Abdul Samad Kakroo – Baramullah
( Ra’iees e Kashmir (1850* – 1921) Pen name : Muqbil (Educationist ,landlord , philanthropist,poet & politico- social activist )
1) Caste : kai-gohar – ghakhar- kokhars and finally settled as ” Kokarr “
Gakhars or kokurrs came from Iran- Sassanian persian area
The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition of 1911 states that “the Ghakkars seem to represent an early wave of conquest from the east, and they still inhabit the whole eastern slope of the district.
2) Ancestory : 2400 years before Sultan Kaid Kaighor ( son of Kaighor ) was Ruler of Punjab – It was during era of zainulabideen Budshah ,kokkars settled down in kashmir .
A) According to Gakhar history “Kaygawharnāma” by Rāyzāda Dunīchand Bālī which was written in 1725.”The “Kaygawharnāma” claims the Gakhars were Sassanian Persian nobles who, with their knights, went beyond the northeast frontier of the Sassanian empire. seeking lands in China, Tibet and Kashmir. Gakhars therefore use the ancient royal Persian title “Kay or “Kayani as did the Sassanian aristocracy .
3) Raja Jasrat Khan Ghakar was friend of Budshah of kashmir ,he invited him to settle in kashmir to escape wrath of politicle upheavals of that era .
5) Khawaja Abdul Samad Kakroo son Ali Kakroo was decendent of Raja Jasrat
6)Abdul Samad Kakroo was founding member of was a founder-member of first muslim educationol organization of Asia All-India Muslim Educational Conference and infact founding members of All-India Muslim League.
5) Against british Imperialism : He had participated in the annual meeting of the Muslim League in 1906 at Dhaka under Founder of Muslim league Nawab Salim ullah kashmiri – In this meeting Khawaja had voiced strongly against the British atrocities.
6) Educational Scholarship : He introduced educationol scholarship for kashmiri studebt irrespective of religious creed .
7) Centaur Hotel : He gifted an island to Hari- Singh ,where he used to rare up his pigeon ( it was known as kabootar khana then ( koturr baazi was his hobby it seems )
8) Shodi Pa”end on other side of Makhdoom sahib : He gifted Shodi Pa’end to cannabis smoker Darveshes .
9)He was among the founding member of
Anjuman-i-Himayat-i-Islam (“The Association for the Support of Islam”) ,which was an Islamic intellectual and social welfare organisation in 1880s ,founded by Hameed-ud-Din.
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10) Allama Iqbal : He was close friend of Allama Iqbal and Sir Syed Khan, Allama Shibli Nomani, Dr. Ansari, Maulana Hali, Hakim Muhammad Ajmal Khan, Nawab Salimullah of Dhaka, Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar, Maulana Shaukat Ali, Maulana Jafar Ali, Nawab Muhsinul Mulk, Nawab Waqarul Mulk, Maulana Hasrat Mohani, Maulwi Syed Mir Hassan Shah Sialkoti .
11) Abdul Samad Kakroo was follower and friend of Allama Anwar Shah of Kashmir. Infact it was at the request of Khawaja Samad that Allama established a Darul Uloom, Madrasa Faiz-e Aam at Baramulla.
10) He died in 1921 – Allama Iqbal was so moved by the loss of his dearest friend ,that he walked down the stream for 2 days to reach baramullah and attend fateha ceremony of his friend and patron and wrote obituary
” Andhera Samad ka maka’n ho Gaya
Woh khursheed roshan neha’n hoo Gaya
Nahi baag Kashmir mai’n woh bahar
Nazar say joo woh gul niha’n Gaya
It may be read as translated by Dr Javid Iqbal
Darkened lies the abode of Samad
Noted by absence is sun, the bright
So too spring in garden of Kashmir
With flower of it is no more in sight
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