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'''Sheikh Sir Abdul Qadir''' (15 March 1872 – 9 February 1950) was a [[newspaper]] and [[magazine]] [[editor]] and a Muslim community leader in [[British India]].<ref name=salaam/> | '''Sheikh Sir Abdul Qadir''' (15 March 1872 – 9 February 1950) was a prominent Pakistani jurist, [[newspaper]] and [[magazine]] [[editor]] and a Muslim community leader in [[British India]].<ref name=salaam/> He was former judge of [[Lahore High Court]]. | ||
He led the famous | He led the famous Muslim organization, [[Anjuman-i-Himayat-i-Islam]] and used his position as the leader of this organization to form other, pro-partition, organizations. He was an early activist of the [[Pakistan Movement]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7q9EubOYZmwC&q=Abdul+Qadir+and+Anjuman-i-Himayat-i-Islam&pg=PA282|title=Indian Muslims and Partition of India|author= S. M. Ikram|year=1995|isbn=9788171563746|access-date=17 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=salaam/> | ||
==Early life and career== | ==Early life and career== | ||
Qadir was born in [[Ludhiana]] on 15 March 1872. He was the editor of ''The Observer'', the first Muslim newspaper published in English in 1895. In 1901, he launched the magazine ''Makhzan'', an [[Urdu language]] publication. This magazine published the early works of [[Allama Muhammad Iqbal]].<ref name=salaam/> | Qadir was born in [[Ludhiana]] on 15 March 1872. He was the editor of ''The Observer'', the first Muslim newspaper published in English in 1895. In 1901, he launched the magazine ''Makhzan'', an [[Urdu language]] publication. This magazine published the early works of [[Muhammad Iqbal|Allama Muhammad Iqbal]].<ref name=salaam/> | ||
In 1904, Qadir went to study law in [[London]], and was called to the bar in 1907 after which he returned to [[India]], where he served as a member of the Punjab Legislative Council and ''the minister of education'' in [[Punjab, British India]] in 1925.<ref name=salaam>[http://www.salaam.co.uk/knowledge/biography/viewentry.php?id=53 Profile of Abdul Qadir on salaam.co.uk website] Retrieved 17 November 2017</ref> | In 1904, Qadir went to study law in [[London]], and was called to the bar in 1907 after which he returned to [[India]], where he served as a member of the Punjab Legislative Council and ''the minister of education'' in [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab, British India]] in 1925.<ref name=salaam>[http://www.salaam.co.uk/knowledge/biography/viewentry.php?id=53 Profile of Abdul Qadir on salaam.co.uk website] Retrieved 17 November 2017</ref> | ||
Qadir was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] by the [[United Kingdom|British]] in the [[1927 Birthday Honours]] and in 1935 became a member of the governing council of India.<ref>[http://www.wokingmuslim.org/photos/is-rev-mar35.htm photo and very limited explanation about Qadir] Islamic Review, Published March 1935, Retrieved 17 November 2017</ref> He died on 9 February 1950 at the age of 77 and was buried in [[Miani Sahib Graveyard]], Lahore. | Qadir was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] by the [[United Kingdom|British]] in the [[1927 Birthday Honours]] and in 1935 became a member of the governing council of India.<ref>[http://www.wokingmuslim.org/photos/is-rev-mar35.htm photo and very limited explanation about Qadir] Islamic Review, Published March 1935, Retrieved 17 November 2017</ref> He died on 9 February 1950 at the age of 77 and was buried in [[Miani Sahib Graveyard]], Lahore. | ||
[[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]] and [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]]'s book ''Mahatma Gandhi'' contains a chapter by Qadir, where he particularly relates his various experiences with the understanding of [[Gandhi]] in [[Europe]] in the 1930s. | [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]] and [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]]'s book ''Mahatma Gandhi'' contains a chapter by Qadir, where he particularly relates his various experiences with the understanding of [[Mahatma Gandhi|Gandhi]] in [[Europe]] in the 1930s. | ||
His son [[Manzur Qadir]], was a prominent Pakistani [[jurist]] who served as the [[Foreign Minister of Pakistan]] during the military rule of [[Ayub Khan (general)|Ayub Khan]].<ref>[https://www.dawn.com/news/1043960 Without a foreign minister] Dawn (newspaper), 19 September 2013, Retrieved 17 November 2017</ref> | His son [[Manzur Qadir]], was a prominent Pakistani [[jurist]] who served as the [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)|Foreign Minister of Pakistan]] during the military rule of [[Ayub Khan (general)|Ayub Khan]].<ref>[https://www.dawn.com/news/1043960 Without a foreign minister] Dawn (newspaper), 19 September 2013, Retrieved 17 November 2017</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||