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{{Short description|Afghan politician}}
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| name               = Azad Beg<br />{{nq|آزاد بیگ}}
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| birth_date         = July 4, 1952
| birth_place        = [[Campbellpur]], [[Pakistan]]
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| occupation         = [[Afghan mujahideen|Mujahideen]] leader
| known_for          = founder of [[Islamic Union of the Northern Provinces]]
| relations          = [[Nasruddin Khan]] {{small|(great-grandfather)}}
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'''Azad Beg''' (born July 4, 1952) was the founder of the Turkic nationalist [[Islamic Union of the Northern Provinces]] movement in Afghanistan during the [[Soviet–Afghan War|Soviet-Afghan War]]. Beg was the great-grandson of [[Nasruddin Khan|Nasseruddin]], the last ''[[amir]]'' of [[Khanate of Kokand|Kokand]].<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Muslims in Central Asia: Expressions of Identity and Change|author=Gross, J.A.|date=1992|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=9780822311904|url=https://archive.org/details/muslimsincentral00gros|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/muslimsincentral00gros/page/80 80]|accessdate=2015-04-10}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Azad Beg was born in [[Campbellpur]], [[Pakistan]]. His father, Abdul Waris Karimi, was an [[Uzbeks|Uzbek]] doctor serving in the Pakistan Army. Azad Beg's mother was the daughter of Mehmood Beg, the grandson of Sayed Mohammad Khudayar, the Khan of [[Khanate of Kokand|Kokand]].

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*{{cite web|url=http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/ppmsca/09900/09951/00031r.jpg|title=pnp/ppmsca/09900/09951/00031r|publisher=memory.loc.gov|accessdate=2015-04-10}}

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[[Category:1952 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Mujahideen members of the Soviet–Afghan War]]
[[Category:Afghan Uzbek politicians]]

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