Makran (Urdu: ریاست مکران) was an autonomous princely state in a subsidiary alliance with British India until 1947, before being absorbed as an autonomous princely state of Pakistan.

It was located in the extreme southwest of present-day Pakistan, an area now parts of the districts of Gwadar, Kech and Panjgur.

Makran state was ruled by Gichki Nawabs,[2] who were of Rajput origins.

[3][4] Their ancestor, Jagat Singh, had migrated from Rajputana in the 17th century and converted to Islam.

[5] On 21 March 1948, after Partition, the rulers of Makran, Kharan, and Las Bela all announced that they were ceding their states to the Dominion of Pakistan.