Shahzada Rehmatullah Khan Durrani

Shahzada Rehmatullah Khan Durrani (Pashto: شہزادہ رحمت اللہ خان درانی‎) was a Pakistan Movement activist born on 10 October 1919 in the Sadozai dynasty of Durrani, the ethnic Pashtun Sadozai tribe, section of the Popalzai sub clan of Durrani Abdali Pashtun tribe in British India, Quetta.[1][2]

Shahzada Rehmatullah Khan Durrani
شہزادہ رحمت اللہ خان درانی
Personal details
Born(1919-10-10)10 October 1919
Quetta, Baluchistan Agency, British India
(now in Balochistan, Pakistan)
Died29 November 1992(1992-11-29) (aged 73)
NationalityBritish Indian
Nickname(s)Gull Aghaa

Early Life

After the death of Shahzada Habibullah Khan Sadozai father of Shahzada Rehamatullah Khan Sadozai then his uncle, Sardar Abdul Majeed Khan Durrani, became his guardian. He soon assumed control of his father's business Khan Brothers Reg 1900 as first formal educated male of his family. His good friends was Khan Abdul Ghafoor Khan Durrani the Popalzai Durranies Chief in Balochistan & Qazi Muhammad Essa a well known leader of All-India Muslim League in Balochistan were backbone in the Pakistan Independent Movement aside by Founder of Pakistan from Balochistan Province. He made a strong career by serving as a social welfare volunteer, politician and one of the great Pashtun tribal sadozai chief. He was sponsor of an Adventurers Association and football club in Quetta. His father-in-law Khan Mohammad Sadeeq Khan Ghalzai was from Loralai and Peer Zainudin Algillani, Meer Ghulam Nabi Marri (Shaheed), Haji Mohammad Hashim Khan Ghalzai, Haji Mirza Khan Peichi of Loralai were his realible friends.

Shahzada Rehamatullah Khan Durrani with Half Brother Abdul Rasheed Khan Durrani 17 January 1931

Family

Sardar Ahmad Khan Sadozai Durrani (Chairman) Saddozai Qomi Welfare Organization Balochistan, and Noorullah Khan Durrani, former Mr. Runner-up Pakistan in all Pakistan Body Building contest 1967 settled in Harran Norway are 1st and 2nd sons of Shahzada Rehmatullah Khan Durrani. The famous mountaineer and caving legend of Pakistan Hayatullah Khan Durrani is his seventh son and Habibullah Khan Sadozai settled in United Kingdom is his eighth and last son and Pakistan's Junior & Senior CanoeKayak Champion; Mohammad Abubakar Durrani is his grandson.[3]

Family tree
Padshah Ahmad Shah Durrani
Lived: 1723–1773
Reign: 1747–1773
Padshah Timur Shah Durrani
Lived: 1748–1793
Reign: 1772–1793
Padshah Mahmud Shah Durrani
Lived: 1769–1829
Reign: 1801–1803,
1809–1818
Shahzada Kamran Durrani
1789–1840
Shahzada Bismillah Durrani
1810–1873
Shahzada Rasheed Khan Durrani
1832–1880
Shahzada Aalijah Nidda Durrani
1855–1926
Shahzada Mohammad Abdul Rahim Durrani
1877–1945
Shahzada Abdul Habib Khan Durrani
1899–1920
Shahzada Rehmatullah Khan Durrani
1919–1992
Shahzada Hayatullah Khan Durrani
Born: 1964
Shahzada Mohammad Abu Bakar Durrani
Born: 1995

Political career

Rehmatullah Khan Durrani was an activist with the Muslim Students Federation Balochistan. Khan Abdul Ghafoor Khan Durrani, leader of the Muslim League, introduced him with the Quaid-e-Azam. He performed major role in the Pakistan independence movement aside with Qazi Muhammad Essa and Khan Abdul Ghafoor Khan Durrani head of All-India Muslim League in Balochistan especially in Quetta as a loyalist Muslim league friend of Mohammad Ali Jinnah Quaid-e-Azam (Urdu: قائد اعظم) ("Father of the Nation"), the founder of Pakistan. 15th June 1948 Shahzada Rehmatullah Khan Sadozai had a meeting with Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Fathima Jinnah on the eve of presentation of civic address in Town Hall Quetta and discussed various matter.[4]

Invitation inrespect of Shahzada Rehmatullah Durrani for attending of Mohammad Ali Jinnah Civic address 15-6-1948

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As volunteer

Durrani helped the victims of the 1935 Quetta earthquake and was the chief of the Sadozai tribe in Balochistan. He founded the Sadozai Qaumi Welfare Organization. He died from cancer on 29 November 1992 at the age of 73.

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References
  1. Noelle, Christine; Christin, Noelle (27 January 1997). "State and Tribe in Nineteenth-century Afghanistan: The Reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-1863)". Psychology Press – via Google Books.
  2. 21st Death anniversary of Shahzada Rehmatullah Durrani observed >Archived 2013-12-13 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "PakistanIndependentNewsAgency-PakistanPressInternational". Archived from the original on 31 January 2013.
  4. "24th Death Anniversary of Shahzada Rehmatullah Khan Sadozai observed &#124". Pakistan Press International.

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