Mohammed Yahya

Mohammed Yahya (Mohammad Yahya) (Mohammed Yahya Jan)

Early life and education

Mohammed Yahya was born in Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province in 1901. Mohammed Yahya was the second son of the sixth wife of Haji Ghulam Samdani, who belonged to Barra Mulla in Kashmir.

After matriculation and a Bachelors Degree from Edwardes College Peshawar, Mohammed Yahya went onto Aligarh University, where he completed his MPhil in Philosophy specializing in the works of Nietzsche.

He was the only son in law of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, the Freedom fighter and non violent leader of the Pathans in the North-West Frontier Province

Professional Life and Politics

After returning to Peshawar in 1934, he was approached by a group of leading Muslims from Peshawar City to set up a High School for Muslim students. Till that time the Khalsa school (Located near Dakki Nal Bandi) was the only school within the city. After consultations with the Head master of the Khalsa School and with other notables of Peshawar, he sucessfully launched the Islamia High School in Peshawar city and became its first head master. In he contested the 1946 Elections as a Congress Candidate against Sardar Abdul Rab Nishtar and defeated him with a heavy margin of approx 8,000 votes. He subsequently became The Minister of Education of the North West Frontier Province in Dr. Khan Sahibs 2nd Ministry. During his short stint as Education Minister (Partition of the Sub Continent in 1947 led to the dissolution of the Assembly) he put forward the proposal for the Peshawar University.
In the 1960s he was the Director for Special Education, Tribal Area's and Princely States.

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  NWFP election results 1946

Notable Siblings

• Abdur Rehman (Abdur Rehman Peshawri)(An associate of Mustafa Kemal Attaturk and Turkeys Ambassador to Afghanistan in the 1930s)
• Haji Mohammed Amin. Lala Amin's son was Hassan Amin. Two of his notable sons are Taimur Hassan,a golf champion of Pakistan and Tariq Amin the successful Stylist.
• Mohammad Yunus ( A member of the Indian Foreign Service, the founder of the "Pragati Maidan" in New Delhi. He was a close friend and advisor to the Gandhi family)
• Abdul Aziz Head of the all India Muslim League till Jinnah's return http://openlibrary.org/works/OL1172534W/The_crescent_in_the_Land_of_the_Rising_Sun

http://ismaili.net/histoire/history08/history824.html

• Mohammed Omer (He was issueless)
• Mohammed Naeem had 2 sons(1) Mohammed Naseem F/O Tariq Naseem Jan(2) Mohammed Usman F/O Riaz Usman

Persondata
Name	Yahya, Mohammed
Alternative names	Yahya Jan
Short description
Date of birth	20 March 1901
Place of birth	Peshawar
Date of death	4th March 1990
Place of death	Peshawar