Mohammed Asad Ullah Sayeed (6 October 1918 – 18 March 1997) was an
IAS officer with government of
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...
from 1950 to 1978 and former founding chairman of the
National Association Of Muslims (NAM), a charitable organisation based in Hyderabad, India. He served as district collector of
Mahbubnagar
Mahbubnagar, also informally called as Palamoor and formerly Rukmammapeta, is a city in Mahbubnagar District of the Indian state of Telangana named after the 6th Nizam of Hyderabad, Mahboob Ali Khan. It is the headquarters of Mahbubnagar m ...
,
Khammam
Khammam is the city in Khammam district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the fourth largest city in the state. It is the headquarters of the Khammam district and Khammam Tehsil, mandal also. It is located about east of the state capital ...
and
East Godawari districts of the then undivided state of Andhra Pradesh.
Early life
Mohammed Asad Ullah Sayeed was born in Hyderabad,
Telangana
Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...
(former undivided
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...
). 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
He died on 18th March, 1997 in Hyderabad.
Other work
Asad Ullah Sayeed was the founding Chairman of Hyderabad-based NAM foundation which is a charitable organization for upliftment of muslims.
References
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20th-century Indian Muslims
Politicians from Hyderabad, India
1918 births
1997 deaths