Mir Dad Shah | |
Native Name: | دادشاه |
Native Name Lang: | fa |
Nationality: | Iranian |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Known For: | Participating in the Balochistan insurgency against the Iranian state |
Mir Dad Shah, 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]