ghilzai parallels a larger cartographic gap regarding Katawaz, a particularly prominent sub-region associated with the Ghilzai tribal confederation.

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

The Syud carried an investment of broad cloths, chintz, cambris, long cloths, satins, etc. from Bombay via Bayla and Kelat to Candahar and Cabul where, though he had to pay duties, etc. amounting to 12 per cent, he disposed of his goods some at 200 per cent and the greater part at 100 per cent above his price at Bombay ....

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

It is unclear whether the Peshin Sayyid traveled overland or by ship to Bombay from where he accompanied the goods to Karachi or one of the smaller ports in Sind, then overland to Bela, Kelat, Qandahar, Kabul, and Bukhara.

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

Together Kelat-i Ghilzai and Katawaz are legendary for their strategic centrality to armies, but both were fundamentally marginal to state authorities.

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

Then he commanded the army that they march into Kelat, and he remembered not the desires of Kai Khosrau.

The Epic of Kings Firdausi 2002

And furthermore, I charge thee that thou pass not through the land of Kelat, but that thou leave it on one side and take thy course through the desert.

The Epic of Kings Firdausi 2002

And the one led unto the desert, arid and devoid of water, and the other led unto Kelat.

The Epic of Kings Firdausi 2002

Kelat abideth Firoud my brother, who was born of the daughter of

The Epic of Kings Firdausi 2002