Pirzadas
In touch with history and our destiny
Pirzada Abdul Rasheed
Pirzada Abdul Rasheed: (01.04.1890 – 02.09.1957)
(Buried in Miani Saheb Graveyard, Bahawalpur Road, Lahore)
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Pirzada Abdul Rasheed was the only son of Pirzada Ahmed Bakhsh. He was married to Syeda Zehra Jabeen (1908 – 1961 – daughter of Raees-e-Azam of Jalandhar, Qazi Syed Mehboob Alam – Quaid-e-Azam stayed at “Qazi Bagh” on his visit to Jalandhar in 1942 – she was buried in Miani Sb Graveyard, Bahawalpur Road, Lahore). He was blessed with 4 daughters (Nuzhat, Narjis, Durr-e-Sameen and Nasreen) and 4 sons (Ather, Khawar, Pervaiz and Aurangzeb).
The detail about all of them (4 sons & 4 daughters) will be presented in upcoming pages.
Qualifications & Career
| Year | Detail | Year | Detail |
| 1908 | Matric
Mission High school, Jalandhar. |
1914 | Graduation
Aligarh College, Aligarh |
| 1916 | M.A (English)
FC College. Lahore |
1924 -1931 | Professor (English)
Aligarh College, Aligarh |
| 1931-1948 | Principal
Sadiq Edgerton College, Bahawalpur State. |
1949 -1955 | Director of Education
(Quetta and Qalat Division), Baluchistan. |
| 1956 -1957 | Professor (English)
University of Karachi. |
Image of his wedding card which is in pure Persian language seems to be an antigue now and is appended below:
He completed his Education & Career away from Jalandhar while the garden (which was his property) in Basti Shaikh Durwesh was called “Bagheechi Baagh”.
About the Grave;
The verse inscribed on his grave-plate:
His wife’s grave is in the same compound with the verses written on her grave plate:
About the prominent Offspring;
Out of his 4 sons/ 4 daughters, all of them added good name to the family by showing great performance in their fields, but Colonel (Retd) Khawar Pirzada (pictured below) had a very respectable career, who served the country with the dignity as an Ambassador in two different countries.
