Muhammad Abbas Khan Abbasi | |
Honorific Suffix: | His Highness |
Birth Date: | 1924 3, df=y |
Birth Place: | Bahawalpur (princely state) |
Death Place: | London, United Kingdom |
Alma Mater: | |
Parents: | Sadeq Mohammad Khan V (father) |
Relatives: | Rafiqa Abbasi (sister)[1] S.M. Abbasi (brother) Sahibzada Muzammil-ur-Rashid Abbasi (nephew) |
Office: | Federal Minister for Religious Affairs[2] |
Term Start: | 15 March 1981 |
Term End: | 18 March 1984 |
Predecessor: | Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq |
Successor: | Raja Zafar-ul-Haq |
Office1: | Emir of the Bahawalpur State[3] |
Term Start1: | 25 May 1966 |
Term End1: | 14 March 1988 |
Office2: | 18th Governor of Punjab |
Term Start2: | 31 July 1975 |
Term End2: | 5 July 1977 |
Primeminister2: | Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto |
President2: | Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry |
Predecessor2: | Ghulam Mustafa Khar |
Successor2: | Aslam Riaz Hussain |
Allegiance: | Pakistan |
Rank: | Brigadier |
Muhammad Abbas Khan Abbasi (Urdu: {{nq|محمد عباس خان عباسی; 24 March 1924 – 14 March 1988) also known as Alhaj Mohammad Abbas Khan Abbasi, was the Nawab and later Amir of the Bahawalpur State.[4] He was also a Brigadier in the Pakistani Army, Governor of Punjab and member of the Bahawalpur royal family.
He became Nawab on the death of his father General Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan V Abbasi on 24 May 1966.
As head of the Royal House of Bahawalpur, he was recognized as "Ameer of Bahawalpur State" by the then Government of Pakistan led by Field Marshal Ayub Khan.[5]
He was born to General Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan V Abbasi on 24 March 1924. He has several siblings most notably S.M. Abbasi. He received his education from Aitchison College in Lahore.
He was deputy to the Prime Minister/President of the States Army..