Abbas Abbasi

{{short description|Pakistani politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Muhammad Abbas Khan Abbasi

| honorific_suffix = His Highness

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| native_name = {{Nastaliq|محمد عباس خان عباسی}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1924|03|24}}

| birth_place = Bahawalpur (princely state)

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|03|14|1924|03|24|df=y}}

| death_place = London, United Kingdom

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| alma_mater = *Aitchison College

| spouse =

| parents = Sadeq Mohammad Khan V (father)

| relatives = S.M. Abbasi (brother)
Sahibzada Muzammil-ur-Rashid Abbasi (nephew)

| children =

| office = Federal Minister for Religious Affairs{{cite web |title=Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony |url=https://mora.gov.pk/Detail/OTgxMDIyMTEtN2ViMS00ZDRiLWFhZDItZTg3MzA3MjRlYjg5 |website=mora.gov.pk |access-date=23 October 2022}}

| term_start = 15 March 1981

| term_end = 18 March 1984

| predecessor = Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq

| successor = Raja Zafar-ul-Haq

| office1 = Emir of the Bahawalpur State{{cite web |title=Vintage Pakistan - Nawab Muhammad Abbas Khan Abbasi s/o Sir Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V (Ex Governor of Punjab 1975-1977 and Federal Minister of Religious Affairs) (2nd from right) with the members of Pakistan Dental Association. Dr m A Soofi (President), Dr Shuja ud Din Qureshi (Secretary). {{!}} Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/VintagePakistan/photos/nawab-muhammad-abbas-khan-abbasi-so-sir-nawab-sadiq-muhammad-khan-abbasi-v-ex-go/3630002920413468/ |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}

| term_start1 = 25 May 1966

| term_end1 = 14 March 1988

| office2 = 18th Governor of Punjab

| term_start2 = 31 July 1975

| term_end2 = 5 July 1977

| primeminister2 = Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto

| president2 = Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry

| image = 200px

| caption = Abbasi as Nawab

| predecessor2 = Ghulam Mustafa Khar

| successor2 = Aslam Riaz Hussain

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| allegiance = {{flag|Pakistan}}

| branch = {{army|PAK}}

| rank = 20px 10px Brigadier

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Muhammad Abbas Khan Abbasi ({{langx|ur|{{nq|محمد عباس خان عباسی}}}}; 24 March 1924 – 14 March 1988) also known as Alhaj Mohammad Abbas Khan Abbasi, was the Nawab and later Amir of the Bahawalpur State.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pap.gov.pk/members/profile/en/9/294|title = Punjab Assembly | Members - Members' Directory}} He was also a Brigadier in the Pakistani Army, Governor of Punjab and member of the Bahawalpur royal family.

He became Nawab on the death of his father General Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan V Abbasi on 24 May 1966.

As head of the Royal House of Bahawalpur, he was recognized as "Ameer of Bahawalpur State" by the then Government of Pakistan led by Field Marshal Ayub Khan.{{cite web |last1=Rehman |first1=Ateeq ur |last2=Shaheen |first2=Anjum |last3=Naeem |first3=Dr Muhammad Tariq |title=Political Background of the Bahawalpur, Before and After Bahawalpur State |url=http://www.ijsshe.com/index.php/ijsshe/article/view/73 |website=International Journal of Social Sciences, Humanities and Education |access-date=23 October 2022 |pages=1–17 |language=en |date=19 April 2019 |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202071408/http://ijsshe.com/index.php/ijsshe/article/view/73 |url-status=dead }}