Quetta District, the Glossary

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1. 53 relations: Administrative units of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ain-i-Akbari, Babai (Pashtun tribe), Balochi language, Balochistan, Pakistan, Brahui language, Christianity, Christians, City Districts of Pakistan, Deputy commissioner (Pakistan), Districts of Pakistan, Divisions of Pakistan, First language, Ghaznavids, Ghurid dynasty, Hanna Lake, Hanna Valley, Hazaragi dialect, Hazaras, Hindko, Hindus, Islam, Kandahar, Kandahar Province, Kasi (Pashtun tribe), Khalaj people, Khanate of Kalat, Koh-i-Chiltan, Law enforcement in Pakistan, List of tehsils of Balochistan, Mayor, Mongol Empire, Mughal Empire, Panjpai, Pishin District, Provincial Civil Service (Uttar Pradesh), Punjabi language, Quetta, Quetta Division, Robert Groves Sandeman, Rupee, Safavid dynasty, Sandeman Fort, Saraiki language, Second Anglo-Afghan War, Shah Beg Arghun, Sindhi language, Tehsil, Time in Pakistan, ... Expand index (3 more) »

Administrative units of Pakistan

The administrative units of Pakistan comprise four provinces, one federal territory, and two disputed territories: the provinces of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan; the Islamabad Capital Territory; and the administrative territories of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit–Baltistan.

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.

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Ain-i-Akbari

The Ain-i-Akbari (آئینِ اکبری) or the "Administration of Akbar", is a 16th-century detailed document regarding the administration of the Mughal Empire under Emperor Akbar, written by his court historian, Abu'l Fazl in the Persian language.

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Babai (Pashtun tribe)

The Babai (بابئی) is a Pashtun tribe also known as Babi.

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Balochi language

Balochi (rtl, romanized) is a Northwestern Iranian language, spoken primarily in the Balochistan region of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan.

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Balochistan, Pakistan

Balochistan (بلۏچستان; بلوچستان) is a province of Pakistan.

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Brahui language

Brahui (براہوئی|; also known as Brahvi or Brohi) is a Dravidian language spoken by the Brahui people who are mainly found in the central Balochistan Province of Pakistan, with smaller communities of speakers scattered in parts of Iranian Baluchestan, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan (around Merv) and by expatriate Brahui communities in Iraq, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Christians

A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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City Districts of Pakistan

City Districts of Pakistan are districts in Pakistan that consists primarily of an urban area, such as a mega city or large metropolitan area.

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Deputy commissioner (Pakistan)

Deputy commissioner (popularly abbreviated as "DC" and DCO) is a chief administrative, land revenue officer/collector and representative of government in district or an administrative sub-unit of a division in Pakistan.

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Districts of Pakistan

The districts of Pakistan (اِضلاعِ پاكِستان) are the third-level administrative divisions of Pakistan, below provinces and divisions, but forming the first-tier of local government.

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Divisions of Pakistan

The four provinces, capital territory, and two autonomous territories of Pakistan are subdivided into 38 administrative "divisions", which are further subdivided into districts, tehsils, and finally union councils.

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First language

A first language (L1), native language, native tongue, or mother tongue is the first language a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical period.

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Ghaznavids

The Ghaznavid dynasty (غزنویان Ġaznaviyān) or the Ghaznavid Empire was a Persianate Muslim dynasty and empire of Turkic mamluk origin, ruling at its greatest extent from the Oxus to the Indus Valley from 977 to 1186.

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Ghurid dynasty

The Ghurid dynasty (also spelled Ghorids; translit; self-designation: شنسبانی, Šansabānī) was a Persianate dynasty of presumably eastern Iranian Tajik origin, which ruled from the 8th-century in the region of Ghor, and became an Empire from 1175 to 1215.

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Hanna Lake

Hanna Lake is a lake in Urak Valley near Quetta, in Balochistan Province, in southwestern Pakistan.

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Hanna Valley

Hanna Valley (وادیِ ہنہ), also locally known as Shal Tungi, is a valley in Balochistan, Pakistan at a distance of from Quetta.

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Hazaragi dialect

Hazaragi (هزارگی|həzārəgi; آزرگی|āzərgi) is an eastern dialect and variety of the Persian language that is spoken by the Hazara people.

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Hazaras

The Hazaras (Hazāra; Āzrə) are an ethnic group and a principal component of the population of Afghanistan.

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Hindko

Hindko (ہندکو, romanized) is a cover term for a diverse group of Lahnda dialects spoken by several million people of various ethnic backgrounds in several areas in northwestern Pakistan, primarily in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and northwestern regions of Punjab.

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Hindus

Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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Kandahar

Kandahar is a city in Afghanistan, located in the south of the country on the Arghandab River, at an elevation of.

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Kandahar Province

Kandahār (کندهار; Kandahār, قندهار; Qandahār) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the southern part of the country, sharing a border with Pakistan, to the south.

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Kasi (Pashtun tribe)

Kasi (کاسي) is a Pashtun tribe from the Sarbani tribal confederacy, primarily found in Quetta, Pakistan and Nangarhar, Afghanistan.

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Khalaj people

The Khalaj (Xalass; Xalajhâ) are a Turkic ethnic group who mainly reside in Iran.

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Khanate of Kalat

The Khanate of Kalat was a Brahui Khanate that originated in the modern-day Kalat region of Pakistan.

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Koh-i-Chiltan

Koh-i-Chiltan (Balochi: کوہٖ‌چٖلتن; ”Mount Chiltan”) is a peak located in the Chiltan mountain group of the Sulaiman Mountains, in the Quetta District of Balochistan Province, in western Pakistan.

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Law enforcement in Pakistan

Law enforcement in Pakistan (ادارہ ہائی نفاذِ قانون، پاکستان) is one of the three main components of the criminal justice system of Pakistan, alongside the judiciary and the prisons.

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List of tehsils of Balochistan

In Pakistan, a tehsil is an administrative sub-division of a District.

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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Mongol Empire

The Mongol Empire of the 13th and 14th centuries was the largest contiguous empire in history.

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Mughal Empire

The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in South Asia.

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Panjpai

The Panjpai are a Durrani Pashtun tribal confederation found primarily in southern Afghanistan.

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Pishin District

Pishin (پښين, ضلع پشین), IPA: pʂin/pçin, is a district in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.

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Provincial Civil Service (Uttar Pradesh)

Provincial Civil Service (Executive Branch) of Uttar Pradesh (IAST), often abbreviated to as PCS, is the administrative civil service of the Government of Uttar Pradesh comprising Group A and Group B posts. It is also the feeder service for Indian Administrative Service in the state. PCS officers hold various posts at sub-divisional, district, divisional and state level from conducting revenue administration and maintenance of law and order.

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Punjabi language

Punjabi, sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Punjab region of Pakistan and India.

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Quetta

Quetta (کوئٹہ, ko'eṭa) is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Balochistan.

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Quetta Division

Quetta Division is an administrative division of Balochistan Province, Pakistan, being the third tier of government.

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Robert Groves Sandeman

Sir Robert Groves Sandeman, KCSI (1835–1892) was a British Indian Army officer and colonial administrator.

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Rupee

Rupee is the common name for the currencies of India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles, and Sri Lanka, and of former currencies of Afghanistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, the United Arab Emirates (as the Gulf rupee), British East Africa, Burma, German East Africa (as Rupie/Rupien), and Tibet.

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Safavid dynasty

The Safavid dynasty (Dudmâne Safavi) was one of Iran's most significant ruling dynasties reigning from 1501 to 1736.

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Sandeman Fort

Sandeman Fort, also known as Zhob Fort, is a fortress and a military garrison situated in Zhob District, Baluchistan.

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Saraiki language

Saraiki (سرائیکی.; also spelt Siraiki, or Seraiki) is an Indo-Aryan language of the Lahnda group, spoken by more than 30 million people primarily in the south-western half of the province of Punjab in Pakistan.

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Second Anglo-Afghan War

The Second Anglo-Afghan War (Dari: جنگ دومافغان و انگلیس, د افغان-انګرېز دويمه جګړه) was a military conflict fought between the British Raj and the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1878 to 1880, when the latter was ruled by Sher Ali Khan of the Barakzai dynasty, the son of former Emir Dost Mohammad Khan.

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Shah Beg Arghun

Shah Shuja Beg Arghun (Sindhi: شاہ شجاع بیگ ارغون, c. 1465 – 1524) was the first Arghun ruler of Sindh as he overcome and defeated Jam Feroz, the last ruler of the Samma dynasty, in 1520.

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Sindhi language

Sindhi (or सिन्धी) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 30 million people in the Pakistani province of Sindh, where it has official status.

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Tehsil

A tehsil (also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka) is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan.

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Time in Pakistan

Pakistan uses one time zone, which is Pakistan Standard Time (PKT).

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Toba Achakzai

The Toba Achakzai (توبه اڅکزۍ) or Khwaja Amran is an offshoot of the Toba Kakar range of mountains, north of Chaman, in Balochistan, Pakistan, extending into Maruf District in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.

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Union councils of Pakistan

The union councils of Pakistan (یونین کونسل), referred to as village councils in villages, are an elected local government body consisting of 21 councillors, and headed by a Nazim which is equivalent to a mayor or chairperson and a Naib Nazim (vice chairperson).

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Urdu

Urdu (اُردُو) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetta_District

Also known as Quetta (district).

, Toba Achakzai, Union councils of Pakistan, Urdu.