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Yusuf Aziz Magsi

يوسف عزيز ماغسي

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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.

Quetta

Baloch nationalist writer and activist (1908 – 31 May 1935) from Jhal Magsi: his 1929 article 'Balochistan's Lament' earned him a year of solitary confinement; he became president of the Anjuman-e-Ittehad-e-Balochan, convened the All-India Baloch Conferences at Jacobabad (1932) and Hyderabad (1933), became chief of the Magsi tribe, and died in the Quetta earthquake of 1935, aged twenty-seven.

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writer · activist
Region
South Asia
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The Colonial Era · The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: A. K. Fazlul Huq · Abbas Hilmi II · Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad · Abd al-Hafid of Morocco · Abd al-Hamid ibn Badis

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Quetta

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    Quetta

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    Mir Hazar Khan Khoso· Quetta

    Sources

    1. Yousaf Aziz Magsi — English Wikipedia
    2. Yusuf Aziz Magsi — Urdu Wikipedia
    3. Yousaf Aziz Magsi — Wikidata
    4. Balochistan's undying dream — Dawn
    5. The Rise of Baloch Nationalism and Resistance – II — Pakistan Monthly Review
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    Mir Hazar Khan Khoso

    Pakistani jurist (1929–2021), caretaker prime minister of Pakistan from March to June 2013 to conduct the general elections, chief justice of the Balochistan High Court, chief justice of the Federal Shariat Court (1992–1994), and twice briefly governor of Balochistan.