ʿAbd al-Ghaffār Khān - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" ʿAbd al-Ghaffār Khān - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Leake, Elisabeth

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1062810
Doc. NO	:	ALei3207
Main Entry	:	Leake, Elisabeth
Title & Author	:	ʿAbd al-Ghaffār Khān - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Leake, Elisabeth
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,200 words)
Abstract	:	ʿAbd al-Ghaffār Khān (1890–1988), a Pathan (Paťhān) leader and politician, was a leading figure in the Indian independence movement, who was known also as Bādshāh Khān ( khān of khān s) or the “Frontier Gandhi” for his devotion to non-violence. He was born in the village of ʿUthmānzay Charsada, in the Peshawar district of what became, in 1901, the North-West Frontier Province of colonial India (and later Pakistan). His father was a wealthy khān (landowner), who ensured that ʿAbd al-Ghāffar was well educated, first at a
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei3207.pdf