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{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
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'''Abdullah Sahib''' was the Governor of [[Gilgit Agency]] during [[Dogras|Dogra]] rule and was one of the earliest graduates of [[Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College]]. He was the father of Pakistani writer and civil servant [[Qudrat Ullah Shahab]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

==Early life==
He was born{{When|date=August 2022}} in an [[Arain]] family of [[Chamkaur|Chamkor Sahib]] village, in [[Ambala district]] [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} At age six he was orphaned. After losing his father's property in loan servicing, he dedicated his life to education—something that could not be taken away from him—and became the first [[Muslim]] student to top the [[matriculation]] examination in [[Ambala District]], Punjab province during the early period of the [[Aligarh Movement]], led by [[Sir Syed Ahmed Khan]]. Abdullah Sahib soon joined [[Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College]] where he excelled in English, [[Arabic language|Arabic]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Philosophy]] and [[Mathematics]]. When he finished his [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] he was one of the earliest graduates of [[Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College]].

== Career ==
Sir Syed arranged a scholarship for Sahib to take the [[Indian Civil Service]] exam in England, which he refused following his mother's request. This upset Sir Syed greatly, who expelled Abdullah from Aligarh and asked him not to show his face again. Abdullah Sahib honoured his words and became a [[Clerk (position)|clerk]] in remote [[Gilgit]]. He was soon made [[governor]] of the province. He spent eighteen to twenty years there and his three sons and three daughters were born there. He was a close associate of [[Partab Singh of Kashmir|Maharaja Pratap Singh]] of Kashmir, and was an expert on international relations, especially with Russia and China.

==See also==
*[[Qudrat Ullah Shahab]], his son
*[[Aligarh Muslim University]]

==References==
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* ''[[Shahab Nama]]'', by [[Qudrat Ullah Shahab]]
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