He ruled the Bahawalpur State from 1907 to 1966. In August 1947 he received the title of Amir of Bahawalpur.
At the time of partition all the princely states of the subcontinent were given a choice to join either Pakistan or India.
On October 5 1947 he signed an agreement with the government of Pakistan according to which Bahawalpur State joined Pakistan.
Thus Bahawalpur was the first state that joined Pakistan.
The main factor was of course the Islamic sentiments of the Muslims who were in majority in the Bahawalpur State.
Moreover Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi and founder of Pakistan Quaid i Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah were close friends and had great respect for each other even before the creation of Pakistan.
The Quaid i Azam acknowledged the valuable contribution of the Bahawalpur State for the rehabilitation of the refugees many times.
At the time of independence Nawab of Bahawalpur proved to be very helpful and generous to the government of Pakistan.
He gave seventy million rupees to the government and the salaries of all the government departments for one month were also drawn from the treasury of Bahawalpur State.
In 1955 an accord was signed between Nawab Sadiq Muhammad and GeneralGhulam Muhammad Malik according to which Bahawalpur State became the part of the province of West Pakistan and de facto Nawab began to receive yearly stipend maintained the title of Nawab and protocol inside and outside Pakistan.
He started his education from Atchison College Lahore and completed in England.
Nawab of Bahawalpur had a keen interest in education which was free till A level and the State’s Government provided scholarships of merit for higher education.
