Pashin district of Balochistan province of Pakistan
Short brief history of Pashin district of Balochistan province of Pakistan
Pishin os a distirct of Balochistan province of Pakistan.Up to the middle of the 18th century, when Quetta finally passed into
the hands of Brahvi rulers, the history of Pishin is identical with the
province of Kandahar. The earliest mention of Pishin is in the avestic
writing in which Pishinorha is described as a valley in an elevated part
of the country and containing a barren level plain.
Little is known of the history of Quetta Pishin up to the 13th
century AD It was in 1221 that Kandahar and its dependencies passed into
the hands of the Mughals. During the first half of the 15th century,
Kandahar was under the rule of the Timurs’ successors and it was
probably at the beginning of this century that the Tarins, who now hold
Pishin, emigrated from their original homes in the Takht-i-Sulaiman and
made their way into Pishin.
Between 1530 and 1545 the province of Kandahar was in the possession
of Mirza Kamran the brother of the Emperor Humayun. After his death in
1556, Kandahar and its dependencies were restored to the Safavid kings
of Persia and they remained under Persia until 1595, when they were
again acquired by the Mughals. It is mentioned in Ain-i-Akbari that Shal
and Pushang were included in the eastern division of the Kandhar
Sarkar. In 1622 Kandahar was again brought under the Safavid dynasty and
with the exception of a short period remained under Persia. The Safavid
Monarch Shah Abbas gained possession of Kandhar in 1622. He conferred
the government of Pishin and tribal dependencies upon Sher Khan the
Tarin.
