Nasreddin Murat-Khan
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Nasreddin Murat-Khan TI |
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Murat-Khan in 1962
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| Born | 1904 Dagestan, Russian Empire |
| Died | 15 October 1970 (aged 65–66) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Resting place | New Elahi Park, Misri Shah Cemetery, Lahore 31°35′9″N 74°19′58″E / 31.58583°N 74.33278°E |
| Nationality |
Russian (1907–1950) Pakistani (1950–1970) |
| Education |
Civil engineering Architecture |
| Notable work |
Minar-i Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium |
| Home town | Dagestan |
| Spouse(s) | Hamida Akmut (m. 1944–70) |
| Children | Pari Murat-Khan, Zeynab Ozbek, Maryam Murat-Khan, Mesme Tomason, Meral Murat-Khan (daughters) |
| Awards |
.gif){kind=small} Tamgha-e-Imtiaz(1963) |
Nasreddin Murat-KhanTI (1904–1970) was a Russian-born Pakistani architect and civil engineer. He is remembered most for designing the national monument, the Minar-i Pakistan. He was also the architect of the Gadaffi Stadium in Lahore and several other notable buildings and structures.
Murat-Khan was born in 1904 in a Turkic Muslim family, in the North Caucasus region of Dagestan located in the Russian Empire (later part of the Soviet Union, and now the Russian Federation). In 1930, he obtained his degree of civil engineering from the Institute of Architects, Town Planners and Civil Engineers at Leningrad State University (now the Saint-Petersburg State University). Later, he also obtained degrees of architecture and town planning from the same university.
Murat-Khan was keen to free the Muslim Caucasus region from Soviet control. As a result, he had to flee from Dagestan—for the fear of his life—to Germany where he landed sometime in 1944. He stayed as a refugee in one of the camps established by the UNRRA in Berlin, later moving to Mittenwald where he married Hamida Akmut, a Turkish refugee, in 1946.
After the six-year-long exile in West Germany, Murat-Khan migrated with his family to Pakistan, in 1950.
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