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Nowroz Khan

نوروز خان

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† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Balochistan

Baloch tribal leader (1874–1964, the birth year debated) of the Zarakzai (Zehri) of Jhalawan: after the Khan of Kalat's arrest in October 1958 he led the 1958–60 insurgency, surrendered on 15 May 1959 under a Quran oath of amnesty and was arrested with his followers; spared, on account of his age, the execution that took seven of his companions in 1960, he died in Kohlu jail in 1964.

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South Asia
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The Colonial Era · The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: Sayyid Ali al-Mirghani · Da Pusheng · Ahmed Lutfi al-Sayyid · Evelyn Cobbold · Muhammad ibn Isa Al Khalifa

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Balochistan

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    Sources

    1. Nauroz Khan — English Wikipedia
    2. Nauroz Khan — Wikidata
    3. Baluchistan i — Encyclopaedia Iranica
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