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{{Short description|Pakistani military officer (1928–2002)}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=August 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sadiq-ur-Rashid Ibrahim Abbasi
| honorific_suffix =
| honorific_prefix = [[Lieutenant general (Pakistan)|Lt. Gen.]]
| native_name = {{Nastaliq|صادق الرشید ابراہیم عباسی}}
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth-date|1928}}
| birth_place = Pakistan
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|03|21|1928|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi]]
| resting_place = The Abbasi Royal Graveyard
| resting_place_coordinates =
| education = *[[Aitchison College]]
*[[Rashtriya Indian Military College|Royal Indian Military Academy]]
*[[Pakistan Military Academy]]
*[[Royal School of Artillery]]
| spouse = Begum Yasmin Sultana
| relatives = {{Ubl
| Rafiqa Abbasi (sister)<ref>{{cite web |title=Nawab Sadiq's daughter laid to rest |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1464281 |website=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |access-date=23 October 2022 |language=en |date=17 February 2019 |location=Bahawalpur}}</ref>
| [[Abbas Abbasi]] (brother)
| [[Sahibzada Muzammil-ur-Rashid Abbasi]] (nephew)
}}
| children = 3
| office = {{br list | 13th [[Governor of Sindh]] | (military administration)}}
| termstart = 18 September 1978
| termend = 6 April 1984
| predecessor = [[Abdul Kadir Shaikh]]
| successor = [[Jahan Dad Khan]]
| office1 = [[V Corps (Pakistan)|Commander V Corps]]
| termend1 = March 1980
| termstart1 = September 1978
| preceded1 = [[Iqbal Khan (general)|General Iqbal Khan]]
| successor1 = Ahmad Jamal Khan
| office2 =
| termend2 =
| termstart2 =
| successor2 =
| preceding2 =
| nickname = 
| serviceyears = 1948–1984
| allegiance = {{flag|PAK}}
| branch = {{army|PAK}}
| rank = [[File:OF-8 PakistanArmy.svg|20px]] [[File:US-O9 insignia.svg|30px]] [[Lieutenant general (Pakistan)|Lieutenant General]]
| unit = [[Pakistan Army Regiment of Artillery|1 Mountain Pakistan Army Regiment of Artillery]]
| commands =
| mawards = [[File:Nishan-e-Pakistan.png|40px]] [[Nishan-e-Pakistan]]<br/> [[File:Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png|40px]] [[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|Hilal-e-Imtiaz (MI)]]
}}

[[Lieutenant general (Pakistan)|Lieutenant General]] '''Sahibzada Muhammad Sadiq ur-Rashid Ibrahim Abbasi''' {{small|[[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|HI(M)]]}} ({{lang-ur|{{nq|صادق الرشید ابراہیم عباسی}}}}; 1928–2002) also known as '''S.M. Abbasi''' was a [[Three-star rank|three star]] general in the [[Pakistan Army|Pakistani Army]], [[Governor of Sindh]] (military administration) and member of the Bahawalpur royal family.

==Early life and education==
He was born in [[Bahawalpur]] into the Bahawalpur royal family and received his early education from [[Aitchison College]] at [[Lahore]].

==Military career==
He joined the Royal Pakistan Army. He was commissioned in the 1 Mountain Regiment of the [[Pakistan Army Regiment of Artillery|Royal Pakistan Artillery]] on 25 November 1948 as a [[2nd Lieutenant]]. During this time, he received his military education from the [[Rashtriya Indian Military College|Royal Indian Military Academy]] in [[Dehra Dun]], [[India]], [[Pakistan Military Academy]] in [[Kakul]], Royal Pakistan Artillery School in [[Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] and the Royal Artillery School in [[Larkhill]], [[Wiltshire|Wilts]].

He remained Major General Artillery (now called DG Arty) and was promoted to rank of Lieutenant-General in 1978. He became commander of V Corps in [[Karachi]] from 1978 to 1980. During this time, he also served as martial law administrator Zone D ([[Baluchistan]]) in General Zia ul Haq.

===Military Governor===
He served as Governor of [[Sindh]] (military administration) starting 18 September 1978. The same year on his orders, a protest in [[Nawabshah]] (see: [[Human rights abuses in Pakistan under Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]]) was crushed using military combat helicopters which resulted in hundreds of deaths of supporters of [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Abbasi |first1=Imtial Ahmed |title=An Analytical Study of Political Parties during Zia Era with Special Reference to Pakistan People Party (1977-1988) |url=http://prr.hec.gov.pk/jspui/bitstream/123456789/13703/1/Ph.D%20History%20Imtiaz%20Abbasi.pdf |website=Pakistan Research Repository |access-date=23 October 2022}}</ref>

On 8 June 1982, he laid the foundation stones of the Al-Markaz Islami Centre with a goal of promoting Islamic traditions and culture in [[Sindh]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Iqbal |first1=Nasir |title=SC asks Sindh govt to explain why it converted Islamic centre into cinema |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1253468/sc-asks-sindh-govt-to-explain-why-it-converted-an-islamic-centre-into-cinema-house?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dawn-news+%28Dawn+News%29 |website=DAWN.COM |access-date=23 October 2022 |language=en |date=21 April 2022}}</ref>

After the execution of [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]] on 4 April 1979, [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]] flew to [[Karachi]] to discuss the burial arrangements of Bhutto with Abbasi who was then [[Governor of Sindh]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rizvi |first1=H. |title=Military, State and Society in Pakistan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZwGIDAAAQBAJ&dq=S.M+Abbasi+lieutenant+general&pg=PA285 |publisher=Springer |access-date=23 October 2022 |language=en |date=15 May 2000|isbn=9780230599048 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
He married Begum Yasmin Sultana daughter of Mir Maqbul Mahmud, in [[Lahore]] on 27 February 1960.

==Death==
He died from heart failure at the [[Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi]] on 21 March 2002. He is buried at Nawabi Cemetery, [[Fort Derawar]]. He had one son and two daughters.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Governors of Sindh}}

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[[Category:1928 births]]
[[Category:2002 deaths]]
[[Category:Pakistani generals]]
[[Category:Governors of Sindh]]
[[Category:Aitchison College alumni]]
[[Category:People from Bahawalpur]]
[[Category:Bahawalpur royal family]]
[[Category:Government Gordon College alumni]]
[[Category:Pakistan Military Academy alumni]]
[[Category:Pakistani military personnel of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]
[[Category:Recipients of Hilal-i-Imtiaz]]
[[Category:Pakistan Army Artillery Corps officers]]

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