Dad Shah

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Mir Dad Shah
دادشاه‎
Nationality Iranian
OccupationFarmer
Known forParticipating in the Balochistan insurgency against the Iranian state

Mir Dad Shah (Persian: دادشاه), also spelled Mir Daad Shah, was an Iranian Baloch farmer who lived in a village called Nillag within Iranian Balochistan. With the goal of securing an independent Balochistan and largely discontent with Iranian rule, Shah participated in a rebellion and armed insurgency against the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in the 1950s.[1]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Killers' Capture in Wilds". LIFE. 42 (16): 40–41. 22 April 1957. ISSN 0024-3019.

Further reading[]

  • Mordechai Nisan, Minorities in the Middle East: A History of Struggle and Self-Expression, ISBN 0786413751
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