Abdul Qadir (academician)

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Maulana

Abdul Qadir
مولانا عبد القادر
Personal
Born(1905-06-14)June 14, 1905
Pabaini Swabi
DiedOctober 22, 1969(1969-10-22) (aged 64)
Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Resting placePeshawar University graveyard
ReligionIslam
Nationality British India
 Pakistani
Children0
DenominationSunni
Alma materIslamia College University
Aligarh Muslim University
Known forPashto Academy
InstituteAll India Radio
Pashto Academy
1st Director of Pashto Academy
In office
1955–unknown
Preceded byNone (office created)
Succeeded byMian Syed Rasool Rasa

Maulana Abdul Qadir (Urdu: مولانا عبد القادر‎; born 14 June 1905), in Pabaini Swabi. He was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, academician and founder of Pashto Academy and Department of Pashto, University of Peshawar.[1][2]

Education[]

Maulana Abdul Qadir got his matriculation, intermediate and graduation from Islamia College Peshawar in 1927, and masters in English (1929), Arabic (1930), LLB (1931) and BT (1932) from Aligarh Muslim University.[3][4]

Career[]

He started as an editor in 1942 of a Pashto magazine "Nan Paron" (Today, Yesterday). Then he was appointed in charge of the Pashto section (Middle East) by Patras Bokhari (then director-general) of All India Radio. In the early 50s, he was made Vice-Counsel and then ambassador in Kabul, Afghanistan from Pakistan.[5] From University Library of Tübingen Germany, he discovered "Khairul Bayan" in 1967 (rare manuscript written by Pir Roshan) the first prose book in Pashto.[6]

Death[]

on 22 October 1969 he passed away during a seminar at Rajshahi in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[3] He buried in Peshawar Pakistan

References[]

  1. ^ "Centre of Pashto Language and Literature". University of Peshawar. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  2. ^ Linguistics in South Asia. p. 705.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Maulana Abdul Qadir". kp.gov.pk. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Pashto Academy". uop.edu.pk. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Widow of scholar gets Rs50,000 for treatment". thenews.com.pk. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Religio-Political Movements in the Pashtun Belt-the Roshnites" (PDF). Journal of Political Studies (University of the Punjab). Retrieved 5 June 2020.
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