Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi
| Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 November 1903 |
| Died | 22 January 1981 (aged 77) |
| Residence | Islamabad, Karachi, Islamabad Capital Venue (ICV) |
| Citizenship | Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistan |
| Fields | History |
| Institutions |
Delhi University Punjab University Columbia University Karachi University National Language Authority |
| Alma mater |
Aligarh Muslim University St. Stephen's College Cambridge University |
| Thesis | Administration of Sultanate of Delhi (1939) |
| Known for | History of Pakistan |
| Notable awards |
Sitara-e-Pakistan Hilal-i-Imtiaz |
Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi (Urdu: اشتیاق حسين قریشی ) (lived 20 November 1903, – 22 January 1981; popularly known as I.H. Qureshi), SP, HI, was a Pakistani historian, scholar, writer, and a professor a political history , first at the University of the Punjab and then at the Karachi University.
An early activist of the historic Pakistan Movement, Qureshi served in the ministries of education and frontier regions as the secretary; in addition, he successfully stood up for the parliament of Pakistan. But, due to his association with academia, he resigned from his government appointments and joined the academic faculty at the Columbia University as a professor of South Asian history. But soon, he returned to Pakistan and founded the National Language Authority (NLA) in the 1970s and helped set up the History Department at the University of the Punjab. Later, Qureshi joined the faculty of history at the University of Karachi where he remained there the remainder of his life. Qureshi is also credited for editing a four-volume series on history of Pakistan.
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