Muzaffar ul-Mulk

Muzaffar ul-Mulk
The Mehtar of Chitral
Reign30 July 1943 – 12 January 1949
PredecessorMehtar Nasir ul-Mulk
SuccessorMehtar Saif-ur-Rehman
BornMuzaffar ul-Mulk
(1901-10-06)6 October 1901
Chitral, British India
Died12 January 1949(1949-01-12) (aged 47)
Chitral, Pakistan
Burial
Chitral Fort
Urduمظفر الملک
Khowarمظفر الملک
DynastyKatoor Dynasty
FatherMehtar Shuja ul-Mulk
Military career
AllegianceBritish Raj 1943–1947
Pakistan 1947–1949
Battles / warsThird Anglo-Afghan War

Indo-Pakistani War of 1947

His Highness Muzaffar ul-Mulk (6 October 1901 – 12 January 1949) was the Mehtar of Chitral who reigned from 1943 to 1949.[1][2][3][4][5] He took the important decision of Chitral's accession to Pakistan in 1947.[6][7][8] He also dispatched his army into Gilgit in August 1947, to help secure that territory for Pakistan.[9][10][11]

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  8. ^ Commissioner, Pakistan Office of the Census (1962). Population Census of Pakistan, 1961: Dacca. 2.Chittagong. 3.Sylhet. 4.Rajshahi. 5.Khulna. 6.Rangpur. 7.Mymensingh. 8.Comilla. 9.Bakerganj. 10.Noakhali. 11.Bogra. 12.Dinajpur. 13.Jessore. 14.Pabna. 15.Kushtia. 16.Faridpur. 17.Chittagong Hill tracts. pp. 1–19.
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  11. ^ Gen.), K. K. Nanda (Lieut (1 January 1994). Conquering Kashmir: a Pakistani obsession. Lancers Books. p. 103. ISBN 9788170950455.