Mohammed Asad Ullah Sayeed
Mohammed Asad Ullah Sayeed محمد اسد اللہ سعید | |
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| IAS officer | |
| In office 1950–1978 | |
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| Born | Mohammed Asad Ullah Sayeed 6 October 1918 Hyderabad, India |
| Alma mater | Osmania University, Hyderabad, |
Mohammed Asad Ullah Sayeed (6 October 1918 – 18 March 1997) was an IAS officer with government of Andhra Pradesh from 1950 to 1978 and former founding chairman of NAM (National Association Of Muslims) which is a charitable organisation based out of Hyderabad, India.He served as district collector of Mahbubnagar, Khammam and East Godawari districts of the then undivided state of Andhra Pradesh.[1]
Mohammed Asad Ullah Sayeed was one of few Muslim IAS officers incharge in crucial areas during 1965 Indo-Pak war and served as the district collector of the coastal district of East Godawari from 1964 to 1967. Mohammed Asadullah Sayeed received Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri during Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 in Kakinada on the eastern coast of Bay of Bengal.[2]
Early life
[edit]Mohammed Asad Ullah Sayeed was born in Hyderabad, Telangana (former undivided Andhra Pradesh). His father Mohammad Habib Ullah Sayeed and Ayesha Begum Sayeed were from a prominent family of Navayets from Hyderabad of whom were several officers under the Nizam's government of Hyderabad state like Hasnuddin Ahmed, father of Allahuddin Ahmed, who was the City Police Commissioner of Hyderabad and later Director of Police Commissioner of Nizam state of Hyderabad. Another was Aziz Yar Jung who was an officer under the government of the Nizams of Hyderabad state[3][4][5]
He passed away on 18th March, 1997 in Hyderabad.
Other work
[edit]Asad Ullah Sayeed was the founding Chairman of Hyderabad-based NAM foundation which is a charitable organization for upliftment of muslims.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "NAM foundation".
- ^ East Godavari District. "District Collectors of East Godawari".
- ^ "Navayets of Hyderabad - Aziz Jung". Net Navigate. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "Navayets of Hyderabad". Net IslamVoice. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "Asad Ullah Sayeed". Deccan Dude/Mobile Musingz. 17 February 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2017. [unreliable source?]
- ^ "Board Members of N.A.M. Foundation". Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2017.