Faqir of Ipi

rdf:langString Faqir of Ipi

rdf:langString Haji Mirzali Khan

rdf:langString Haji Mirzali Khan

rdf:langString Gurwek, North Waziristan, Pakistan

rdf:langString Kirta Khajuri, Mirali, North Waziristan, British India

rdf:langString Gurwek, North Waziristan, Pakistan

rdf:langString Only authentic photo of Faqir IPI

rdf:langString Sheikh Arsala Khan

rdf:langString Haji Mirzali Khan Wazir (Shughni: حاجي میرزاعلي خان وزیر), commonly known as the Faqir of Ipi (فقير ايپي), was a Ormur tribal chief and freedom fighter from North Waziristan in today's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. After performing his Hajj pilgrimage in 1923, Mirzali Khan settled in Ipi, a village located near Mirali in North Waziristan, from where he started a campaign of guerrilla warfare against the British Empire. In 1938, he shifted from Ipi to Gurwek, a remote village in North Waziristan on the border with Afghanistan, where he declared an independent state, Pashtunistan and continued his raids against the British, using bases in Afghanistan, with the support of Nazi Germany. On 21 June 1947, the Faqir of Ipi, along with his allies including the Khudai Khidmatgars and members of the Provincial Assembly, declared the Bannu Resolution which demanded that the native Pashtuns be given a third choice to have an independent state of Pashtunistan. The British government refused to comply with this demand. After the creation of Pakistan in August 1947, Afghanistan and India financially sponsored the Pashtunistan movement under the leadership of the Faqir of Ipi. He started the guerilla warfare against the new nation's government. However, he couldn't succeed and his resistance diminished in early 1950s. Later on he said that Afghanistan deceived him in the name of Islam. He also instructed his supporters that they should never help Afghanistan with any plan made against Pakistan.