Amir Ahmed Khan

Mohammad Amir Ahmad Khan , titled the Raja of Mahmudabad (5 November 1914 – 14 October 1973), was a prominent nobleman and member of the Pakistan Movement.

The Raja of Mahmudabad was initially opposed to the partition of India and came to serve as the president of the All-India Jamhur Muslim League, which worked to oppose the idea of a possible partition on religious grounds.

He served as Managing Trustee from 1940–1944 of Madrasatul Waizeen, a centre of Shia Islamic education founded by his father located in Lucknow.

Literary and cultural aspects He carried on the family tradition and was an accomplished poet in Urdu and Persian. He composed a number of ruba'iyat, salaams, and marsiya as well as some ghazals and nazms under the takhalus (nom de plume) of 'Bahr' and 'Mahbub'. One of his previously unpublished marsiya, entitled Jawn Martyr of Karbala Lamented, has been recently published in London.

Inheritance and legacy He inherited the Estate of Mahamudabad in 1931 upon death of his father Maharaja Sir Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan.

Political activity The picture of Raja of Mahmudabad, Mohammad Amir Ahmad Khan with Muslim League leader, Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1937), is inscribed in the museum collection of the Lahore Museum.

He was one of the youngest members of Working Committee of All India Muslim League in 1937. In the same year 1937, he founded All India Muslim Students Federation. He was initially against the partition of India and came to serve as the president of the All-India Jamhur Muslim League, which worked to oppose the idea of a partition of India.

However, when the Muslim League passed the Lahore Resolution in 1940, he started supporting the creation of Pakistan and after that time, the All India Muslim Students Federation mobilized to vocally support the Pakistan Movement. He said that "...the idea of a separate Muslim state in India stirred the imagination of the Muslims as nothing else had done before." He subsequently moved to Pakistan in 1957. held in 1976 in the United Kingdom. Ali Allawi reminisces about the events of 1976.

Death He died in London on 14 October 1973, but was buried in Mashhad in Iran near the Imam Reza shrine.

Legacy The Mahmudabad area of Karachi is named after him. Raja Sahib of Mahmudabad used to practice strict self-denial and self-discipline for religious reasons in his personal life. That is why his house in Karbala, Iraq and all his wealth was gifted to the Government of Pakistan.

In 1990, Pakistan Postal Services issued a commemorative postage stamp in his honor in its 'Pioneers of Freedom' series.