Nasirabad Division
Kalat Division
نصیرآباد ڈویژن نصیرآباد ولایت Greater Nasirabad | |
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 Nasirabad in the Winter. | |
.svg) Map of Nasirabad Division in red | |
| Coordinates: 28°57′N 67°31′E / 28.950°N 67.517°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Balochistan |
| Capital | Dera Murad Jamali |
| Established | 1 July 1987 |
| Founded by | Mir Nasir Khan I (Nasir Khan Noori) |
| Districts | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Divisional Administration |
| • Commissioner | Moin Ur Rehman Khan (BPS-20 BCS) |
| • Constituency | NA-254 Nasirabad-cum-Kachhi-cum-Jhal Magsi NA-255 Sohbat Pur-cum-Jaffarabad-cum-Usta Muhammad-cum-Nasirabad |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15,656 km2 (6,045 sq mi) |
| Population (2023 census) | |
| • Total | 2,044,021 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Nasirabadi |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PKT) |
| ISO 3166 code | PK-BA |
Nasirabad Division (Urdu: دوسوں نصیرآباد) was an administrative division of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan, until the reforms of 2000 abolished it. The capital was Nasirabad town. The area lies n the eastern Balochistan-Sindh frontier, historically connected with Kachhi plain, Sindh, Qandahar and Kalat region respectively. Because of this position, Islam reached the region through several overlapping channels: Over subsequent centuries, Islamic influence spread eastward and westward through trade, migration, Sufi missionaries and political connections rather than through one single conquest of what is now Nasirabad.
Interestingly the British Raj later obtained a lease over Nasirabad from the Kha of Kalat. Encyclopaedia Iranica records that in 1903 a treaty added the perpetual lease of Nasirabad for an annual payment of Rs. 115,000. During the Independence Pakistan Movement, Muslim political activity in Balochistan became increasingly significant. In 1947 the Shahi Jirga and non-official members of the Quetta Municipality voted for accession to Pakistan, although the circumstances and representation of that vote remain historically contested.
