Maulana Mufti Mahmud

Maulana Mufti Mahmud (Urdu: مولانا مفتى محمود) was born in January 1919 in Paniala, District Dera Ismail Khan, NWFP, Pakistan. He was an Islamic scholar and political activist. Fazl ur-Rahman is his son and is the leader of opposition in Pakistan. The phrase Zaban-e Urdu-e Mualla written in Urdu Urdu () is an Indo-European language of the Indo-Aryan family that developed under Persian, Turkish, Arabic, Hindi, and Sanskrit influence in South Asia during the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire (1200-1800). ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Paniala is a small town in Dera Ismail Khan district of NWFP, Pakistan. ... Dera Ismail Khan (Urdu: ڈیرہ اسما عیل خان ) is city in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. ... North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) is geographically the smallest of the four provinces of Pakistan. ... Fazl ur-Rahman is the son of Mufti Mehmood (Former provencial chief minister). ...

After the 1970 General Elections, he led his party the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI - F) into a coalition with the National Awami Party. On March 1 1972, he was elected as the Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province. He along with his cabinet resigned in protest at the dismissal of the NAP - JUI (F) coalition government in Balochistan on 14 February 1973. The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Assembly of Islamic Clergy) is a political party in Pakistan. ... National Awami Party, a leftist political party in Pakistan. ... A Chief Minister is the elected Head of Government of a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British overseas territory that has attained self-government. ... The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) is the smallest in size of the four provinces of Pakistan and is home to the Pashtuns and various other groups. ...

He supported Afghan Jihad against the invasion of Afghanistan by USSR (see also Soviet-Afghan War). Jihad, sometimes spelled Jahad, Jehad, Jihaad, Djehad or Cihad, (Arabic: ‎ ) is an Islamic term, from the Arabic root (to exert utmost effort, to strive, struggle), which connotes a wide range of meanings: anything from an inward spiritual struggle to attain perfect faith to a political or military struggle. ... The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan was a 10-year war which wreaked incredible havoc and destruction on Afghanistan. ...

He died on 14th October 1980. He was buried in Dera Ismail Khan his home town . Events First year of tianfeng era of the Chinese Xin Dynasty. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Dera Ismail Khan (Urdu: ڈیرہ اسما عیل خان ) is city in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. ...