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'''Mohammad Ikramullah''' [[Order of St Michael and St George|KCMG (hon)]], [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]] (15 January 1903<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UC_a5vY-soEC&q=Mohammad+Ikramullah+15th+January+1903|title=History of Services of Gazetted Officers in the Civil Departments in the Central Provinces and Berar: Corrected up to 1st July 1948|year=1950}}</ref> &ndash; 12 September 1963)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OA8oAAAAMAAJ&q=Mohammad+Ikramullah+12th+September,+1963|title=Annual Report|year=1953}}</ref> was a figure in the administration of [[Pakistan]] at the time of [[independence of Pakistan]] on 14 August 1947. As a member of the provisional government of Pakistan, before the independence, he was Secretary and Advisor at the Ministries of Commerce, Information and Broadcasting, Commonwealth Relations and Foreign Affairs. He was also a member of Muslim League partition committee and a close companion of [[Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah]].
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| name              = Mohammad Ikramullah
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| native_name        = {{Script/Nastaliq|محمد اکرام اللہ}}
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| children          = Inam Ikramullah<br />[[Naz Ikramullah]]<br />[[Salma Sobhan|Salma Ikramullah]]<br />[[Princess Sarvath El Hassan|Sarvath Ikramullah]]
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| death_place        = [[Karachi]], [[West Pakistan]], Pakistan
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'''Mohammad Ikramullah''' ({{langx|ur|{{nq|محمد اکرام اللہ}}}}; 15 January 1903<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UC_a5vY-soEC&q=Mohammad+Ikramullah+15th+January+1903|title=History of Services of Gazetted Officers in the Civil Departments in the Central Provinces and Berar: Corrected up to 1st July 1948|year=1950}}</ref> &ndash; 12 September 1963)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OA8oAAAAMAAJ&q=Mohammad+Ikramullah+12th+September,+1963|title=Annual Report|year=1953}}</ref> was a figure in the administration of [[Pakistan]] at the time of [[independence of Pakistan]] on 14 August 1947. As a member of the provisional government of Pakistan, before the independence, he was Secretary and Advisor at the Ministries of Commerce, Information and Broadcasting, Commonwealth Relations and Foreign Affairs. He was also a member of Muslim League partition committee and a close companion of [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah|Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah]].


After independence, he was appointed the first [[Foreign Secretary of Pakistan]] in 1947 by Jinnah himself.<ref>[https://www.dawn.com/news/656476 Hall of fame: The ICS (Indian Civil Service) served Pakistan well] Dawn (newspaper), Published 4 September 2011, Retrieved 8 April 2019</ref> He also remained the Ambassador of Pakistan to [[Canada]], [[France]], [[Portugal]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. He was married to [[Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah]], and father of [[Princess Sarvath|Princess Sarvath of Jordan]].<ref name=familyhistory>{{cite web|url=http://www.elhassan.org/reg/sarvath/family.html |title=Mohammed Ikramullah and Princess Sarvath of Jordan's Family History|date=26 February 2007|access-date=8 April 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080131225616/http://www.elhassan.org/reg/sarvath/family.html|archive-date=31 January 2008}}</ref>
After independence, he was appointed the first [[Foreign Secretary of Pakistan]] in 1947 by Jinnah himself.<ref>[https://www.dawn.com/news/656476 Hall of fame: The ICS (Indian Civil Service) served Pakistan well] Dawn (newspaper), Published 4 September 2011, Retrieved 8 April 2019</ref> He also remained the Ambassador of Pakistan to [[Canada]], [[France]], [[Portugal]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. He was married to [[Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah]], and father of [[Princess Sarvath El Hassan|Princess Sarvath of Jordan]].<ref name=familyhistory>{{cite web|url=http://www.elhassan.org/reg/sarvath/family.html |title=Mohammed Ikramullah and Princess Sarvath of Jordan's Family History|date=26 February 2007|access-date=8 April 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080131225616/http://www.elhassan.org/reg/sarvath/family.html|archive-date=31 January 2008}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Ikramullah was born 15 January 1903 in  [[Bhopal]], [[British India]], to Urdu-Speaking [[Quraishi]] family. His father, [[Khan (title)|Khan]] Bahadur Hafiz Mohammed Wilayatullah belonged to the aristocracy of the Muslim royal state of [[Bhopal]], a large princely state in [[India]].<ref name=familyhistory/> His family is reputed to have hailed originally from the [[Hijaz]] and are regarded as both Quraishi and Chishti. Wilayatullah's family served against many significant royal posts for several generations at the Court of the state of Bhopal; where Ikrmullah was born in 1903.<ref name=npg>[https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp77805/mohammed-ikramullah Profile of Mohammed Ikramullah on National Portrait Gallery, UK website] Retrieved 8 April 2019</ref> He joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1934. Later, Ikramullah served as Advisor to the preparatory commissions of the [[United Nations]] in [[London]] and [[San Francisco]], and at its first general assembly, between 1945 and 1946.<ref name=familyhistory/> He was appointed a CIE (Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire) in the [[1946 New Year Honours]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140719095800/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37407/page/11/data.pdf Supplement to the ''London Gazette'', 1 January 1946, p. 11.] Retrieved 8 April 2019</ref>
Ikramullah was born 15 January 1903 in  [[Bhopal]], [[British India]], to [[Urdu-speaking]] [[Quraishi]] family. His father, [[Khan (title)|Khan]] Bahadur Hafiz Mohammed Wilayatullah belonged to the aristocracy of the Muslim royal state of [[Bhopal]], a large princely state in [[India]].<ref name=familyhistory/> His family is reputed to have hailed originally from the [[Hijaz]] and are regarded as both Quraishi and Chishti. Wilayatullah's family served against many significant royal posts for several generations at the Court of the state of Bhopal; where Ikramullah was born in 1903.<ref name=npg>[https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp77805/mohammed-ikramullah Profile of Mohammed Ikramullah on National Portrait Gallery, UK website] Retrieved 8 April 2019</ref> He joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1927. Later, Ikramullah served as Advisor to the preparatory commissions of the [[United Nations]] in [[London]] and [[San Francisco]], and at its first general assembly, between 1945 and 1946.<ref name=familyhistory/> He was appointed a CIE (Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire) in the [[1946 New Year Honours]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140719095800/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37407/page/11/data.pdf Supplement to the ''London Gazette'', 1 January 1946, p. 11.] Retrieved 8 April 2019</ref>


In July 1947, when the States Departments were established, Ikramullah was appointed from the old [[Indian Civil Service]] as Joint Secretary,<ref>[[s:White Paper on Indian States (1950)/Part 4/States Department|White Paper on Indian States, Ministry of States, Government of India, 1950, page 33]], Retrieved 8 April 2019</ref> States Department, Provisional government of British India prior to independence.<ref name=soton>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061004171902/http://www.archives.lib.soton.ac.uk/mbindex/index404.shtml Profile of Mohammad Ikramullah (Archived)]. University of Southampton, Special Collections, Archived 4 October 2006, Retrieved 8 April 2019</ref> Subsequent to the [[Partition of India|creation]] of [[Pakistan]] in 1947, he immigrated from Bhopal to Karachi, the then federal capital of Pakistan and started the foreign office, [[Government of Pakistan]] after being appointed the foreign Secretary of Pakistan by the founder of Pakistan [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] in October 1947.<ref name=soton/><ref name=storyofpakistan/> During the subsequent era, he represented Pakistan in the [[United Nations]] many times and also served as the [[High Commissioner of Pakistan]] to [[Canada]] and the [[UK]], and also as Pakistan's ambassador to [[Portugal]] and [[France]].<ref name=familyhistory/> Ikramullah played key roles in establishing the Commonwealth Economic Committee and had been nominated as [[Secretary-General]] of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] at the time of his death in 1963.<ref name=familyhistory/>
In July 1947, when the States Departments were established, Ikramullah was appointed from the old [[Indian Civil Service]] as Joint Secretary,<ref>[[s:White Paper on Indian States (1950)/Part 4/States Department|White Paper on Indian States, Ministry of States, Government of India, 1950, page 33]], Retrieved 8 April 2019</ref> States Department, Provisional government of British India prior to independence.<ref name=soton>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061004171902/http://www.archives.lib.soton.ac.uk/mbindex/index404.shtml Profile of Mohammad Ikramullah (Archived)]. University of Southampton, Special Collections, Archived 4 October 2006, Retrieved 8 April 2019</ref> Subsequent to the [[Partition of India|creation]] of [[Pakistan]] in 1947, he immigrated from Bhopal to Karachi, the then federal capital of Pakistan and started the foreign office, [[Government of Pakistan]] after being appointed the foreign Secretary of Pakistan by the founder of Pakistan [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] in October 1947.<ref name=soton/><ref name=storyofpakistan/> During the subsequent era, he represented Pakistan in the [[United Nations]] many times and also served as the [[High Commissioner of Pakistan]] to [[Canada]] and the [[UK]], and also as Pakistan's ambassador to [[Portugal]] and [[France]].<ref name=familyhistory/> Ikramullah played key roles in establishing the Commonwealth Economic Committee and had been nominated as [[Secretary-General]] of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] at the time of his death in 1963.<ref name=familyhistory/>


===Personal life===
===Personal life===
His younger brother, [[Mohammad Hidayatullah]], was [[Chief Justice of India]] from 1968–70, [[Vice President of India]] from 1979–84, and served as acting [[President of India]] twice.<ref name=familyhistory/>
His younger brother, [[Mohammad Hidayatullah]], was [[Chief Justice of India]] from 1968 to 1970, [[Vice President of India]] from 1979 to 1984, and served as acting [[President of India]] twice.<ref name=familyhistory/>


Ikramullah married [[Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah|Shaista Suhrawardy]] in 1933.<ref name=storyofpakistan>{{Cite news|url=http://storyofpakistan.com/begum-shaista-ikramullah|title=Profile of Begum Shaista Ikramullah - former first female representative of the first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan|date=21 October 2013|work=storyofpakistan.com website|access-date=8 April 2019|language=en-US}}</ref> He died in 1963.<ref name=npg/>
Ikramullah married [[Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah|Shaista Suhrawardy]] in 1933.<ref name=storyofpakistan>{{Cite news|url=http://storyofpakistan.com/begum-shaista-ikramullah|title=Profile of Begum Shaista Ikramullah - former first female representative of the first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan|date=21 October 2013|work=storyofpakistan.com website|access-date=8 April 2019|language=en-US}}</ref> He died in 1963.<ref name=npg/>
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Mohammad Ikramullah

Hilal-e-Pakistan, KCMG (hon), CIE
محمد اکرام اللہ
Born(1903-01-15)15 January 1903
Bhopal, Bhopal State, British India
Died12 September 1963(1963-09-12) (aged 60)
Karachi, West Pakistan, Pakistan
Spouse(s)
ChildrenInam Ikramullah
Naz Ikramullah
Salma Ikramullah
Sarvath Ikramullah

Mohammad Ikramullah (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.; 15 January 1903[1] – 12 September 1963)[2] was a figure in the administration of Pakistan at the time of independence of Pakistan on 14 August 1947. As a member of the provisional government of Pakistan, before the independence, he was Secretary and Advisor at the Ministries of Commerce, Information and Broadcasting, Commonwealth Relations and Foreign Affairs. He was also a member of Muslim League partition committee and a close companion of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

After independence, he was appointed the first Foreign Secretary of Pakistan in 1947 by Jinnah himself.[3] He also remained the Ambassador of Pakistan to Canada, France, Portugal and the United Kingdom. He was married to Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, and father of Princess Sarvath of Jordan.[4]

Biography[edit | edit source]

Ikramullah was born 15 January 1903 in Bhopal, British India, to Urdu-speaking Quraishi family. His father, Khan Bahadur Hafiz Mohammed Wilayatullah belonged to the aristocracy of the Muslim royal state of Bhopal, a large princely state in India.[4] His family is reputed to have hailed originally from the Hijaz and are regarded as both Quraishi and Chishti. Wilayatullah's family served against many significant royal posts for several generations at the Court of the state of Bhopal; where Ikramullah was born in 1903.[5] He joined the Indian Civil Service in 1927. Later, Ikramullah served as Advisor to the preparatory commissions of the United Nations in London and San Francisco, and at its first general assembly, between 1945 and 1946.[4] He was appointed a CIE (Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire) in the 1946 New Year Honours.[6]

In July 1947, when the States Departments were established, Ikramullah was appointed from the old Indian Civil Service as Joint Secretary,[7] States Department, Provisional government of British India prior to independence.[8] Subsequent to the creation of Pakistan in 1947, he immigrated from Bhopal to Karachi, the then federal capital of Pakistan and started the foreign office, Government of Pakistan after being appointed the foreign Secretary of Pakistan by the founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah in October 1947.[8][9] During the subsequent era, he represented Pakistan in the United Nations many times and also served as the High Commissioner of Pakistan to Canada and the UK, and also as Pakistan's ambassador to Portugal and France.[4] Ikramullah played key roles in establishing the Commonwealth Economic Committee and had been nominated as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth at the time of his death in 1963.[4]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

His younger brother, Mohammad Hidayatullah, was Chief Justice of India from 1968 to 1970, Vice President of India from 1979 to 1984, and served as acting President of India twice.[4]

Ikramullah married Shaista Suhrawardy in 1933.[9] He died in 1963.[5]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "History of Services of Gazetted Officers in the Civil Departments in the Central Provinces and Berar: Corrected up to 1st July 1948". 1950.
  2. ↑ "Annual Report". 1953.
  3. ↑ Hall of fame: The ICS (Indian Civil Service) served Pakistan well Dawn (newspaper), Published 4 September 2011, Retrieved 8 April 2019
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "Mohammed Ikramullah and Princess Sarvath of Jordan's Family History". 26 February 2007. Archived from the original on 31 January 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Profile of Mohammed Ikramullah on National Portrait Gallery, UK website Retrieved 8 April 2019
  6. ↑ Supplement to the London Gazette, 1 January 1946, p. 11. Retrieved 8 April 2019
  7. ↑ White Paper on Indian States, Ministry of States, Government of India, 1950, page 33, Retrieved 8 April 2019
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Profile of Mohammad Ikramullah (Archived). University of Southampton, Special Collections, Archived 4 October 2006, Retrieved 8 April 2019
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Profile of Begum Shaista Ikramullah - former first female representative of the first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan". storyofpakistan.com website. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2019.

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