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[[Khan (surname)|Khan]] '''Abdul Majid Khan Tarin''' (also spelt '''Abdul Majeed Khan''') (1877–1939), Khan-Sahib,<ref>Title conferred in 1919; see Who's Who in India, 1920 ed</ref> [[OBE]],<ref>Awarded in the January 1920 New Years List, see 'Burke's Handbook of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire', London, 1921, p 650</ref> was a prominent [[magistrate]], MLA and philanthropist of the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|North West Frontier Province]] of former [[British India]].<ref>''Who's Who in the Hazara District'', 1932, p.6</ref>

[[File:AMKT.jpg|thumb|Abdul Majid Khan Tarin c 1930s]]

==Early life and education==

He was born to a prominent [[Pathan]]<ref>Dr Sher Bahadur Khan Panni, ''Tareekh e Hazara'' (Urdu: History of Hazara) 1969 ed, published Peshawar, p.275-76, enlisting Tarin/Tareen origins</ref> landlord and aristocrat from [[Hazara Division]], [[Muhammad Habib Khan Tarin]] (or [[Tareen]]), (c.1829/30-Dec.1888), Hon. ''Nawab Bahadur'', [[Risaldar]], [[Companion of the Order of the Star of India|CSI]], who was also an ex-cavalry officer<ref>Col. H St GM McRae, ''Regimental History of the 45th Rattray's Sikhs'', Vol 1, Glasgow, 1933, p.136</ref> and a landed [[jagirdar]] of [[Talokar (village)|Talokar]] and Dheri estates in [[Haripur District|Haripur]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|NWFP]] (present-day, [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]).<ref>O.Tarin & SD Najmuddin, "Sardar Habib Khan, 1st Bengal Military Police Battalion" in Durbar: Journal of the Indian Military Historical Society, UK, Summer 2010, Vol 27, No2, pp. 67-75; also see [[45th Rattray's Sikhs]], which was originally raised as the 1st Bengal Military Police Btn, 1856</ref> At his father's death Majid Khan was a young boy and the family estates were placed under the {{Citation needed|date=January 2020}} [[Court of Wards (India)|Court of Wards]].<ref>[http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/d/dheritalokar.html Indian Princely States and Jagirs website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101054002/http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/d/dheritalokar.html |date=1 November 2010 }}</ref><ref>A younger half-brother of Abdul Majid Khan, Abdul Latif Khan Tarin, later served as a Jemadar e Aazam in the [[82nd Punjabis]] (now 4th Btn the [[Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)|Punjab Regiment]]), and died in action at the Battle of Dujaila Redoubt, in Mesopotamia, March 1916, World War 1</ref> He was initially taught at home by English tutors, then sent to the [[Aitchison College]], [[Lahore]], and then to a mission school in [[Shimla|Simla]]. After his [[Matriculation]] from there he proceeded to [[England]] in 1899 and qualified as a [[barrister]] in 1901.<ref>His records are available on the Old Rolls of [[Lincoln's Inn]], [[London]], [[UK]]</ref> He was called to the Bar at [[Lincoln's Inn]] in April 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Calls to the Bar |date=24 April 1902 |page=8 |issue=36750}}</ref>

==Career==

On returning to India, he became a Junior Magistrate in the [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] service, then a 1st Class Magistrate, Extra Assistant Commissioner and then [[Deputy Commissioner]]; he also served briefly as a [[Judge]] in the Punjab Sessions Courts<ref>'Punjab Government Gazetteer', 1932</ref> and on retiring from service in 1934, he became an early and active member of the NWFP (now [[Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa]] in [[Pakistan]]) chapter of the [[All India Muslim League]] and a close associate of Sir [[Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum]], also serving as a Member of the NWFP Legislative Assembly (1937–1939).<ref>See [http://www.panwfp.gov.pk Introduction to the early history of the NWFP Assembly] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627075804/http://www.panwfp.gov.pk/ |date=27 June 2017 }}</ref> Although keen to protect Muslim rights, he remained a firm proponent of a consolidated [[Muslim]] entity within a larger Indian confederation, till the end. He died at his ancestral village, Talokar, in June 1939.<ref>'The Hazara Enquirer' , Sept 23rd 1939, Obituary notice</ref>


==Legacy==
Khan Sahib Abdul Majid Khan Tarin was also a very active philanthropist. Apart from his support of the establishment of the [[Islamia College University|Islamia College]], [[Peshawar]], and support to various Indian Muslim charities, he played a considerable role in the early development of his native Haripur area in Hazara, NWFP. He founded several charitable schools, set up a public [[Tuberculosis]] ward at the [[Haripur, Pakistan|Haripur]] Government Hospital, provided for a system of educational scholarships for local students as well as supporting numerous needy people.<ref>Gazetteer, 1932</ref> This tradition of public service has been carried on by his family.{{fact|date=August 2020}}

Khan Sahib had three sons and two daughters. His eldest son, [[Abdus Salim Khan]], a noted [[Pakistan]]i [[diplomat]],<ref>Pakistan Foreign Office Archives, [[Islamabad]]; Listings 1952-1962, Ref No 23</ref> was married to the well-known former Pakistani [[Minister (government)|minister]], [[Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan]], daughter of the late Punjab Premier, Sardar [[Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan]] (1892–1942).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/Pakistan.htm |title=List of Pakistani women leaders |access-date=8 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504001502/http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/Pakistan.htm |archive-date=4 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His second son Abdul Hamid Khan was an agriculturist of NWFP,<ref>''Hazara Reporter'', Monday 19 October 1959, p. 12</ref> whilst his third son, Abdul Rashid Khan, was commissioned in the [[British Indian Army]]<ref>''Indian Army List'' April 1943 ed, informs us that the said 2nd Lieutenant Abdul Rashid Khan was given an Emergency/Wartime Commission, with effect from 14 July 1942, straight from the [[Indian Military Academy]], [[Dehra Dun]].</ref> and later served in the [[Pakistan Army]] after the [[Partition of India|independence]] of [[Pakistan]] in 1947. The [[Pakistani]] poet and research scholar, Omer Tarin is a great-grandson of Abdul Majid Khan Tarin.<ref>Oct 2011 Interview of poet Omer Tarin, by Dr Ilyas Khan. Shared online at http://ilyask2.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/interview-with-poet-omer-tarin-2011/ . Retrieved 6 April 2014</ref>

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