Haji Mirza Ali Khan Wazir (Pashto: حاجي میرزا علي خان وزیر), commonly known as the Faqir of Ipi (Ormuri: فقير ايپي), was a tribal chief and adversary to the British Raj from North Waziristan in what is now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. After performing his Hajj pilgrimage in 1923, Mirza Khan settled in Ipi, a village located near Mir Ali in north Waziristan, from where he started a campaign of guerrilla warfare against the British Empire.
Haji Mirza Ali Khan Wazir (Pashto: حاجي میرزا علي خان وزیر), commonly known as the Faqir of Ipi (Ormuri: فقير ايپي), was a tribal chief and adversary to the British Raj from North Waziristan in what is now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. After performing his Hajj pilgrimage in 1923, Mirza Khan settled in Ipi, a village located near Mir Ali in north Waziristan, from where he started a campaign of guerrilla warfare against the British Empire.
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