List of Punjabi Muslims
Punjabi Muslims (Punjabi: پنجابی مسلمان ) are adherents of Islam who are linguistically or culturally Punjabis, native to the Punjab Region of the Indian Subcontinent.
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Rulers, Nobles and Chieftains
- Hussein Langah, founder of Langah dynasty.[1]
- Sultan Sarang Khan
- Malik Mustafa Jasrat Khokhar
- Wazir Khan,[2] Governor of Lahore
- Saadullah Khan,[3] Grand Vizier of Mughal Empire
- Shaikh Gadai Kamboh, Sadr-i-sadur of Mughal Empire[4]
- Shahbaz Khan Kamboh, Governor of Bengal.[5]
- Adina Beg Arain, Governor of Lahore and Multan.[6]
- Mughlani Begum, female ruler of Punjab in 1753
- Mohammad Khan Kamboh.[7]
- Ayn Ul Mulk Multani
- Shaikh Inayat Allah Kamboh
Politicians
- Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, former Army Chief of Staff and former President of Pakistan (1977–1988)
- Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, former President of Pakistan
- Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, politician
- Yousaf Raza Gillani, former Prime Minister of Pakistan (Pakistan Peoples Party)
- Qamar Zaman Kaira, former Minister (Pakistan Peoples Party)
- Shah Mehmood Qureshi, politician PTI
- Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar Khan, longest serving parliamentarian of Pakistan from 1951 to 1999
- Malik Allahyar Khan (1927–2007), former member of parliament
- Amir Mohammad Khan, Nawab of Kalabagh, Governor of East Pakistan
- Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, former President of Pakistan (PPP)
- Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, current president of PML(Q)
- Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, first Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan, former Chief Minister of Punjab (2002–2007)
Scientists and academics
- Abdus Salam, theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize winner in Physics for his contributions to the Electroweak force
- Riazuddin, theoretical physicist and one of the key developers of the theoretical designs of Pakistan's nuclear weapons
- Ayyub Ommaya, neurosurgeon and inventor of the Ommaya reservoir
- Mahbub ul Haq, economist and inventor of the Human Development Index (HDI)
- Asad Abidi, professor of electrical engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Masud Ahmed, theoretical physicist and one of the leading figures of the Theoretical Physics Group - the group that developed the theoretical designs of Pakistan's nuclear weapons
- Ishtiaq Ahmed, professor of political science at the University of Stockholm
- Nazir Ahmed, experimental physicist and first chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
- Farooq Azam, professor of oceanography at the University of California, San Diego
- Tariq Ali, political activist, historian, writer, journalist and public intellectual
- Rafi Muhammad Chaudhry, nuclear physicist and pioneer of Pakistan's nuclear weapons research program
- Nayyar Ali Dada, architect in modernist architecture
- Fayyazuddin, theoretical physicist
- Tasawar Hayat, mathematician
- Shahbaz Khan, hydrologist and director of the UNESCO cluster office in Jakarta
- Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood, nuclear engineer
- Salim Mehmud, rocket scientist
- Atif Mian, professor of economics, public policy and finance at Princeton University
- Zia Mian, physicist and co-director of the program on science and global security at Princeton University
- Ghulam Murtaza, theoretical physicist
- Qaiser Mushtaq, mathematician
- Adil Najam, dean of global studies at Boston University
- Khalil Qureshi, physical chemist
- Muneer Ahmad Rashid, mathematical physicist
Business
- Anwar Pervez, founder of Bestway
- Ashar Aziz, founder of FireEye in Silicon Valley
- Bashir Tahir, former CEO of Dhabi Group
- Fred Hassan, director at Warburg Pincus
- James Caan, founder of Hamilton Bradshaw
- Malik Riaz, founder of Bahria Town,
- Mansoor Ijaz, founder of Crescent Investment Management Ltd
- Mian Muhammad Latif, founder of Chenab Group
- Mian Muhammad Mansha, founder of Nishat Group
- Michael Chowdrey, founder of Atlas Air
- Muhammad Zahoor, owner of ISTIL Group
- Shahid Khan, owner of Flex-N-Gate, Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulham F.C
- Sohaib Abbasi, former CEO of Informatica
- Zameer Choudrey, CEO of Bestway
Sportspersons
- Ajaz Akhtar, cricketer
- Amir Iqbal Khan, boxer
- Abdul Khaliq, sprinter
- Shoaib Akhtar, cricketer
- Abdul Razzaq, cricketer
- Wasim Akram, cricketer
- Abdul Hafeez Kardar, cricketer
- Inzamam-ul-Haq, cricketer
- Waqar Younis, cricketer and sports presenter
- Shahnaz Sheikh, hockey player
- Shoaib Malik, cricketer
- Misbah-ul-Haq, cricketer
- Saeed Anwar, cricketer
- Muhammad Amir, cricketer
Military
- Khudadad Khan, 1st Indian soldier to earn the Victoria Cross during World War I
- Shahamad Khan, Recipient of Victoria Cross during World War I
- General Tikka Khan, 1st Chief of the Pakistan Army
- General Asif Nawaz Janjua, 4th Chief of the Pakistan Army
- General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, 8th Chief of the Pakistan Army
- General Raheel Sharif, 9th Chief of the Pakistan Army
- General Qamar Javed Bajwa, 10th Chief of the Pakistan Army
Revolutionaries and freedom fighters
- Ahmed Khan Kharal - a rebel leader in West Punjab in the 1857 Rebellion
- Maulana Shah Abdul Qadir Ludhianvi - a rebel leader in East Punjab in the 1857 Rebellion
- Sherbaz Khan Abbasi - led the Murree rebellion in 1857
- Habib-ur-Rehman Ludhianvi - one of the founders of Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam
- Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi - founder of Khaksar movement
- Nizam Lohar
Poets, Writers and Ulema
Punjabi Language
- Fariduddin Ganjshakar (1188-1266)
- Shah Hussain (1539-1599)
- Sultan Bahu (1630-1691)
- Bulleh Shah (1680-1757)
- Waris Shah (1722–1798)
- Lutf Ali (1716–1794)
- Khwaja Ghulam Farid (1845–1901)
- Mian Muhammad Bakhsh (1830-1907)
- Piro Preman, first female Punjabi-language poet. Born a Muslim but became an apostate
- Munir Niazi (1923-2006)
Urdu
- Hafeez Jalandhari - Author of the National Anthem of Pakistan
- Faiz Ahmad Faiz
- Habib Jalib
- Allama Muhammad Iqbal - National Poet of Pakistan
- Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
- Saadat Hasan Manto
- Zafar Ali Khan
- Ashfaq Ahmed
- Anwar Masood
Music
Architects
- Ustad Ahmad Lahori, chief architect of Taj Mahal
See Also
References
- Mubārak, Abū al-Faz̤l ibn (1891). The Ain I Akbari. Asiatic Society of Bengal. p. 321.
- Koch, Ebba (2006). The complete Taj Mahal : and the riverfront gardens of Agra. Richard André. Barraud. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-500-34209-1. OCLC 69022179.
- Siddiqui, Shabbir A. (1986). "Relations Between Dara Shukoh and Sa'adullah Khan". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 47: 273–276. ISSN 2249-1937. JSTOR 44141552.
- Fisher, Michael Herbert (2019). A Short History of the Mughal Empire. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-0-7556-0491-3.
Shaikh Gadai Kamboh (a Punjabi whose ancestors had converted to Islam)
- "Shahbaz Khan - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- Gujral, Maninder S. (2000-12-19). "ADINA BEG KHAN". The Sikh Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- Nevill, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (India Henry Riven (2015-01-01). District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh 1904. Facsimile Publisher. p. 87.
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