Jiskani State
In the heart of Thal exists a bustling little town with a few thousand inhabitants, called Mankera. It is now a tehsil headquarter in Bakhar district. Towards the end of the fifteenth century, the Jiskani Baloch from Makran flocked into the Thal in and around Mankera, and subsequently ruled this state for the next three hundred years. During the period of Baloch ruler Baloch Khan (the blind), Jhanda Singh of Bhangian wali Misl attacked and devastated the area and was soon ousted. Abdul Nabi Kalhora with help of the Afghan king took over it from the last Baloch ruler, Mohammad Khan Jiskani, in 789 AD.
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