Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum
Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum | |
|---|---|
| Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province | |
| In office 1 April 1937 – 7 September 1937 | |
| Monarch | George VI |
| Governor General | Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 December 1863 Topi, North-West Frontier Provinces, British India |
| Died | 4 December 1937 (aged 73) Topi, British India |
Nawab Khan Bahadur Sahibzada Sir Abdul Qayyum Khan KCIE (12 December 1863 – 4 December 1937), hailing from Topi, Swabi District, British India (modern day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan) was an educationist and politician.
Qayyum Khan helped Mortimer Durand during his negotiation of the Durand Line agreement with Afghanistan in 1893. Qayyum Khan became the first Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province on 1 April 1937. He is also known for establishing the Islamia College, Peshawar on the mould of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan's policy of educating Muslims.
Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum started his career as a government servant but he eventually turned into an educationist and politician.