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'''Rahim "Habib Miyan" Khan''' (1869 (claimed) – 19 August 2008), of [[Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]], was an Indian man who claimed to have lived to 138 years of age,<ref name=TelegraphIn>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/style/man-who-has-seen-three-centuries/cid/1552104|title=Man who has seen three centuries|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7569656.stm | title='Oldest man' passes away in India | date=19 August 2008 | publisher=BBC News | accessdate=17 May 2018 }}</ref> though this claim is disputed.<ref name="telegraph"/> He holds the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World record]] for the Longest retirement pension.<ref name="record">{{cite web |title=Longest retirement pension |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-retirement-pension- |website=guinnessworldrecords.com |accessdate=4 December 2018}}</ref> The [[Limca Book of Records]] lists him as the oldest man of Jaipur, describing him in its 2005 edition as "over 120 years", but since he had no birth certificate Guinness did not recognise his claim to be the world's oldest person and the [[Gerontology Research Group]] accepted [[Edna Parker]] to be the world's oldest person at the time, at 115 years old.<ref name="spiegel">{{cite news|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/weltspiegel/rekordalter-inder-stirbt-vermutlich-mit-130/1305410.html|title=Rekordalter Inder stirbt - vermutlich mit 130|publisher=Tagessppiegel|date=19 August 2008|accessdate=11 December 2018|language=German}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/habib-mian-possibly-countrys-oldest-man-dies-28555-2008-08-19|title=Habib Mian, possibly country's oldest man, dies|website=[[India Today]]}}</ref><ref name="Hindu2006"/><ref name="telegraph">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/2590421/Worlds-oldest-man-dies-in-India.html|title=World's 'oldest man' dies in India|publisher=Telegraph|date=20 August 2008|accessdate=11 December 2018}}</ref><br />
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Miyan's claimed birth date derives from a family tree listing a Rahim Khan born in 1869.<ref name=TelegraphIn/> His pension book listed his birth date as May 20, 1878.<ref name="telegraph"/> Miyan said he had been using these documents since he was discharged from the army in 1938 to claim a [[pension]], making him the world's longest-registered old-age pensioner.<ref name="record"/><ref name="Hindu2006">{{cite news |title=Jaipur's Habib Miyan at 137: celebrating yet another birthday |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/jaipurs-habib-miyan-at-137-celebrating-yet-another-birthday/article3135977.ece |accessdate=4 December 2018 |publisher=The Hindu |date=21 May 2006}}</ref> <br />
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In 2004 two unidentified people donated money for Miyan to go to the [[Hajj]], making him purportedly the oldest Hajj pilgrim in history.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3343499.stm |title=Mecca looms for aged pilgrim |date=2003-12-24 |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-06-02}}</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3050017.stm Indian man's 65 years as OAP] at BBC.co.uk</ref> He was named as the '''Aab-e-Jaipur''', ('Lustre of Jaipur') by the mayor of Jaipur. ''The Telegraph'' had reported that Rajasthan State AIDS Control Society of the [[Government of Rajasthan]] had selected Miyan as "an icon for a long, healthy life in the era of HIV and AIDS."<ref name=TelegraphIn/><br />
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081121054016/http://www.india-server.com/news/oldest-indian-habib-mian-dies-at-138-3101.html ''India Server'' website covering Miyan's death]<br />
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