Baloch Family, Quetta, Pakistan
Baloch Family, Quetta, the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Balochistan. The city is near the Bolan Pass which was on a major gateway from Central Asia to South Asia. The city is known as the Fruit Garden of Pakistan due to the numerous fruit orchards in and around it and the large variety of fruits and dried fruits produced there. The Baloch (Baluch, Balochi or Baloc) are a pastoral ethnic group who speak Western Iranic Baloch language and are native to the Balochistan region of South and Western Asia, encompassing the countries of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan
Picture No
14021398
Media ID
45937903
Size
3396px x 5342px
(3.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Postcard published by R. W. Rai & Sons, Quetta
Date
circa 1910s





























