This book on Baluchistan is in two parts. Part 1 is mainly descriptive and historical and provides the background for the main narrative. Part II relates to Post-Independence Pakistan and the evolution of political processes in Baluchistan during this time. The countryside of Baluchistan, however, is so picturesque and the people inhabiting it so colourful, in their character and traditions, in their physique and, dress, in their manners and customs, in the way they go through life generally.