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Portrait of Murad's family. Right -Left: Shireen Murad, Nisar Murad, Akbari Aunty, Fazaldin Murad and his wife. Murad in the bottom centre with cousins. Picture taken in the 1940s.

The Citizens Archive of Pakistan (CAP)

The Citizens Archive of Pakistan

The Citizens Archive of Pakistan
Karachi, Pakistan

Behind the Set and Beyond the Screen

The Murad family had roots in the Bahmani Kingdom of South India from where they migrated to Kashmir and eventually to Sialkot in the 18th century. In Sialkot Murad’s grandfather Zahoor Ilahi adopted the surname ‘Murad’ in 1887. Zahoor Murad was an advovate, among the very few Muslim ones in Sialkot at the time. He was also a social activist. His brother Ferozuddin Murad was an academic who served as the head of the Department of Physics at Aligarh Univeristy in India. A gold medal is awarded in his honour by the university every year.

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  • Title: Portrait of Murad's family. Right -Left: Shireen Murad, Nisar Murad, Akbari Aunty, Fazaldin Murad and his wife. Murad in the bottom centre with cousins. Picture taken in the 1940s.
  • Creator: The Citizens Archive of Pakistan (CAP)
  • Location Created: Karachi, Pakistan
  • Physical Dimensions: 3360 × 2380
  • Type: Digital Scan
  • Rights: Copyright © 2019 by Citizens Archive of Pakistan (CAP). All rights reserved . No part of this image may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including copying, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of Citizens Archive of Pakistan (CAP). This image was created by Citizens Archive of Pakistan (CAP). This image was donated by Adil Murad.
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