Mirza Abul Hassan Ispahani (1902-1981) ( ur, ) was a Pakistani politician and diplomat who served as an

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Early life and family

Born in a

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, he was educated at

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. He completed his Bar-at-Law in 1924 of the

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held in

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in April 1941. During the 1990s, Mirza Zia Ispahani, the youngest son of Mirza Abul Hassan Ispahani, served as Pakistan Ambassador in Switzerland and Italy and is currently Ambassador-at-large with Minister of State status and visited

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on the instructions of PPP co-chairman

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. His granddaughter,

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, served as a member of Pakistan's parliament and is the wife of Pakistan's former ambassador to United States,

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and lived for some time in the same house in

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as did her grandfather.

Career

He became a member of the Indian Constituent Assembly in 1946 and represented the Muslim League at the ''New York Herald Tribune'' Forum the same year. After independence, he became Member Pakistan Constituent Assembly in 1947. Mr. Isphani toured the United States as personal representative of

Jinnah Muhammad Ali Jinnah (, ; born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948) was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the ...

and was ambassador to the United States from September 1947 to February 1952. He was Deputy Leader of Pakistan Delegation to UNO on Trade And Development in 1947. He was Vice Chairman Pakistan Delegation to

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on Kashmir issue and was High Commissioner to the UK from 1952 to 1954. He was Federal Minister for Industries and Commerce from 1954 to 1955. He was an Ambassador to Afghanistan in 1973–74. Abul Hassan Isphahani (4973298055)

Ispahani died in Karachi in 1981.

Books

He authored a number of books which include: * ''The Case of Muslim India'' (1946) * ''27 Days in China'' (1960) * ''Leningrad to Samarkand'' (1962) * ''Quaid-e-Azam Jinnah, as I Knew Him'' (1967)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ispahani, Abol Hassan 1902 births 1981 deaths Pakistani politicians Ambassadors of Pakistan to Afghanistan Ambassadors of Pakistan to the United States High Commissioners of Pakistan to the United Kingdom Ispahani family Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Pakistan Muslim League politicians Pakistani people of Bengali descent 20th-century Bengalis Expatriates of British India in the United Kingdom Bengal MLAs 1937–1945