Post-presidency and Death
Mirza lived in exile in London, United Kingdom until his death. He died of a heart-attack in London on 12 November 1969, the day before his 70th birthday. It is reported that Mirza struggled financially while living in London trying to run a small Pakistan cuisine hotel. The London-based Community financially helped the former president, and one of the wealthiest Pakistani expatriates paid for his medical bills and for his children's expensive education in London.
After his death, President Yahya Khan— Ayub Khan's successor— and his military government refused to allow him to be buried in his own country, and his body was flown to Tehran where, out of respect, Shah of Iran gave him a State Funeral where the hundreds of Pakistan community in Iran bade farewell and offered their prayers.
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