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Hamid Ahmed KHAN
Hamid Ahmed Khan is the third son of
Ghulam Mohammed Khan Saudagar
(died in 1943, Picture) of Aurangabad.
He was born in 1926, in the village, Amkini, in
the Pusad, Taluka, in
the Yavatmal
Disctrict,
Maharashtra.
Hamid Ahmed Khan did MSc in Industrial Chemistry from
Osmania University, Hyderabad, in 1948.
He enrolled in the PhD Programme but quit after a year to take up a job. He worked as
a researcher in several laboratories including the
CSIR
(Council of Scientific and Industrial Research)
and the
Regional Research Laboratory
(since 1989, known as,
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, IICT).
He has two patents and several publications. He worked as
Quality Control Chemist in numerous organizations. With a command of the German
Language and a working knowledge of French he was abreast with the latest developments
in the world of chemistry. He tried to implement the best practices in the
chemical industry
(quality of the manufactured goods in particular) often leading to conflict with the
owners of the industries. Consequently he had a very frequent change of jobs.
In his fifty year carrier, his longest tenure (fourteen years) was at
Hamdard (Wakf) Laboratories
(Lal Kuan, Old Delhi).
In 1960, he established the
Quality Control Laboratory of the
Hamdard (Wakf) Laboratories.
His knowledge of Arabic and Persian came in handy, in referring to the
classical texts of Unani medicine.
Soon after completing MSc, Hamid Ahmed Khan spent six months in
Bhiwandi, with the renowned scholar,
Abdul Wahid Samad Narvil (Rehmahumalla), to learn Arabic.
Abdul Wahid Samad Narvil (Rehmahumalla) was the Founder President of the
Aqsa Education Society,
Bhiwandi (an industrial city, 48km northeast of Mumbai
Mumbai (Bombay)).
Hamid Ahmed Khan married Nighat Iqbal Khan
(alias Khadija, Picture), the youngest daughter of
Nawab Mohammed Abdul Quader
(died in 1943, Picture), and the grand-daughter of
Nawab Mohammed Abdul Ghani Saheb Saudagar (died in 1898,
Picture).
Nighat Iqbal Khan died on
Saturday the 23 May 2009 (29 Rabbi-Al-Awwal 1430), in the
Sultan Qaboos Hospital,
Salalah,
Sultanate
of
Oman.
She was laid to rest in the Qabrastan (Graveyard)
close to the Masjid Zaweyah
(see the Map)
on the 23 July Street of
Salalah.
Hamid Ahmed Khan's youngest son Sameen Ahmed Khan
(Picture) married
Noama
Khan
(Picture) the youngest daughter of
Amirunnissa Begum,
(alias Mahjabeen, Picture) and
Nawab Nasiruddin Khan
(alias Altaf, Picture) of Khujji.
The wedding of Noama
KHAN (Picture) and
Sameen Ahmed Khan
(Picture) took place on
Thursday the 22 February 2001 (27th Ziquad 1421 Hijri) in Nagpur; they were blessed with a daughter
Hajira
KHAN (Picture),
on Sunday the 07 November 2004 (23 Ramadan-ul-Mubarak 1425).
During the last six months of his life, Hamid Ahmed Khan had a medically challenging time.
Thrice he had Paralytic Stroke, accompanied with severe muscular weakness, making him
loose his very independent lifestyle, which was characteristic of him. He was hospitalized four
times in the
Sultan Qaboos Hospital,
Salalah,
Sultanate
of
Oman.
During this period of severe muscular weakness, he was assisted by Pathan Mohammed Ali Khan
(born, 1964, Picture).
He enjoyed the company of the Pathan.
The last five days of his life, he was semi-conscious and was fed by the Gastro Nasal Tube,
at the
Sultan Qaboos Hospital.
He breathed his last at 9:13 AM on Monday the 6 July 2009 (13 Rajab 1430), with his elder daughter Ayesha Khan;
youngest son, Sameen Ahmed Khan; the eldest grandchild,
Ikhlas Mohammed Khan (son of Ayesha Khan); and the Pathan Mohammed Ali Khan by his side.
The end was smooth without any medical interventions (respirators, ventilators, lung machines etc.).
He died forty-four days after the death of his wife, Nighat Iqbal Khan.
On Wednesday the 8 July 2009 (16 Rajab 1430, had just begun), he was laid to rest in the Qabrastan/Makbara (Graveyard)
close to the Masjid Zaweyah
(see the Map)
on the 23 July Street of
Salalah. All the three sons,
Mohammed Ahmed Khan (alias Baba),
Farooq Ahmed Khan (alias Zaki) and
Sameen Ahmed Khan performed the last rites.
References:
| Mainpage of KHAN Sameen Ahmed KHAN (Picture). | Mainpage of Noama KHAN (Picture). | Mainpage of Hajira KHAN (Picture). | Multilingual Electronic Translation |
© Last updated Friday, the 10 July 2009 (17 Rajab 1430)
