The Man Behind The Minar: Nasreddin Murat-Khan
From the Blog sonyarehman *By Sonya Rehman* He wasn't an ordinary man, and neither was his life. Even though Nasreddin Murat-Khan is largely acknowledged as the 'architect behind Minar-e-Pakistan,' his story goes beyond the minar, and far beyond Pakistan. Nasreddin Murat-Khan (photo provided by Meral Murat-Khan) We meet at her childhood friend's home in Lahore for tea. Meral Murat-Khan, Murat-Khan's youngest daughter, is soft-spoken and candid as she narrates her beloved father's journey from Daghestan, Russia, to Lahore, Pakistan. Born in Daghestan in 1904 to a father who was an Imperial Russian Army officer and a mother who died when Murat-Khan and his siblings (a brother and a younger sister) were very young, Murat-Khan and his family, Meral tells me, were deeply involved in the resistance movement pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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