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  in 1885: has taken interest in several public movements, started Kasia Central Co-operative Bank, 1902. Served during the famine of 1908. Publication: Commentary in Urdu on the Agra Tenancy Act. Address: Kasia, Gorakhpur, U.P.  Abdul Ghaffur Khan, Nawab, Khan Bahadur. Khan of Tesi; Khan Bahadur; 1897, Nawab, 1911. Address: Tesi, Kohat District, North-Western Frontier.  Abdul Ghain Khan Sahib; possesses landed property in Bhanga, Nagarkhanda and twenty-two other villages scattered throughout the province; is Secretary of the Anjuman-i-Islamia of Faridpur; Secretary of the Faridpur Co-operative Urban Bank; greatly interested in the cause of Mahommedan education; “Khan Sahib”, 1910. Address: Nurpur Bhanga, Faridpur, Bengal.  Abdul Hakim Shams-ul-Ulema (1903) Professor of the Oriental College, Lahore; Fellow of the Punjab University. Address: Lahore.  Abdul Karim Khan, Nawab of Bastinagar; born, 1877; succeeded to title, 1903; the founder of the estate was Nawab Dildar Khan, the third son of Nawab Diler Khan, who built the city of Shahjahanpur and acquired a large Jagir in the Shahabad and Sara Parganas during the reign of Aurangazib. In 1871, the holder of the estate having died without male issue, it descended to his widow Begum Amanat Fatima; the Begum died in 1903, and bequeathed the estate to her sister’s son Abdul Karim Khan; the title was deemed to have lapsed in default of direct succession, but it was restored in 1907 on the representation of the British Indian Association. The estate comprises 29 villages and 6 shares in Hardoi. Address: Bastinagar, Hardoi.  Abdul Khadir Maulvi, Khan Sahib, J.P.: born, 1847; did much to alleviate the sufferings of the people in the plague scare of 1897-98; connected with several public bodies in the capacity of President, Vice-President or Secretary. Title conferred, 1899. Address: Surat.  Abdul Majid, Syed, also known as Manju Meah Sahib, Khan Bahadur (1894); Hakim; born, 1854, of a respectable family of Hakims (Indian physicians); educated in the High School at Cuddapah; Secretary. Cuddapah Mohammedan Club; Member of the Society of Arts, London; Member of the Taluk and District Boards of Cuddapah. Address: Cuddapah, Madras Presidency.  Abdul Muzaffar Abdul Ali Khan, Khan Sahib, Special Sub-Registrar; born 12th July, 1868; educated at Mymensingh, Dacca, and Calcutta Presidency College; Son of Maulvi Khazi Afsulali Khan; entered Government service, 1898. Special Sub-Registrar in charge of Mymensingh District, 1907. Recreation: Riding. Address: Mymensingh, Bengal. <section end="Abdul Muzaffar Abdul Ali Khan, Khan Sahib"/> <section begin="Abdul Rahiman, Hon. Mr. Wapichi Marcayar"/>Abdul Rahiman, Hon. Mr. Wapichi Marcayar, Mahommedan member, Ceylon Legislative Council; nominated 1912. <section end="Abdul Rahiman, Hon. Mr. Wapichi Marcayar"/> <section begin="Abdul Rasul, Moulvi"/>Abdul Rasul, Moulvi, Bar-at-Law, Calcutta; Son of Moulvi Ghulam Rasul, a Zemindar of Guniauk, in the district of Tippera. Born, 1872; Educated at Kishoreganj; matriculated from the Government school at Dacca, 1888; when he was barely seventeen years old,<section end="Abdul Rasul, Moulvi"/> 2