Abdur Rahman Khan (diplomat)

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Abdur Rahman Khan (born January 4, 1908 in Hazara , † 1970 ) was a Pakistani diplomat .

Life

Abdur Rahman Khan's sister was the wife of Muhammed Ayub Khan . His two daughters were married to sons of Muhammed Ayub Khan.

Abdur Rahman Khan studied at the University of Madras , Aligarh Muslim University and law at the University of Delhi .

In 1931 he joined the Provincial Civil Services of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and was employed as a Tehsildar in British India . From April 1944 to September 1948 he was employed at the consulate in Jalalabad .

From September 1948 to September 1952 he was legation secretary and legation councilor in Kabul . From September 1953 to May 1955 was an official for special tasks in the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From May 1955 to February 1957 he was employed in Washington, DC as an expert on Afghan tribal matters. From February 1957 to 1959 he was ambassador to Jakarta . From 1959 to 1963 he was ambassador to Kabul. In 1964 he was ambassador to Brussels .

From September 21, 1964 to 1970 he was ambassador in Bonn . At the beginning of his tenure in Bonn, the second Indian-Pakistani war took place from August to September 23, 1965 . From September 10th to 13th, a Pakistan International Airlines aircraft was not allowed to take off at Frankfurt Airport . Swedish ammunition was suspected on board. Ambassador Abdur Rahman Khan protested, stating that it was hunting ammunition. Thereupon, the customs (authority) “suspected incorrect declaration”. In an investigation it could be proven that 15,774 rounds of 7.65 x 21 mm Luger from Denmark did not require approval.

Abdur Rahman Khan visited the International Green Week Berlin with Heinrich Lübke . On October 29, 1965, Rahman Khan talked to Hermann Meyer-Lindenberg about German-Pakistani arms supply contracts that had been concluded before the beginning of the second Indo-Pakistani war .

On October 6, 1967, he laid the foundation stone for a mosque at Wallnerstrasse 1-5 in Munich .

On October 16, 1967, Rahman Khan presented Rolf Otto Lahr with a list of spare parts for military equipment.

On April 22, 1968, he and Ludwig Huber unveiled a memorial stone for Muhammad Iqbal on Habsburgerplatz in Munich .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ his credentials to West German President Heinrich Luebke 21st September 1964
  2. ↑ Lübke admonished the Pakistani ambassador in Bonn, Abdur Rahman Khan: “You look so tired. Get up earlier next time. ”According to Der Spiegel , February 3, 1969, Green Week Berlin
  3. ↑ Files on the Foreign Policy of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1965, Volume 1, p. 1666
  4. ↑ Stefan Meining , A Mosque in Germany : Nazis, Secret Services and the Rise of Political Islam in the West, CH Beck , p. 165
  5. ↑ Files on the Foreign Policy of the Federal Republic of Germany 1967, p. 1310 FN 9
  6. ↑ isar-arabesque Muhammad Iqbal  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Memorial stone@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.isar-arabesken.de  
predecessor Office successor
Omar Hayat Malik Pakistani Ambassador to Jakarta
February 1957 to 1959 		Ahsan ul Huque
Muhammad Aslam Khan Khattak Pakistani Ambassador to Kabul
1959 to 1963 		Mohammad Yousuf
Muhammad Ayub Pakistani ambassador to Brussels from
1964 to 1966 		S. Osman Ali
Muhammad Ayub Pakistani ambassador in Bonn
September 21, 1964 to 1970 		Jamshed Gustadji Kharas
personal data
SURNAME Rahman Khan, Abdur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Pakistani diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH 4th January 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Hazara
DATE OF DEATH 1970