Panjgur Tehsil: History
The city of Panjgur is among the oldest documented settlements in the Makran region. Al-Muqaddasī, writing in 985 AD, recorded it, then known in Arabic as Bannajbur, as the capital of Makran and noted that it was inhabited by a people called Balūṣh, constituting the earliest known Arabic reference to the Baloch people. The name Panjgur is most commonly interpreted as a blend of the Balochi words panj (five) and goran (highland), meaning "land of five highlands," though an alternative derivation from panj and goor (grave) has also been proposed. The presence of nearby localities named Chokgoran and Mazangoran lends support to the highland etymology.
Panjgur came under British indirect influence during the nineteenth century as part of the wider incorporation of Balochistan into the British Indian Empire, remaining under the nominal suzerainty of the Khan of Kalat throughout the colonial period. Following the Partition of British India in 1947, the region was integrated into Pakistan. The district was formally notified as a separate administrative unit on 1 July 1977, when Makran Division was carved out of the former Makran District.