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Mir Shah Nawaz Khan Baloch
Khan of Kalat
Mir Shah Nawaz Khan Baloch
Reign1839–1841
Coronation1839
PredecessorMir Mehrab Khan
SuccessorMir Nasir Khan II
BornKalat
Died1841
Kalat
ReligionSunni Islam

Mir Shah Nawaz Khan Baloch (Urdu: میر شاہنواز خان بلوچ) was the Khan (ruler) of the princely state of Kalat in what is now the Balochistan province of Pakistan.[1][2]

Shah Nawaz came to power upon the assassination of his predecessor. Used by the British to legitimize their rule in Balochistan, Shah Nawaz was widely hated by Baloch nationalists. His predecessor's son, Mir Nasir Khan II, led a rebellion against the British, forcing them to accept his rule as Khan over Shah Nawaz in 1841.[3]

References

  1. ^ Baluchistan - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 6, p. 277.
  2. ^ Baluchistan (Pakistan) (1907). Baluchistan district gazetteer series. printed at Bombay Education Society's Press. pp. 54–56. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  3. ^ Dashti, Naseer (2012). The Baloch and Balochistan: A historical account from the Beginning to the fall of the Baloch State. Trafford Publishing. p. Chapter 14.

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