Mirza Hamid Hussain

Mirza Hamid Hussain
Born	July 4, 1914(1914-07-04) Delhi British Indian Empire
Died	July 12, 1987(1987-07-12) (aged 73) Lahore, Pakistan
Buried at	Lahore, Punjab Provice
Allegiance	United Kingdom  Pakistan
Service/branch	British Army  Pakistan Army
Years of service	1934–1977
Rank	Brigadier
Unit	King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Commands held	Director ISI Karachi Branch
Battles/wars	World War II Waziristan War of 1936–1939 Indo-Pakistan War of 1947 Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Awards	Orden del Mérito Militar
Relations	Nawab Qasim Jan

Brigadier Mirza Hamid Hussain (July 4, 1914 – August 12, 1987) was a Pakistan army officer, diplomat and an intelligence officer. Hussain was born in 1914 at Delhi. He was educated at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and the 'Prince of Wales' Royal Military College RIMC, Dehra Dun. He was commissioned from the Indian Military Academy in the first batch of 1934 and was attached to a British Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry. He later joined the 47th Sikh regiment. He saw active service on the Frontier Waziristan Operation where he was mentioned in Dispatches for gallant and distinguished service in the field.

Army career

He was the first and senior most Indian Commissioned Officers to join the Indian Army Ordnance Corps in 1940. He served in Iraq and Iran in various senior appointments DADOD 10th Army and Chief Ordnance Officer. He graduated from Staff College, Quetta, in 1945 and commanded various Ordnance Depots in India. He was then appointed ADOS in G.H.Q. India where he was in charge of Operation and training the Ordnance Service.

Defence Attaché of Pakistan

On partition, he opted for Pakistan Army and came to Pakistan as Deputy Director Ordnance Service G.H.Q. Rawalpindi. Later he was appointed Director of Weapon and Equipment in The General Staff Branch G.H.Q. and subsequently took over as Director of Staff Duties.

Senior Appointments

On completion of tenure, he was appointed Director of Inter-Services Intelligence, Karachi. He was selected for Foreign Service in 1951 and was appointed Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign affairs in charge of the Middle East Division. Later, he became Chief of Protocol. In 1952 he was selected for the appointment of Counselor, Pakistan High Commission, London. He has been counselor in Iraq, Iran and Turkey. He has been Chare d'Affairs as Joint secretary, Chief of Protocol. He has been honored with the 'Order of Monrovia’ and 'Membership of the Civil Merit' from Spain.

He is a direct descendant of Nawab Qasim Khan who came to India from Yarkand. He died in 1987 at the age of 73 in Lahore.

Further reading

• The Battle Within, by Brigadier Mirza Hamid Hussain, Pakistan Army 33. 1970. ISBN 969-407-286-7 -.(ebook)

References

• Genealogy of the Nawabs of Loharu Queensland University

Persondata
Name	Hussain, Mirza Hamid
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	July 4, 1914
Place of birth	Delhi British Indian Empire
Date of death	July 12, 1987
Place of death	Lahore, Pakistan