| Honorific-Prefix: | Maulana | ||||||||||||
| Abdul Qadir | |||||||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | ur | ||||||||||||
| Religion: | Islam | ||||||||||||
| Denomination: | Sunni | ||||||||||||
| Institute: | All India Radio Pashto Academy | ||||||||||||
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| Known For: | Pashto Academy | ||||||||||||
| Alma Mater: | Islamia College University Aligarh Muslim University | ||||||||||||
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| Nationality: |  Pakistan | ||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1905 6, df=yes | ||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Pabaini Swabi, North-West Frontier Province, British Raj | ||||||||||||
| Death Place: | Rajshahi, East Pakistan | ||||||||||||
| Resting Place: | Peshawar University graveyard | ||||||||||||
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Abdul Qadir (; 14 June 1905, Pabaini Swabi - 22 October 1969) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, academician and founder of Pashto Academy and Department of Pashto, University of Peshawar.[1] [2]
Abdul Qadir got his matriculation, intermediate and graduation from Islamia College Peshawar in 1927, and masters in English (1929), Arabic (1930), LLB (1931) and BT (1932) from Aligarh Muslim University.[3] [4]
Qadri started his career in 1942 as an editor of a Pashto magazine "Nan Paron" (Today, Yesterday) then he was appointed in charge of the Pashto section (Middle East) by Patras Bokhari (then director-general) of All India Radio. In the early 50s, he was made Vice-Counsel and then ambassador in Kabul, Afghanistan from Pakistan.[5] From University Library of Tübingen Germany, he discovered "Khairul Bayan" in 1967 (rare manuscript written by Pir Roshan) the first prose book in Pashto.[6]
Qadri died on 22 October 1969 during a seminar at Rajshahi in East Pakistan (modern day Bangladesh).[3] He is buried in Peshawar, Pakistan.