Mumtaz Ahmed Khan (humanitarian)
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Dr. Mumtaz Ahmed Khan
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ممتاز احمد خان September 6, 1935 Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | Dr Sahab and Baba-e-taalim |
| Education | MBBS, MS. |
| Alma mater |
Madras University Chennai, India |
| Known for | Al-Ameen Movement & Al-Ameen Educational Society |
| Spouse(s) | Zarin Taj |
| Parent(s) | Sadthunnisa Begum (Mother) Y. Ismail Khan (Father) |
| Awards | See article |
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Mumtaz Ahmed Khan (born September 6, 1935) is an Indian humanitarian known for founding the Al-Ameen Educational Society and its corresponding colleges. Khan earned a MBBS degree from Madras University, Chennai, and became a general practitioner. In 1966, at the age of 31, he founded the Al-Ameen Educational Society.
Khan is a founder-trustee of an Urdu daily newspaper, the Salar Daily. He was also Pro Chancellor/ Treasurer of Aligarh Muslim University.
He currently chairs the Al-Ameen Educational Society, a post he took up in 2009 after Sadaqath Peeran.
Mumtaz was born to an advocate father, Y.Ismail Khan, and Sadthunnisa Begum, a BA holder; both his parents being graduates from the Aligarh Muslim University. He had one sibling, his sister Naseem Firdous, who has had intellectual disability since birth.
He married Zarin Taj on 27 December 1964 in Bangalore in an arranged marriage set up by their families, who knew one another prior to the marriage.
His maternal grandfather was considerably well off. After inheriting from him, Mumtaz moved to Bangalore from Tiruchirappalli, liquidating his assets as he set up a surgical practice in 1965.
Khan did his MBBS at Madras University, Chennai in 1963. After getting married he continued his postgraduate studies, M.S. specializing in surgery at Stanley Medical College, Chennai.
At the age of 31, in 1966 Khan founded the Al-Ameen Movement. He had decided to name it The Bangalore Educational Society, but was advised against this by his friend Khader Hussein, who suggested Al-Ameen Educational Society as a reference to the title given to Prophet Muhammad and which meant The Trustworthy. Hussein later became the principal of Saboo Siddiq Polytechnic, Bombay.
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