S. Mohammed Jaffar Papers

Period  1931-1979 (-1986)
Total size   2.12 m.
Consultation Not restricted

Biography

Born in Sialkot, Punjab, British India 1910, died in Islamabad, Pakistan 1979; studied at Edwards College in Peshawar 1927-1931; worked in the thirties and forties for the Judicial Commissioner in the North West Frontier Province; professor of history at Islamia College in Peshawar; director of the Peshawar Museum and director of the Department of Archives in Peshawar under the Government of West Pakistan in the fifties and sixties; author of publications on the history of Muslim India.

Content

Correspondence, manuscripts and other documents concerning the academic career of Jaffar, the management of the Peshawar Museum and the Department of Archives in Peshawar, his research and collecting activities on the history of Afghanistan, India, Iran and Pakistan and the fate of these collections after his retirement and death 1931-1986.

Processing information

List made by Bouwe Hijma and Ahmad Salim in 2005