Khelat
capital of Baluchistan, and the residence of the Khan. The houses of the city are mostly mud huts and the industries, excepting that in rude pottery, are negligible. The English occupied the city in the Afghan War in 1839 after a considerable resistance on the part of the garrison. Since 1877 British agent with a military escort has been the real ruler of the city. Pop. about 15,000. a was laid out by