New york times cooking article is about the geographic region. The Balochistan region is split between three countries: Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The name “Balochistan” is generally believed to derive from the name of the Baloch people.

Greeks called the land Gedrosia and its people Gedrosoi, terms of unknown origin. Nearly 5100 years ago, a multitude of tribes left their abodes in Central Asia and moved toward west, south, and southeast directions. These people were called Aryans and a section among them became known as Indo-Iranic tribes. Some of the Indo-Iranic tribes settled in northwestern Iranian region of Balashakan. Circumstances forced this pastoralist nomadic group of tribes known at that time as Balashchik to migrate en masse and abandon their original homeland. Large Baluch carpet, from the mid 19th century. Alternating rows depict cypress trees and Turkmen Gül motifs in offset coloration.

The somber background colors are characteristic of Baluch weavings. This likely was a commission for a tribal Khan or chieftain for ceremonial use. The earliest evidence of human occupation in what is now Balochistan is dated to the Paleolithic era, represented by hunting camps and lithic scatter, chipped and flaked stone tools. These villages expanded in size during the subsequent Chalcolithic when interaction was amplified. Baloch were allied with the last Achaemenid emperor.