(1923-09-22)22 September 1923 Ludhiana, Punjab Province, British India
Died
4 March 1989(1989-03-04) (aged 65) Islamabad, Pakistan
Children
3
Education
Government College, Lahore Staff College, Quetta
Military service
Branch/service
British Indian Army (1942-47) Pakistan Army (1947-78)
Years of service
1942-78
Rank
Lieutenant General
Unit
13th Frontier Force Rifles Tochi Scouts Piffers
Commands
Permanent Military Representative of Pakistan to CENTO Frontier Force Regiment[2] 7th Infantry Division Military Secretary GHQ Colonel Staff HQ 15th Division
Battles/wars
World War II
Burma Campaign
Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948
Indo-Pakistani war of 1965
Indo-Pakistani war of 1971
Writing career
Genre
Military history Islamic history
Notable works
The Sword of Allah, Khalid Bin Al-Waleed, His Life and Campaigns. (1970) The Muslim Conquest of Persia. (1975) The Muslim Conquest of Egypt and North Africa. (1977) The Muslim Conquest of Spain. (1980) The Falcon of The Quraish Abdur Rahman The Immigrant of Spain. (1991) The Rise of Cordoba. (1992)
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Lieutenant General Agha Ali Ibrahim AkramHI(M) SI(M) SK (Urdu: آغا علی ابراہیم اکرم; 22 September 1923 — 4 March 1989) better known as A. I. Akram was a three-star rank general, military strategist, author, historian, diplomat, and one of Pakistan's most influential soldier-scholars. In the 1980s, Akram was a well-known defence expert and defence analyst. Akram's most popular work was his biography of Khalid ibn al-Walid, The Sword of Allah which Akram published while serving in the Pakistan Army. For several years. it was compulsory reading in the Pakistan Army for admission into the Command and Staff College Quetta and has been on the leadership syllabus in the Malaysian Army.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Akram was once seen as a close confidant of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and his conceptual adviser.[12][13][14]
Akram served in several key positions including as Permanent Military Representative of Pakistan to CENTO in Ankara, Colonel Commandant Frontier Force Regiment, Deputy Martial Law Administrator - Zone F (NWFP) under President Yahya Khan and President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, GOC 7 Division, Military Secretary GHQ, and Colonel Staff HQ 15 Division.[15][16][17][18]
Akram dedicated his books, The Muslim Conquest of Egypt and North Africa to his son Hassan, The Muslim Conquest of Spain to his son Masood, The Falcon of The Quraish: Abdur Rahman The Immigrant of Spain to his brother Mahmud, and The Rise of Cordoba to his late wife Loge. Akram was fluent in Urdu, English, Farsi, Arabic, and Spanish, learning the latter two for research.[19][20][21][22]
In the 1980s, Akram stated he opposed nuclear weapons and suggested that Pakistan and other developing countries should use nuclear energy. Akram expected that by the end of the 20th century, only about 10 countries would have nuclear weapons.[23][24]
^Pakistan (1978). The Gazette of Pakistan. p. 681.
^Rahman, Mohammed Attiqur (1980). The Wardens of the Marches A History of the Piffers, 1947-1971. p. 190.
^Sûrya India. Vol. 8. 1984. p. 71.
^Andrew, Christopher (2018). The Secret World A History of Intelligence. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-24052-8.
^Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals. Vol. 26. 1975.
^Afghanistan Today. 1987.
^Near East/South Asia Report. 1984.
^Azam, Ikram (1992). Geopolitics, Political Geography, and Pakistan. p. 107.
^Indo-Pak Conflicts Over Kashmir. pp. 186, 218.
^The Pakistan Army: With a New Foreword and Epilogue. 1998. p. 166.
^UFO's in the Quran. 2008. p. 102.
^Journal of Peace Studies. Vol. 5. 1998.
^Times of India Illustrated Weekly. Vol. 108. October 1987. pp. 20–21, 45.
^India Today. Vol. 13. 1988.
^Said, Hakim Mohammad (1973). Main Currents of Contemporary Thought in Pakistan: 1970-1972.
^Pakistan, Hamdard Foundation (1990). Dialogue with a Galaxy of Scientists, Culturists, Historians, Educationists...
^Defence Journal. Vol. 6. 2002. p. 139.
^Pakistan (1978). The Gazette of Pakistan. p. 586.
^Cite error: The named reference DJ9 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^The Rise of Cordoba. 1992.
^Akram, A. I. (1980). The Muslim Conquest of Spain. p. 5.
^Akram, A. I. (1977). The Muslim Conquest of Egypt and North Africa. Ferozsons. p. 3. ISBN 978-969-0-00224-2.
^"War and Peace in the Nuclear Age; Carter's New World; Interview with A. I. Akram". 2 September 1987.
^ACDIS Bulletin. Vol. 4–6. 1982.
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