Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum
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Nawab Khan Bahadur Sahibzada Sir Abdul Qayyum Khan KCIE (12 December 1863 ā 4 December 1937), hailing from Topi, Swabi District, British India (modern day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan) was an educationist and politician.
Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum | |
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Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province | |
In office 1st April 1937 ā 7th September 1937 | |
Monarch | George VI |
Governor General | Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow |
Personal details | |
Born | (1863-12-12)December 12, 1863 Topi, North-West Frontier Provinces, British India |
Died | December 4, 1937(1937-12-04) (aged 73) Topi, British India |
Qayyum Khan helped Mortimer Durand during his negotiation of the Durand Line agreement with Afghanistan in 1893. Qayyum Khan became the first Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province on 1 April 1937.[1] He is also known for establishing the Islamia College, Peshawar on the mould of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan's policy of educating Muslims.[1][2]
Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum started his career as a government servant but he eventually turned into an educationist and politician.[1]