by Martin Axmann, Oxford University Press: 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.