Mulla Powinda or Mullah Powindah, born Mohiuddin Maseed, was a religious leader and a freedom fighter from the Pashtun tribe of the Shabi khel Mahsuds, based in Waziristan.
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10 Facts About Mulla Powinda
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Mulla Powinda was from Marobi Shabikhel, a village in the present-day Makin Subdivision of South Waziristan, Pakistan.
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Mulla Powinda led a long-standing guerrilla insurgency against the British forces in the late 19th century.
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Mulla Powinda became known first as the Selani Mulla and later as Mulla Powinda rather than by his rarely used real name of Mohiuddin.
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Mulla Powinda was a revolutionary National leader and even the staunchest and most unwilling Wazir and Mahsud tribesmen supported him and united on his call.
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Mulla Powinda did Bai'ath from Mulla Muhammad Anwar of Tirah under the Qadiriyyah Tarikah.
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Mulla Powinda's teacher was Maulana Hamzullah Wazir who was a prominent mujahed of his time.
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Mulla Powinda had already played a major role in the success of the Sandeman policy in Balochistan.
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Mulla Powinda announced that no one was to carry out this punishment.
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Mulla Powinda remained a concern of the Raj until his death in 1913.
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