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Citizen of Two Worlds, first published in 1960, is the autobiography of Mohammad Ata-Ullah (1905-1977), Pakistani doctor, mountaineer, and philosopher. Born into a Muslim family, Ata-Ullah is an example of a worldy human being who treated Christians and Hindus with respect and as brothers. After studying medicine in Lahore and London and becoming a doctor, Ata-Ullah served as an officer in the British India Army and traveled widely, working in central India, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Lebanon and Muscat, and witness to the bloodshed between Muslims and Hindus in India. With the creation of Pakistan in 1947, Col Ataullah become the first Director of Health Services of Azad Kashmir, and went on to work in Japan and Korea with wounded United Nations troops. The book closes with a dramatic description of his participation in the 1953 American Expedition to K2, the world's second highest mountain, and as a member of the successful Italian ascent in 1954.
The name of Maurice Herzog, the first man to reach the summit of Annapurna, is widely recognized, but how many know Ang Tharkay, the Sherpa who carried the seriously frostbitten Herzog on his back for miles? Although rarely mentioned in published accounts of early expeditions, local climbers have long been significant members of first ascents on the world’s tallest and most challenging peaks. In Alpine Rising, award-winning writer Bernadette McDonald sets the record straight by shining a light on these too often forgotten heroes. Now, in the 21st century, it is often local climbers who are setting records. A Nepali team was the first to climb K2 in winter; they reached the summit while sin...
The Study Is Organized In 10 Chapters - Introduction - Breeding Grounds Of Jihad - Double Speak - Origins Of Jihad In Kashmir - Dividing Jihad To Control It - Profiles Of Jihadis - Recruitment, Training And Spread - Casualities In Jihad - Funding - The Coming Revolution - Index.
Originally published: [London]: C. Hurst & Co., 2011.
Mian Ataullah, B.A.L.L.B, Advocate, Amir Jamaat Canada (1961-69), Amir Jamaat Rawalpindi Pakistan, (1948-61), passed away in Toronto in January 1969. In the years that followed a number of articles about him were published in Urdu authored by Malik Salahud Din, was published in Qadian, India. This biography in English is an account of Mian Ataullah's life, his achievements, his character and the legacy he left to his children, close friends and acquiantances to ponder and emulate his qualities. It is customary to write biographies of popular personality in terms of their worldly achievements. Often their flawed character overshadowed by their social or political achievements remain unwritten...
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