Abdullah Sahib
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Abdullah Sahib was the Governor of Gilgit Agency during Dogra rule and was one of the earliest graduates of Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College. He was the father of Pakistani writer and civil servant Qudrat Ullah Shahab.[citation needed]
He was born[when?] in an Arain family of Chamkor Sahib village, in Ambala district Punjab, British India.[citation needed] At age six he was orphaned. After losing his father's property in loan servicing, he dedicated his life to education—something that could not be taken away from him—and became the first Muslim student to top the matriculation examination in Ambala District, Punjab province during the early period of the Aligarh Movement, led by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. Abdullah Sahib soon joined Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College where he excelled in English, Arabic, Persian, Philosophy and Mathematics. When he finished his BA he was one of the earliest graduates of Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College.
