Pirzadas
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Pirzada Ahmed Bakhsh
Pirzada Ahmed Bakhsh : (21.02.1865 – 18.10.1901)
(Buried in Basti Shaikh Darwesh, Jalandhar, India)
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| Lyallpur city project – concluded in 1892 | Center Point – Clock Tower, Lyallpur |
He was the 2nd brother of Hakeem Ghulam Qadir Asar and died in quite young age. In 1889, he got married to Umda Begum (1869 – 1939 – was a paternal cousin – daughter of a famous ‘Royal Hakeem’ (Practitioner of Easter Medicine) of his time; Hakeem Shah Muhammad Ansari – she was buried in family graveyard of Basti Shaikh Darwesh, Jalandhar). He was blessed with a son (Abdul Rasheed).
The detail about him will be presented in upcoming pages.
Life Pattern; he was the first person from the Pirzada family of “Danishmand Ansaar – Jalandhar”, who acquired the Modern Education of Europe. Actually his father Muhammadee Shah was doing business in Shimla and in other big cities, when Sir Syed Ahmad Khan advised Muslims to start modern education to compete Hindus in all parts of life, so he was impressed and started his son’s education from Aligarh College.
He was the first to assume the title of “Pirzada” instead of, Peer, Shah, Mian, Maulana, Hakeem, Shaikh or Khwaja in the past written by ancestors. Hence, beginning of modern education became the cause of decline in taking interest in the old traditional knowledge of spiritual education which had been a precious inheritance of the family.
Qualifications & Career
| Year | Detail | Year | Detail |
| 1880 | Matriculation
Mission High School Jalandhar |
1882 | FSc
Aligarh College, Aligarh |
| 1887 | Civil Engineering
“Thomason College of Civil Engineering, Roorki “ (Uttar Khand- Central Province of India, the only and the oldest Engineering College of India) with its new title “Indian Institute of Technology, Roorki (IIT-R). |
1887-1892 | Joined the Team of Young Engineers against the new City Project “Lyallpur” (now named as Faisalabad), was titled on the name of Sir James Lyall – then English Governor of Punjab.
He continued to render his services till completion of the City project in 1892. |
| 1893-1901 | Contributed in rendering services against other projects as well. Unfortunately, he died in 1901 at very young age. | ||
He was a good poet as well, as per family traditions. His poetry, as given here under, proves that he possessed and had inherited the literary sense from his family. He composed these verses on completion of his elder brother’s poetry book “Deewan-e-Asar”.
نہ کیونکر آئے بہرِ غسلِ تربت ابرِ ربانی
ازل سے ہوں غلامِ قادرِ محبوبِ سبحانی
{ It is because I am slave of the beloved of God “Qadir”
That the clouds kneel down to rain,To give bath of purity to my grave }
About the prominent Offspring:
Pirzada Abdul Rasheed (the only son) became a pride for the family in the coming years. He completed his education from the Aligarh College, became an English Professor in the same College & served for about 8 years. Later, he became Director Education (Balochistan) and also performed at University of Karachi in the mid-fifties.
