Sadiq Dost: The Great Nawab of Bahawalpur

Description

Nawab of Bahawalpur, Sir Sadiq Mohammad Abbasi had a great deal to do with the creation of Pakistan. Before the partition Bahawalpur was the state of Bahawalpur, a thriving princely state with a fiscal budget larger than that of modern KPK.

From the streets of Baghdad to the orchards of Bawhawalpur; Sadiq Dost tells the amazing and inspirational story of a family which fled war and massacre to become the founders of one of the most influential, cultured and wealthy princely states of the Indian subcontinent. Their journey discloses the secrets of politics, war and life.

“The state symbol of the State of Bahawalpur were two pelicans. Pelican is a symbol of self-sacrifice and it is said that when a pelican cannot find food for its chicks, it feeds them with its own flesh and blood. There is no doubt in the fact that the last nawab of the State of Bahawalpur was a pelican.”