The context to this question is important.
The
original thread was an attempt to justify the rejection of Mujib’s electoral win. One thing led to another and finally, it was accused, that Pakistan never really allowed Bengalis to represent Pakistan. To which, a tiny list of Bengalis, who, at one time or the other were appointed in posts, pretty higher up in the hierarchy, was presented. One such name, was Iskander Mirza. It was counter argued that, since Bengalis always considered him to be an outcast, because of his bent towards his Arabic past, his appointment as the president, never really meant that a true Bengali was appointed. It was in this context that he was identified as being “not ethnically Bengali”. It actually symbolized the public perception of him. In my very first post I had warned, rather hinted, that reading it in terms of genetics would be a mistake.
While roadrunner was trying to insinuate that Iskander Mirza served as good example of how Bengalis were not ignored, gromell, countered, and in my mind, correctly, that Mirza’s conscious effort to distance himself from his ethnic identity and cling on to a couple of hundred years old familial history, made him anything but a Bengali.
Thus, although the question seems to be in black and white, the answer, in it’s right context, is in grey.
Anyway, if you think that you have got your answer, nothing can be better that.