{{Short description|Sulaiman sub-range in Pakistan}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Central Brahui Range | image = | image_caption = | elevation_m = 3,578 | elevation_ref =<ref name="Chiltan Adventures Association Balochistan.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.caab.20m.com/ |title=Highest Mountains Peak in Baluchistan and Quetta |publisher=Chiltan Adventures Association Balochistan.com |access-date=27 September 2010}}</ref> | prominence = | location = Pakistan | range = | coordinates_ref = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }} {{coord|30|07|N|67|48|E|display=title}} '''Central Brahui Range''' ({{langx|Ur|وسطی براہوئی پہاڑی سلسلہ}}) is a mountain range located in the east of Quetta District, in Balochistan province of western Pakistan. The range, which is part of the Sulaiman Range, contains the tallest mountain peak in Balochistan, Zarghun Ghar (3578 m). The range is home to a broad swathe of flora and fauna. The important passes through the range include Bolan Pass and Harnai Pass.<ref>The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. [https://www.britannica.com/place/Central-Brahui-Range "Central Brāhui Range"]. ''Encyclopedia Britannica''. 20 July, 1998. Accessed 22 June 2025.</ref> Near Quetta it meets the Suleiman Range and Toba Kakar Range. [[File:Pak-Iran Juniper Defenders and Mountaineers at Zarghoon Mount Balochistan 1991,.jpg|thumb|Pak-Iran Juniper Defenders and Mountaineers headed by Hayatullah Khan Durrani at base camp of Zarghoon Mount Balochistan, 1991.]]
==Peaks== The Central Brahui Range's highest peak is Zarghun Ghar, at 3,578 meters (11738. ft), which is also considered the highest mountain peak in Balochistan, while the second highest peak is Kuchnai Saar, at 3,404 meters (11,170. ft).<ref name="Chiltan Adventures Association Balochistan.com" />
==Flora== The base of the Zarghoon Ghar up to the city of Ziarat is densely covered by Pashtun juniper (''Juniperus seravschanica'') trees, a forest of about 200,000 acres (810 km<sup>2</sup>). The Pashtun Juniper forest in the adjacent Ziarat District covers an area of about 247,000 acres (1,000 km<sup>2</sup>).
== See also == * List of mountains in Pakistan * Mountain ranges of Pakistan
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==Further reading== *{{cite journal |last1=Sami |first1=Muhammad |last2=Waseem |first2=Amir |last3=Akbar |first3=Sher |title=Quantitative estimation of dust fall and smoke particles in Quetta Valley |journal=Journal of Zhejiang University Science B |date=July 2006 |volume=7 |issue=7 |pages=542–547 |doi=10.1631/jzus.2006.B0542 |pmid=16773727|pmc=1500881 }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zarghun Ghar}} Category:Mountain ranges of Balochistan (Pakistan) Category:Quetta District Category:Sulaiman Mountains