In 1747, Nadir Shah was assassinated and Ahmad Shah Durrani took over. The Durranis were followed in about 1826, by the Barakzai under Dost Mohammad Khan. Almost the whole of the Loralai District remained under this dynasty till 1879. In 1879, Duki and the Thal Chotiali country with other parts of Balochistan passed into the hands of the British. In 1879, at the close of the first phase of Afghan war a British contingent while returning from Kandahar was attacked by a large body of tribesmen from the Zhob and Bori valley at Baghao under the command of Shah Jahan (chief of Zhob). However they were defeated. In 1881, Thal Chotiali (Sibi) which included Duki was made Sub district of the Harnai political Agency...

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Thal, Sibi, Balochistan, Pakistan