Dad Shah

{{short description|Iranian Baloch rebel active during the 1950s}}

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{{infobox person

| name = Mir Dad Shah

| native_name = دادشاه

| native_name_lang = fa

| nationality = {{flagicon image|State flag of the Imperial State of Iran (with standardized lion and sun).svg}} Iranian

| occupation = Farmer

| known_for = Participating in the Balochistan insurgency against the Iranian state

}}

Mir Dad Shah ({{Langx|fa|دادشاه}}), also spelled Mir Daad Shah, was an Iranian Baloch farmer who lived in a village called Nillag within Iranian Balochistan. With the goal of securing an independent Balochistan and largely discontent with Iranian rule, Shah participated in a rebellion and armed insurgency against the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in the 1950s.{{cite magazine|date=22 April 1957|title=Killers' Capture in Wilds|magazine=Life|volume=42|issue=16|pages=40–41|issn=0024-3019|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jUkEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Dad+Shah%22&pg=PA40}}