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Nawab Mohammed Abdul Quader

Nawab Mohammed Abdul Quader (died in 1943, Picture) was the Nawab of Kholapur (a village, PIN Code: 444802, in Amraoti Disctrict, Maharashtra, Map to Kholapur). He was the younger son of Nawab Mohammed Abdul Ghani Saheb Saudagar (died in 1898, Picture). The Father & Son were very progressive and were involved in numerous developmental activities. They established a Madrasa (School of Oriental Studies, Persian, Arabic and Islamic Studies) and a Masjid (Mosque); High School for Boys and a Separate High School for Girls. They also established a Hospital and the Post Office (Pin Code: 444802). All these have grown over time and even today are the principal institutions of the region.

His elder brother was Nawab Mohammed Abdul Samad (died in 1942, Picture).

Nawab Mohammed Abdul Quader had four sons and four daughters. They are in order: Khurshid Begum (died in December 1994), Bilquis Begum (died in 1995), Abdul Huq (died in August 1985), Abdul Khaliq, Abdul Jaleel (died in June 1998), Akhtar Begum (died in July 2005), Abdul Rafeeq Zafar and Nighat Iqbal Khan (alias Khadija, Picture).

Nawab Mohammed Abdul Quader's youngest son, Nawab Abdul Rafique Zafar did PhD in 1957, in Botany from Osmania University, Hyderabad. He retired as the Head of the Department of the Botany, in 1986.

Nawab Mohammed Abdul Quader's youngest daughter, Nighat Iqbal Khan (alias Khadija, Picture) married Hamid Ahmed KHAN (Picture) the third son of Ghulam Mohammed Khan Saudagar (died in 1943, Picture) of Aurangabad. 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/Makbara (Graveyard) close to the Masjid Zaweyah (see the Map) on the 23 July Street of Salalah. Hamid Ahmed KHAN died on Monday the 6 July 2009 (13 Rajab 1430), Sultan Qaboos Hospital, Salalah, Sultanate of Oman. Hamid Ahmed KHAN died forty-four days after the death of his wife, Nighat Iqbal Khan (alias Khadija, Picture). He was laid to rest on Wednesday the 8 July 2009 (16 Rajab 1430, had just begun), in the Qabrastan/Makbara (Graveyard) close to the Masjid Zaweyah (see the Map) on the 23 July Street of Salalah.

Nawab Mohammed Abdul Quader died in 1943, in Akodia (Shajapur Disctrict of Madhya Pradesh). He was on a visit to look after his estate in Akodia (Map to Akodia).

References:

1. Tazkira-E-Mashahir-E-Barar,
   (Contributed writings on the lives of Muslim Luminaries from the Berar Region, Maharashtra, India),
   Volume I (1982), Chief Editor: Syed Abdul Rahim,
   Anjuman-E-Yaad-E-Raftagaan, Usmani Masjid, Amravati 444103, Maharashtra, INDIA.
   

2. Tazkira-E-Mashahir-E-Barar,
   (Emminent Personalities of Barar),
   Volume II (2005), Chief Editor: Syed Abdul Rahim,
   Anjuman-E-Yaad-E-Raftagaan, Usmani Masjid, Amravati 444103, Maharashtra, INDIA.
   
   * View the Front Cover Page, Back Cover Page and the Jacket.
   

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