Dad Shah Explained

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]

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  1. 22 April 1957. Killers' Capture in Wilds. Life. 42. 16. 40–41. 0024-3019.