Mohammad Abbas Baig

Mohammad Abbas Baig
Mohammad Abbas Baig
	Brigadier Mohammad Abbas Baig in 1953.
Birth name	Mohammad Abbas Baig
Nickname(s)	Baba-e-Artillery
Born	1 September 1917; Jhelum, Jhelum District, British State of Punjab, British Indian Empire
Died	19 April 2008 (aged 90)
Buried	Jhelum, Jhelum District, Punjab province
Allegiance	United Kingdom (1933–1947); Pakistan (1947–2008)
Branch	British Army (1933–1947); Pakistan Army (1947–1963)
Years of service	1933–1963
Rank	Brigadier
Unit	Pakistan Army Artillery Corps
Commands	Army Artillery Corps
Battles / wars	Third Waziristan Campaign; World War II Burma campaign Burma campaign; (1942–1943); Burma campaign (1944); Burma campaign; (1944–1945); ; ; Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 Poonch Military Operations; Ladakh Military Operations; ;

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.