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Prof. Dr. Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi SP, HI (Urdu: اﺸﺘﻴﺎﻖ حسين قریشی) was a noted litterateur, historian, educationist and scholar of Pakistan as well as a prolific writer. He is widely acclaimed and regarded as the founding member of Muqtadra Qaumi Zaban and the first education minister of Pakistan. He is also credited for editing a four-volume series on history of Pakistan[1]
[edit] LifeIshtiaq Hussain was born on November 20, 1903 in a noble family of Patiali, District Etah, a town in Uttar Pradesh, British India. He did matriculation in 1916, and joined MAO College Aligarh. At this time, he took active part in Khilafat movement. He did graduation and M.A. in History from St. Stephen's College, Delhi with distinction. In 1927, he got M.A. in Persian. He served as Lecturer in History at St. Stephen's College from 1928 to 1944. Between 1937-40, he studied at Cambridge University for a PhD degree. The topic of his thesis was Administration of Sultanate of Delhi. During this period, he also briefly joined the Pakistan National Movement founded by Choudhary Rahmat Ali.[2] After returning from England, he joined Delhi University where he was appointed Professor of History, and subsequently, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts. He also served as Acting Vice Chancellor of the Delhi University. In 1947, during the Partition riots, when the Muslim students of the St Stephen's College had to be evacuated to the Purana Qila, Dr Qureshi's library was completely burnt down by the mobs.[3] [edit] Career in PakistanAfter suffering from riots, he migrated to Pakistan in 1948 and continued his academic and political career, and also remained a member of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan. In 1949, he was appointed Professor of History at the University of the Punjab, Lahore. He also joined the Government of Pakistan as Minister of Refugee Rehabilitation, and later as Minister of Education. Later on he joined the Columbia University, New York where he wrote his famous book, the Muslim Community of the Subcontinent, as a story of the trials and tribulations of the Muslims in the subcontinent.[4] On his return, he played a pivotal role in the establishment of the University of Karachi. He died on January 22, 1981 in Karachi. [edit] MembershipsHe was:
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[edit] WorkDr. I. H. Qureshi was a man of myriad faculties. His books on the history of Muslim community in the subcontinent as well as other publications on the Pakistan Movement, Administration of the Mughul Empire, role of religious scholars in politics, brought him into the category of the distinguished historians of subcontinent. After retirment he associated with writing and research. [edit] English titles
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[edit] External linksCategories: 1903 births | 1988 deaths | Pakistani scholars | Pakistani people | Pakistani writers | Pakistani historians | Urdu scholars | Urdu linguists | Urdu critics | Muhajir | Aligarh Muslim University alumni | Alumni of the University of Cambridge (Unknown College) | 1981 deaths | Hilal-i-Imtiaz | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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