Quetta (the word derives from Qwata, Pashto), surrounded as it is by imposing hills on all sides. It is encircled by hills Chiltan, Takatoo, Mordar and Zarghun. It is believed that the earliest Muslim inhabitants and rulers/owners of the city were the Pashtun Tribe. Quettarested here on his retreat to Pashtun, | url=https://paktourismportal.com/history-of-quetta/ | title=History of Quetta Pakistan Tourism Portal|website=paktourismportal.com|access-date=19 October 2022}} The Ghilzai power in Kandahar at the beginning of the eighteenth century, simultaneously gave this area to be controlled by Pashtun and Baloch in Kalat. Ahmed Shah Durrani finally gave control of Quetta over to the Khan of Kalat Mir Noori Naseer Khan Baloch for helping him with his army in 1751 against the Marathas in the Battle of Panipat (1761), and against the Sikhs in 1765. Today, it is an important city in BALUCHISTAN. Quetta has a majority Pashtun population, with more than 60% of its inhabitants being Pashtun (mainly of the kakar and Bazai Pashtun tribes).