BALRAMPUR

[s. 80] : of the Town in the Gonda district United Provinces, India; station of the ME, with 18 native workers, men and women, 9 Sunday schools, 1 village school and 170 62 sub-divided into tribes and again into The Baluchis have several points of resemblance to the Tartars and may perhaps have sprung from a commingling of Persian and Tartar stock. The Brahuis seem to have a linguistic affinity with some of the tribes of the Punjab. Mohammedanism is the religion of the general ma of the population. Balu chi stan is ruled by the Khan of Khelat under the direction of an English resident. For strategic purposes the British authorities have built a railway from India into the country, and an English garrison is maintained at Quettah. Mi ionary operations are limited to one There have station of the CMS at Quettah. been a few conversions notwithstanding the fanaticism that would apply the sword to every man who abandons Islam. On the whole, the greatest encouragement is found in the steady circulation of the Scriptures from the Quettah depot. Balu chi stan, Hughes (A. W.), London, 1877. 80