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Pakistani politician (1952 - 2010)

Mir Noor-ud-din Mengal (Urdu: میر نورالدین مینگل; 13 July 1952 – 13 October 2010) was a prominent Baloch Pakistani politician who played a significant role in Balochistan's political landscape for nearly four decades, from 1970 to 2010.

Early life

A member of the Zagar Mengal tribe, he was the nephew of the Baloch national poet Mir Gul Khan Nasir. His father, Mir Lal Bakhsh Mengal, and his mother, a member of the Gichki family from Makran, raised him alongside his seven siblings.

Mir Noor-ud-din was named after Sardar Noordin Mengal (an uncle of Sardar Attaullah Mengal and a close friend of Mir Lal Baksh Mengal who died in a road traffic accident near Kalat). He was brought up in his hometown of Kalat.

His father was a prominent tribal and political figure of Balochistan while his uncle Gul Khan Nasir belonged to the top tier Baloch leadership along with Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo, Abdul Aziz Kurd and, later, Sardar Atau