Sher Mohammad Marri ( bal, میر شير محمد مری) was the chief of the Marri Baloch tribe in Pakistan, and an early leader in the

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movement which would lead to the formation of the Baloch Liberation Army, a militant nationalist group. A Marxist, he had close ties to leftist governments in

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and

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Life

Sher Muhammad Marri was born in

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in 1935. He was also known as Babu Shero, Shero Marri, General Sherof and Baloch Tiger.

Insurgency

Sher Mohammad was the first

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to use the tactics of modern guerrilla warfare against the government. In early 1960s his Parari fighters attacked the

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in the Marri area and in Jahlawan under

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. This campaign came to an end in 1967 with the declaration of a general amnesty. In 1973, Marri was arrested for his role in the struggles against the government of

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. Upon his release in the late 1970s, Marri went into exile in Pakistan's Marxist neighbour, the

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. Following the fall of the Communist Afghan government in April 1992, Marri briefly returned to Pakistan but then he went to

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. In his last few years, Sher Mohammad Marri saw the cause of Baloch nationalism evaporating. The Baloch nationalist movement was full of schisms and in a state of disarray. The Baloch nationalist became divided after a bitter dispute broke out between Sher Mohammad Marri and

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. On 11 May 1993, Sher Mohammad Marri died in a hospital, in

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References

Bibliography

Interview of Sher Mohammad Marri
Sher Mohammad Marri and Ahmed Shuja, Pakistan Forum, Vol. 3, No. 8/9, Focus on Baluchistan (May - Jun., 1973), pp. 38–40,

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* Political Terrorism: A New Guide to Actors, Authors, Concepts, Data Bases, Theories, & Literature By Albert J. Jongman, Alex Peter Schmid, 1935 births 1993 deaths Baloch militants Baloch nationalists Pakistani guerrillas Pakistani exiles {{Pakistan-politician-stub