Early in the 13th century, the area came within the sphere of the raids of the Mongol hordes of Genghis Khan.

In 1398 CE, an expedition against the Afghans of the area was led by Pir Muhammad, grandson of Amir Timur aka Tamerlane.

Although no verifiable information exists about any foreign occupation, many forts, mounds and karezes are attributed to the Mughals.

In the middle of the 18th century, Ahmed Shah granted a sanad (certificate) to Bekar Nika, fourth in descent from Jogi and the head of the Jogezai family, conferring upon him the title and position of "Badshah of Zhob".

Meanwhile, the castles of Saifullah Khan Khoidadzai and Shah Jehan Jogezai (Badshah of Zhob) were demolished.

On 7 October 1884, an assault on the Qalla (castle) of Shah Jahan near Akhterzai resulted the killings of many tribal people including Malik Hamza Daulatzai and Mohammad Ghous who fought bravely.

Gender disparity and access to education for girls are major issues in the district and are reflected in the low literacy rates for females.

The district is rich with mineral wealth and produces high quality chromite in Pakistan, the second largest reserve in the world.

Gypsum, ores of coal, salt, granite, marble, copper and gabbro are also found in various parts of the district.

[citation needed] Killa Saifullah is about 182 km north-east of the provincial capital Quetta.