Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum

This article is about the educationist and politician of Pashtun origin. For the politician of Kashmiri origin, see Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri.
Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum
Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province
In office
1st April 1937 – 7th September 1937
MonarchGeorge VI
Governor GeneralVictor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow
Personal details
Born(1863-12-12)December 12, 1863
Topi, North-West Frontier Provinces, British India
DiedDecember 4, 1937(1937-12-04) (aged 73)
Topi, British India

Nawab Khan Bahadur Sahibzada Sir Abdul Qayyum Khan KCIE (12 December 1863 – 4 December 1937), hailing from Topi, Swabi District, British India (modern day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan) was an educationist and politician.

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]

  1. ^ a b c "Death anniversary of Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Khan observed on December 4". Radio Pakistan website. 4 December 2012. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Dawn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).