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Syed Shahid Hamid | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Syed Shahid Hamid 17 September 1910 Lucknow, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India |
| Died | 12 March 1993 (aged 82) Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Relations | Altaf Fatima Mishal Husain (granddaughter) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  British India 1934-47 Pakistan 1947-64 |
| Branch/service |  British Indian Army Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | 1934–1964 |
| Rank |  Major-General |
| Commands | Master General of Ordnance (MGO) Adjutant-General (AG) DG Military Intelligence |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |  Hilal-i-Jurat |
Major General Syed Shahid Hamid (Urdu: سید شاهد حامد), HJ (17 September 1910 – 12 March 1993) was a two-star general in the Pakistan Army, and a close associate of President Ayub Khan. Hamid was the first Master General of Ordnance (MGO) of the Pakistan Army. He also authored numerous books,[1] most notably Disastrous Twilight - A Personal Record of the Partition of India 1946-1947, an eyewitness account of being on the staff of the last British Commander in Chief of the Indian Army, Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck.[2]
He was the grandfather of the British journalist, Mishal Husain.[3]
- ^ "Major General Shahid Hamid - AbeBooks". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ Hamid, Shahid (1986). Disastrous Twilight: A Personal Record of the Partition of India. Great Britain: Leo Cooper. ISBN 0-85052-396-6.
- ^ BBC One News at Six feature on then-Indian Army involvement in World War Two. 2 September 2020.