Abdus Salim Khan

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Abdus Salim Khan
عبدس سلیم خان
Born
Abdus Salim Khan

(1907-12-28)28 December 1907
Civil servant
  • diplomat
    • Years active1933-1957
    Spouse
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    ​
    (m. 1934)​

    Abdus Salim Khan, also known as Khan Sahib (28 December 1907 – 12/13 July 1957) was an

    Pakistani Civil Service to become a diplomat.[1]
    He served as an ambassador to several countries representing Pakistan.

    Background

    Abdus Salim Khan was born on 18 December 1907, at

    Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan.[4]

    Career

    Having joined the British Indian Civil Service in 1933, Khan served as a magistrate and a Political Officer in the

    Second World War he served as a director of the War Supply Department of the then Government of India.[6][citation needed
    ]

    After the establishment of Pakistan in 1947, he was inducted into the country's fledgling Foreign Service of Pakistan and sent first as the country's first Trade Commissioner to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)[7] and was thereafter appointed as Pakistan's formal representative (High Commissioner) there, a few months later. He was one of the members of Pakistani delegation at Commonwealth of Nations Conference at Colombo, 1950, which framed the Colombo Plan.[8]

    Between 1951 and 1953 he held diplomatic postings in

    Japan-Pakistan relations.[12][13] In 1955, he was posted away as Pakistan Consul-General at San Francisco, USA. In May 1957, he was then posted as Pakistan's Deputy High Commissioner in London, Britain.[14] He died there suddenly of heart failure between 12/13 July 1957 [15] and his body was flown back and buried in his native village.[16]

    See also

    References

    1. ^ Who's Who in Hazara District, Govt of NWFP, India, 1945, 22
    2. ^ Who's Who 1945
    3. ^ Students Rolls, New Hostel, Government College Lahore, for the period 1931-32
    4. Iskander Mirza Deputy Commissioner of Hazara, Lt Col Sir Hissamuddin Khan, Khan Bahadur Risaldar Moghal Baz Khan, Khan Bahadur Muhammad Quli Khan Khattak, Mr PN Thapur, Deputy Commissioner of Montgomery, Khan Bahadur Hamidullah Khan retired Superintendent of Police, Nawabzada Aslam Khan representing his uncle the Nawab of Amb , KB Raja Haider Zaman Khan CIE, of Khanpur in Hazara, Subedar (retd) and Hon Lt Muhammad Zaman Khan and Abdul Jabbar Khan, Numberdar of Rihanna in Haripur tehsil, Hazara. The bridegroom was received at the gate by HE Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan and Justice Sir Shadi Lal. After the Nikah ceremony over 700 men sat down to a sumptuous dinner to the accompaniment of music provided by the regimental band of the 1st Btn, the East Surrey Regiment
      . There was Purdah arrangement for lady guests.'
    5. ^ Obituary Notice, Official Monthly Gazette, Government of Pakistan, August–September 1957
    6. ^ Obituary Notice, 1957
    7. Ceylon Daily News
      , 23 June 1948
    8. ^ Obituary Notice, 1957[citation needed]
    9. ^ Obituary Notice, 1957
    10. Gaimusho, Government of Japan, Tokyo
      , 1953. See Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan Papers/Collection (BMSKP), National Archives of Pakistan, Islamabad
    11. ^ The Official Diplomatic List, 1954 June. See BMSKP, National Archives, Islamabad
    12. Nippon Times
      , Tokyo, 10 March 1955
    13. Aiichiro Fujiyama
      , British Minister and Mrs H Brain, Turkish Counsellor and Mrs Semih Baran, Mr and Mrs Jack B Shaver, Mr and Mrs Chokyo Murayama, Mr KH Rahman, Mr Irtiza Hussain and Mr Kozimu.
    14. ^ Obituary Notice, 1957
    15. ^ Obituary Notice 1957
    16. ^ Obituary, Dawn 1957
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