Mohammad Abbas Baig
Pakistani general
Died when: 90 years 231 days (1087 months)Star Sign: Virgo
Brigadier Mohammad Abbas Baig (Urdu: برگیڈیر جنرل محمد عباس بیگ) (September 1917 – 19 April 2008) was a Pakistan Army one-star officer.
He was one of the pioneering military officers of the Pakistan Army who was dubbed "Baba-e-Artillery" (father of the Artillery) for his role in establishing this core section of Pakistani army.
Abbas Baig's father, Mirza Azam Baig, was a prominent soldier who had fought in the European theatre for the British Army during the Great War (1914–1918).
He survived a German gas attack and went on to serve in the personal bodyguard regiment of the emperor of Persia.
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