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Gul Khan Nasir
Gul Khan Naseer (Balochi:میر گل خان نصیر; Urdu: میر گل خان نصیر) also known as Malek o-Sho'arā Balochistan (Balochi:ملک شعراء بلوچستان; Urdu:ملک شعراء بلوچستان); 14 May 1914 – 6 December 1983) was a Pakistani politician, poet, historian, and journalist from Balochistan. Most of his work is in Balochi language, but he also wrote in English, Urdu, Brahui and Persian.
Nasir was born in 1914 into a Baloch Muslim family in Noshki during the British Raj. His father Habib Khan belonged to the Paindzai family of the Zagar Mengal sub branch of the Mengal tribe. Gul Khan's mother, Bibi Hooran, belonged to the Bolazai branch of the Badini Rakshani.
Gul Khan Nasir studied until fourth grade in his village.[citation needed] For further studies he was sent to Quetta where he was admitted to the Government Sandeman High School.[citation needed] He subsequently went to Lahore to pursue higher education at Islamia College Lahore.[citation needed] During his second year at Islamia College, a piece of coal went into his eye, causing him to leave education and return to Quetta.[citation needed]
Lahore was then the hub of knowledge and political and social activities.[citation needed] The political, cultural, social and literary movements in Lahore made quite an impression on Nasir.[citation needed] When he returned to Quetta, Balochistan was administratively split into several parts, namely, The Chief Commissioner's Province under direct British rule and the Princely states under indirect British rule through Tribal chiefs (Sardars). Nasir entered politics to campaign throughout Balochistan for an end to British rule over South Asia and curbing the influence of tribal chiefs over Balochistan.
When he went to Lahore, Nasir saw the students taking part in different sports so he joined the college football team.[citation needed] He also learned boxing.[citation needed]
"Boxing helped Gul Khan Nasir get out of many a tight spot in his life" – Aqil Khan Mengal
He participated in boxing tournaments.[citation needed] In the All India Universities Boxing Championship, he was the runner-up. At this tournament he broke his nose.
After the ban on "Anjuman-e-Islamia Riyasat-e-Kalat," on 5 February 1937, the young politicians of Kalat got together again and formed a new political organization, Kalat State National Party (KSNP). Party members elected Mir Abdul Aziz Kurd as president, Mir Gul Khan Nasir as vice president, and Malik Faiz Muhammad Yousafzai became the Secretary General.[citation needed] The Kalat State National Party was affiliated with the Indian National Congress. It played an important role in curbing the power and influence of the Sardars Tribal Chieftains, fought for the abolition of taxes imposed on the poor by the Sardars, and campaigned for the establishment of a democratically elected Parliament fashioned after the British Parliament upon independence. The KSNP had several ups and downs with the Khan of Kalat. At first, most of the top leaders of the party such as Abdul Aziz Kurd, Faiz Muhammad Yoyusafzai, Gul Khan Nasir, Abdul Rahim Khwajakhel, Aalijah Ghaus Bakhsh Gazgi etc. were serving as government officials. In 1939, during an annual session of KSNP in which Mir Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo was also taking part as a representative of a Karachi-based political party, some armed men, allegedly sent by the local sardars tried to disrupt the rally by firing at the participants. After that all the members of the Party who had government jobs resigned and were arrested.[citation needed] This was the incident which caused Mir Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo to join the KSNP. After some time the Khan reconciled with the KSNP leaders and re-employed them as government officials. Once again tensions rose between the KSNP and the Khan of Kalat and the KSNP leadership resigned once again. Paul Titus and Nina Swidler in their article "Knights Not Pawns: Ethno-Nationalism and Regional Dynamics in Post-Colonial Balochistan" write:
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Gul Khan Nasir
Gul Khan Naseer (Balochi:میر گل خان نصیر; Urdu: میر گل خان نصیر) also known as Malek o-Sho'arā Balochistan (Balochi:ملک شعراء بلوچستان; Urdu:ملک شعراء بلوچستان); 14 May 1914 – 6 December 1983) was a Pakistani politician, poet, historian, and journalist from Balochistan. Most of his work is in Balochi language, but he also wrote in English, Urdu, Brahui and Persian.
Nasir was born in 1914 into a Baloch Muslim family in Noshki during the British Raj. His father Habib Khan belonged to the Paindzai family of the Zagar Mengal sub branch of the Mengal tribe. Gul Khan's mother, Bibi Hooran, belonged to the Bolazai branch of the Badini Rakshani.
Gul Khan Nasir studied until fourth grade in his village.[citation needed] For further studies he was sent to Quetta where he was admitted to the Government Sandeman High School.[citation needed] He subsequently went to Lahore to pursue higher education at Islamia College Lahore.[citation needed] During his second year at Islamia College, a piece of coal went into his eye, causing him to leave education and return to Quetta.[citation needed]
Lahore was then the hub of knowledge and political and social activities.[citation needed] The political, cultural, social and literary movements in Lahore made quite an impression on Nasir.[citation needed] When he returned to Quetta, Balochistan was administratively split into several parts, namely, The Chief Commissioner's Province under direct British rule and the Princely states under indirect British rule through Tribal chiefs (Sardars). Nasir entered politics to campaign throughout Balochistan for an end to British rule over South Asia and curbing the influence of tribal chiefs over Balochistan.
When he went to Lahore, Nasir saw the students taking part in different sports so he joined the college football team.[citation needed] He also learned boxing.[citation needed]
"Boxing helped Gul Khan Nasir get out of many a tight spot in his life" – Aqil Khan Mengal
He participated in boxing tournaments.[citation needed] In the All India Universities Boxing Championship, he was the runner-up. At this tournament he broke his nose.
After the ban on "Anjuman-e-Islamia Riyasat-e-Kalat," on 5 February 1937, the young politicians of Kalat got together again and formed a new political organization, Kalat State National Party (KSNP). Party members elected Mir Abdul Aziz Kurd as president, Mir Gul Khan Nasir as vice president, and Malik Faiz Muhammad Yousafzai became the Secretary General.[citation needed] The Kalat State National Party was affiliated with the Indian National Congress. It played an important role in curbing the power and influence of the Sardars Tribal Chieftains, fought for the abolition of taxes imposed on the poor by the Sardars, and campaigned for the establishment of a democratically elected Parliament fashioned after the British Parliament upon independence. The KSNP had several ups and downs with the Khan of Kalat. At first, most of the top leaders of the party such as Abdul Aziz Kurd, Faiz Muhammad Yoyusafzai, Gul Khan Nasir, Abdul Rahim Khwajakhel, Aalijah Ghaus Bakhsh Gazgi etc. were serving as government officials. In 1939, during an annual session of KSNP in which Mir Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo was also taking part as a representative of a Karachi-based political party, some armed men, allegedly sent by the local sardars tried to disrupt the rally by firing at the participants. After that all the members of the Party who had government jobs resigned and were arrested.[citation needed] This was the incident which caused Mir Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo to join the KSNP. After some time the Khan reconciled with the KSNP leaders and re-employed them as government officials. Once again tensions rose between the KSNP and the Khan of Kalat and the KSNP leadership resigned once again. Paul Titus and Nina Swidler in their article "Knights Not Pawns: Ethno-Nationalism and Regional Dynamics in Post-Colonial Balochistan" write:
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