Mohammad Amir Ahmed Khan

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 One of his previously unpublished marsiya, entitled Jawn Martyr of Karbala Lamented, has been recently published in London.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 ==

(1937), is inscribed in the museum collection of the Lahore Museum. (1940) 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." Jinnah appointed him the President of All India Muslim Students Federation which later played a critical role for winning the referendum in North-West Frontier Province and some other general elections in British India. He also financially supported the leading promoter of All India Muslim League's ideology, the Dawn newspaper. "The vision of Raja Sahib about Pakistan was an Islamic welfare state to be established on the philosophy and teachings of Islam. But he was disheartened when he found that a few corrupt political leaders, landlords and bureaucrats put Pakistan on a wrong track in order to seek their personal interests". == Migration ==

In 1945, before the partition, he migrated to Iraq. He subsequently moved to Pakistan in 1957. Later yet, he settled down in London. Before moving to London, he donated all the future income from his inherited lands to the state of Pakistan. == Life in London ==

He was the first Director of the Islamic Cultural Centre in London, 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. == Further reading ==