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Nawab of Kalabagh (Urdu: نواب کالا باغ ) is a title of the feudatory lord of Kalabagh in Mianwali District of north western Punjab, Pakistan.
Amir Mohammad Khan was the last Nawab of Kalabagh as it choose to merge with Pakistan in 1947.
During the British Raj Kalabagh was not made a princely state by the British. It was a jagir that had been ruled by the Nawabs since the time of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni.
His eldest son worked in Pakistan Air Force as Vice Chief of Air Staff till 1998. Now his grandson Malik Sherjeel Tufail Awan is entitled as Nawab of Kala Bagh
2 of his sons were killed in internal enmity. They own more then 10 thousand acres of land. One of the richest families in Pakistan.
See also
- Princely state, for a list of the princely states in Pakistan.
- Kalabagh Dam
Categories:- Mianwali District
- Titles in Pakistan
- Pakistan stubs
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