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Islamia
College,
Peshawar
(ICP)
is
a
public
university
located
in
Peshawar,
Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa,
Pakistan.
Founded
by
the
personal
initiatives
led
by
Sir
S.A.
Qayyum
and
Sir
George
Roos-Keppel
in
1913,
it
is
one
of
the
oldest
institutions
of
higher
education
in
Pakistan,
and
its
historical
roots
are
traced
from
the
culminating
point
of
the
Aligarh
Movement.
The
university
provides
higher
learning
in
arts,
languages,
humanities,
social
sciences
and
modern
sciences.
In
1950,
the
University
of
Peshawar
was
founded
as
an
offshoot
of
Islamia
College
Peshawar,
with
the
later
being
associated
to
the
university
as
a
constituent
college.
Initially
established
as
Islamia
College,
it
was
granted
university
status
by
the
Government
of
Pakistan
in
2008;
the
word
college
is
retained
in
its
title
for
preserving
its
historical
roots.
By
1909,
as
the
idea
of
a
college
in
the
province
was
taking
shape
in
the
minds
of
both
Nawab
Sir
Sahibzada
Abdul
Qayyum
and
Sir
George
Roos-Keppel,
it
was
further
strengthened
by
their
visit
to
the
Aligarh
Muslim
University
the
same
year.
Nawab
Sahib
asked
the
students,
especially
those
from
the
N.W.F.P.
who
were
studying
there
as
to
what
were
the
problems
they
were
facing
there
and
how
he
could
help
them.
The
students
told
him
that
they
needed
a
hostel.
Nawab
Sahib
informed
them
that
rather
than
building
them
a
hostel
at
Aligarh,
he
would
build
them
a
college
at
Peshawar.Mulana
Qutabshah
was
the
first
dean
of
the
college.
Consequently,
on
April
12,
1911,
Nawab
Sahib
arranged
a
meeting
of
like
minded
people
in
Peshawar
at
the
residence
of
Abdul
Karim,
contractor
at
Peshawar
city,
which
was
attended
by
Arbab
Ghulam
Haider
Khan
Khalil
of
Tehkal,
Habibullah
Khan,
Khushal
Khan,
Sethi
Karim
Bakhsh,
Sir
Sahibzada
Abdul
Qayyum,
Khan
Sahib
Abdul
Majid
Khan
and
others.
Sir
Sahibzada
Abdul
Qayyum
moved
the
motion
for
collection
of
contributions,
which
was
instantly
responded
to
by
cash
donations
by
all
present.
Historic
Painting
by
Marguerite
Tipping
1914,
wife
of
1st
Principal
Llewellyn
Tipping
Subsequently,
a
large
plot
of
land
was
purchased
for
the
college
building
from
the
Khalil
(Arbabs)
of
Tehkal
Rs.
1,50,000/-
from
Nizam
of
Hyderabad
was
sent
by
Syed
Abdul
Jabbar
Shah
to
Sahibzada
Abdul
Qayyum
as
donation
for
the
college.
Other
chiefs
and
nobles
of
the
North-West
Frontier
and
Punjab,
also
made
various
donations.
Haji
Sahib
of
Turangzai,
the
most
famous
Pukhtun
religious
leader
of
the
time
was
requested
by
Nawab
Sir
Sahibzada
Abdul
Qayyum
to
lay
the
foundation
stone
of
Islamia
College.
Haji
Sahib
agreed
to
the
request,
however,
he
had
been
declared
a
proclaimed
offender
by
the
British
for
his
anti-British
activities
and
his
entry
was
banned
into
British
controlled
territory.
He
was
residing
in
tribal
territory,
which
was
outside
British
control,
so
Nawab
Sahib
prevailed
upon
Sir
George
Roos-Keppel
and
the
British
to
permit
Haji
Sahib
to
enter
British
controlled
territory
for
one
day
so
he
could
lay
the
foundation
stone
of
Islamia
College.
The
British
agreed
to
this
request
with
the
understanding
that
Haji
Sahib
would
return
to
tribal
territory
once
he
had
laid
the
foundation
stone.
Haji
Sahib
was
permitted
to
enter
British
controlled
territory
for
the
ceremony
and
spent
the
night
in
the
'Pokh'
Mosque
of
Tehkal.
At
the
foundation
stone
laying
ceremony,
Sir
Roos
Keppel
and
other
British
officials
were
present,
so
Haji
Sahib
hid
his
face
in
his
sheet
(Chadar)
from
them
and
was
led
by
Sheikh
Muhammad
Ibrahim
to
the
place
where
he
was
to
lay
the
foundation
stone.
After
laying
the
stone
Haji
Sahib
went
to
Tehkal
and
then
returned
to
the
tribal
territory.
