foreword by the authors, contents list & a thorough study of this language of the Baloch People who are an Iranian ethnic group who live mainly in the Balochistan region of the southeastern-most edge of the Iranian plateau in Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan, as well as in the Arabian Peninsula. The author studied several local languages during his Indian Service &, in his foreword, recommends dropping ones 'Oxford intonation' when seeking to speak Balochi - "for the time being, not for good"