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Reverse of Nazir Ahmed Qureshi, 1966

An Urdu poem by Allama Iqbal has been written on the reverse of a portrait of Nazir Ahmed Qureshi, taken on 1 January 1966.

Translated to English, the poem reads ‘The abode is not on the dome of a royal palace; You are an eagle and it should live on the rocks of mountains’.

Courtesy of Fozia Qureshi.

See the front of this photograph here.

Read more of the Qureshi family story here.

Details

  • Archive number: Qureshi20250612_0002
  • Decade: 1960s
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