13 Facts About Mirzali Khan

Haji Mirzali Khan Wazir, commonly known as the Faqir of Ipi, was a Ormur tribal chief and freedom fighter from North Waziristan in today's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Mirzali Khan started the guerilla warfare against the new nation's government.

Mirzali Khan instructed his supporters that they should never help Afghanistan with any plan made against Pakistan.

Mirzali Khan was born around 1897 at Shankai Kirta, a village near Khajuri in the Tochi Valley of North Waziristan, present day Pakistan to Sheikh Arsala Khan Wazir.

Mirzali Khan belonged to the Pashtuns ethnicity of the Torikhel branch of the Utmanzai Wazir tribe.

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Mirzali Khan studied until fourth grade at a government school and later pursued religious studies at Bannu.

Mirzali Khan built a mosque and a house at Spalga, further south in North Waziristan agency in 1922.

Mirzali Khan went to perform Hajj at Mecca and later moved to Ipi in mid 1920s.

Mirzali Khan became a religious figure among the locals and was called "Haji Sahab" and being the local Kanungoh of the region is famous for the introduction of both Sharia and Qanun law to Waziristan and for the introduction of the formal administration of justice and fairness in Ipi.

Mirzali Khan succeeded in inducing a semblance of tribal unity among various sections of Pashtuns including the Khattaks, Wazirs, Dawar, Mahsuds and Bettanis.

Mirzali Khan cemented his position as religious leader by declaring a Jihad against the British.

Mirzali Khan published a Pashto-language newspaper, Ghazi, from Gurwek to promote his ideas.

Mirzali Khan instructed his supporters that if the Government of Afghanistan made any future plan against Pakistan in his name, they should never support it.